Individual Details
Lowell Mason Mower
(31 May 1831 - 21 Mar 1906)
Events
| Birth | 31 May 1831 | Calais, Washington, Vermont |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1850 | Greene, Kennebec (now Androscoggin), Maine |  | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1860 | Greene, Androscoggin, Maine | | | |
| Military | enlisting in the Civil War in September 1862 as a member of Company G, 23rd Regiment Maine Volunteers, where he was Corporal and Company Clerk. He was mustered out in July, 1863. He subsequently was a G.A.R. member. | | |||
| Marriage | 1 Jan 1865 | Limington, York, Maine - Mary Clark Small | | ||
| Occupation | farmer and orchardist (an expert in grafting fruit trees) - Greene, Androscoggin, Maine | | |||
| Bio Note | Lowell had an excellent musical ability. Possessing a "very melodious bass voice," he loved to sing. Outside of church, Lowell, along with his sister Julia, her husband Virgil Sprague, and Sarah Winslow, daughter of the singing school master, formed a quartet. Aside from singing in church, they often gave oustide concerts. | | |||
| Bio Note | Lowell was a firm temperance advocate. | | |||
| Religion | Free Baptist, involved in the Sunday School program. He succeeded his father as Deacon and church clerk. He also was a chorister in the church for over 40 years | | |||
| Death | 21 Mar 1906 | cancer of bladder - Greene, Androscoggin, Maine | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Clark Small (1831 - 1913) |
| Child | Walter Lindley Mower (1866 - 1954) |
| Child | Charles Mason Mower (1869 - 1954) |
| Father | Oliver Mower (1802 - 1892) |
| Mother | Harriett Hammond Robinson (1811 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Julia Robinson Mower (1834 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Harriet Elizabeth Mower (1837 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Wilbur Fisk Mower (1841 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Emily Frances Mower (1844 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Francis Oliver Mower (1851 - 1939) |
| Sibling | Seward Porter Mower (1858 - 1877) |
Notes
Census
Lowell M. Mower was enumerated in the household of Oliver Mower as a 19 year old male, a farmer, his birthplace listed as Maine and a notation that he had attended school within the year.Census
Lowel [sic] M. Mower was enumerated in the household of Oliver Mower as a 29 year old male, his occupation was as a farmer, and with his birthplace listed as Vermont.Endnotes
1. FamilySearch, "Records of births, deaths, marriages and marriage intentions, 1755-1925 (Greene, Maine)," database with digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 28 August 2016), page 277, image 276 of 855; citing Town Clerk, Greene, Maine; LDS Film #007595552.
2. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 95.
3. "Maine Death Records 1617-1922 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 July 2016), , "Record of a Death," Lowell M. Mower; Original data: Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll No. 41.
4. 1850 U.S. Census, Kennebec County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Greene, 352, dwelling 242, family 256, Oliver Mower household, line 25, Lowell M. Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 September 2019); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, 1009 rolls.
5. 1860 U.S. Census, Androscoggin County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Greene, 45, dwelling 345, family 352, Oliver Mower household, line 4, Lowel M. Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 September 2019); NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls.
6. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 96.
7. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 96.
8. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 95.
9. "Maine Death Records 1617-1922 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 July 2016), , "Record of a Death," Lowell M. Mower; Original data: Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll No. 41.
10. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 95-6.
11. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 95.
12. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 95.
13. "Maine Death Records 1617-1922 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 July 2016), , "Record of a Death," Lowell M. Mower; Original data: Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll No. 41.
14. FamilySearch, "Records of births, deaths, marriages and marriage intentions, 1755-1925 (Greene, Maine)," database with digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 28 August 2016), page 277, image 276 of 855; citing Town Clerk, Greene, Maine; LDS Film #007595552.
15. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 95.