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Stephen Lowing^1,2,3

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Stephen & Hannah's Tombstone
photo courtesy Kathy Brubaker

Stephen Lowing was born on 3 Jun 1798 in Peru, New YorkG.^4,5,6 He married Hannah Cobb, daughter of Capt. Joshua Cobb and Hannah Edgerton.^7,8,9,10 Stephen and Hannah moved to Genesee Co., in western New York, by 1830, where her sister Drusilla and her husband were apparently already living.¹³ (See map.)
     Stephen appeared on the 1830 Federal Census of Gainesville, Genesee Co., New YorkG, with a household consisting of one male under age 5 (son Henry), one age 5 to 10, and one age 30 to 40 (Stephen), one female age 10 to 15, and one aged 30 to 40 (wife Hannah Cobb.)¹⁴
     Perhaps after living briefly in Vermont, where their daughter Emily was born, Stephen and Hannah moved to Crawford Co., in north-western Pennsylvania. Her sister Drusilla and her husband, who they had lived near in New York, had apparently already moved there.^15,16 Stephen and Hannah appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Conneaut Twp., Crawford Co., PennsylvaniaG, enumerated 10 Sep 1850, reporting real estate valued at $1,600. Their children Henry, Wheeler, and Emily were listed as living with them.²
     Stephen and Hannah appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Conneautville, Crawford Co., PennsylvaniaG, enumerated 23 Jun 1860, reporting real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate of $1,254. Listed with them are two farm laborers, Edward Dorchester, age 20, and Sylvester Dorchester, age 21.³
     Stephen and Hannah appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Conneautville, Crawford Co., PennsylvaniaG, enumerated 20 Jun 1870, reporting real estate valued at $3,000. W. J. Miller, a farmer age 30, and Clarce Miller, age 21 and apparently his wife, are listed as living with them.¹⁷
     He was a farmer.^2,3,17
     Stephen died on 28 Nov 1871 in Lineville, Crawford Co., PennsylvaniaG, at age 73.¹² He was buried in Conneaut Center Cemetery, Conneautville, Crawford Co., PennsylvaniaG.¹¹

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1. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #19120429, Stephen Lowing, includes photo of tombstone showing name.
2. [S2433] Shephen Lowing household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania.
3. [S2432] Shephen Lowing household, 1860 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania.
4. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #19120429, Stephen Lowing, shows date, town, and state, as New York; includes photo of tombstone showing same.
5. [S2433] Shephen Lowing household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, shows age 52 and state, as New York.
6. [S2432] Shephen Lowing household, 1860 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, shows age 62 and state, as Vermont.
7. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #19120429, Stephen Lowing and memorial #17856111, Hannah Cobb Lowing, show married, and include photo of tombstone showing same.
8. [S2432] Shephen Lowing household, 1860 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
9. [S2431] Shephen Lowing household, 1870 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
10. [S2433] Shephen Lowing household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
11. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #19120429, Stephen Lowing, includes photo of tombstone.
12. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #19120429, Stephen Lowing, shows date, town, county, and state, and includes photo of tombstone showing date.
13. [S2416] Shephen Lowing household, 1830 U.S. Census, Genesee Co., New York, shows him, and apparently her, living there.
14. [S2416] Shephen Lowing household, 1830 U.S. Census, Genesee Co., New York.
15. [S2417] Warriner, The Warriner Family of New England Origin, pg 123, shows Chester moved there in 1835.
16. [S2433] Shephen Lowing household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, shows Hannah and Stephen were there in 1850; they have not been found in 1840.
17. [S2431] Shephen Lowing household, 1870 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania.