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Below is a family biography included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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R. P. Lowe, agent for Mobile & Ohio Railroad, at Humboldt, was raised in Louisiana, of Irish parents. He was left an orphan when quite young; received a free school education, after which he engaged at book-keeping at Okolona, Miss., where he resided several years. He was appointed agent at Baldwyn, Miss., in 1867, and was appointed agent at Humboldt in 1868, where he has resided ever since. He married Miss E. M. Simonton, at Shannon, Miss., February 4, 1867. They have four children—two boys and two girls—named Robert S., Gilbreath E., Eva May and Ella M. Lowe. The oldest, Robert S., is nearly seventeen years of age, is a good telegraph operator and attended Vanderbilt University, studying civil engineering. Gilbreath E., going on fifteen years of age, is attending school at home. He is a good telegraph operator. The girls are attending school, as it is the parents’ aim to give their children as good an education as their means will allow, which is the best legacy that can be left them to make them useful men and women.

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This family biography is one of 242 biographies included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published in 1887.  The History of Gibson County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee

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