Matthew B. Lowrie and Sarah Emmerson

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Husband Matthew B. Lowrie ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

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            AKA: Matthew P. Lowrie
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         Father: John Lowrie (Abt 1748-1840) 2 5 6 7 8 9
         Mother: Catharine Cameron (Abt 1756-1837) 4 9

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Wife Sarah Emmerson ¹

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Children

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1 M Hon. Walter H. Lowrie ^{1 3 5 6 9 10}

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           Born: 31 Mar 1820 - Butler Co, PA 1
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           Died: 14 Nov 1876 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 10
         Buried:  - Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

         Spouse: Rachel Thompson (      -      ) 1

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2 M Rev. John M. Lowrie, D.D. ^{6 9}

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3 M James A. Lowrie, M.D. ^{6 9}

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4 F [Unk] Lowrie

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         Spouse: Harvey Childs (      -      ) 9

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5 F [Unk] Lowrie

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         Spouse: Dr.  Courtney (      -      ) 6 9

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6 F [Unk] Lowrie

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         Spouse: Rev.  Wiley (      -      ) 6 9

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew B. Lowrie

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He married and moved with his family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which he made his permanent home. He soon became an important factor in the government of the city and was so frequently elected mayor that he received the cognomen of "Mayor" Lowrie.
He was an elder in the Second Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh.

1 —, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia, PA: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1874), Pg 105.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 445.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 971.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 674.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 245.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 149.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 968.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 974.

9 Margaret S. Kahle, Ritchey-Lowrey Family Tree (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1976), Pg 26.

10 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part I (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 260.