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A. H. Lowry was born January 22, 1844, in Jennings County, Ind., and is the third of a family of seven children born to John and Mary Emily (Bruning) Lowry, natives of Jennings County, Ind., and Germany, respectively. The mother was brought to Jennings County, Ind., when but seventeen years old, with her cousin. The father was a son of Robert and Mary (Robertson) Lowry, natives of Ireland and Indiana respectively. Robert came to the United States from Northern Ireland, when a boy, in company with his parents, James and Catherine Lowry, and was a soldier in the early Indian wars and the War of 1812. Mrs. Mary Lowry was a daughter of Nathaniel and Anna (Leach) Robertson, natives, it is thought, of Pennsylvania. The subject of this sketch, A. H. Lowry, moved to Iowa in the fall of 1855, and in March of 1857 came to Putnam County, Mo., where he has since resided. He received almost his entire education at the common schools of this county, and since boyhood has followed agricultural pursuits. He was poor at the age of twenty, when he began life upon his own account, but now owns a splendidly improved farm of 480 acres in Putnam County, and also land in Sullivan County. December 31, 1863, he married Miss Mary J. Hickman, who was born in Hancock County, Ind., and when a year old was taken by her parents to Cole County, Ill., where she was reared. Her parents, David and Elizabeth (Lane) Hickman, were natives of Sullivan County, Tenn., and after their marriage moved to Indiana. The father died July 17, 1877, at the age of seventy-three, but the mother is living with Mrs. Lowry at the advanced age of eighty-three. To Mr. and Mrs. Lowry twelve children have been born: John, David, Albert E., Francis S., Mary E., Nora E., James E., Lottie A., William I., Harriet B., Alexander H. and Charles A. Mr. Lowry is a Democrat in politics, and as such has served his township very efficiently in different official capacities. He is a well-to-do farmer and respected citizen.