Stephen Lowing1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 10203, (1798 - 1871)
FatherWilliam Lowing4 (11 Apr 1758 - 20 Dec 1802)
MotherMary Anna Haight4 (10 Mar 1764 - 3 Aug 1843)

Key Events:

Birth: 3 Jun 1798, Peru, New York5,6,7
Marriage: Hannah Cobb (30 Jun 1794 - 31 Mar 1872)8,9,10,11
Death: 28 Nov 1871, Lineville, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania12
Burial: Conneaut Center Cemetery, Conneautville, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania13
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     
Stephen & Hannah's Tombstone
photo courtesy Kathy Brubaker
Stephen Lowing was born on 3 Jun 1798 in Peru, New York.5,6,7 He married Hannah Cobb, daughter of Capt. Joshua Cobb and Hannah Edgerton.8,9,10,11 Stephen and Hannah moved to Genesee Co., in western New York, by 1830, where her sister Drusilla and her husband were apparently already living.14 (See map.)
     Stephen appeared on the 1830 Federal Census of Gainesville, Genesee Co., New York, 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.)15
     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.16,17 Stephen and Hannah appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Conneaut Twp., Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, 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., Pennsylvania, 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., Pennsylvania, 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.18
     He was a farmer.2,3,18
     Stephen died on 28 Nov 1871 in Lineville, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, at age 73.12 He was buried in Conneaut Center Cemetery, Conneautville, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania.13

Children:
     Children with Hannah Cobb:

  • Rev. Henry Dyer Lowing19,20 (29 May 1827 - 9 Nov 1903)
  • Wheeler W. Lowing20 (27 Aug 1831 - 2 Jan 1851)
  • Emily Lowing20 (abt 1837 - )

Citations

  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.
  5. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #19120429, Stephen Lowing, shows date, town, and state, as New York; includes photo of tombstone showing same.
  6. [S2433] Shephen Lowing household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, shows age 52 and state, as New York.
  7. [S2432] Shephen Lowing household, 1860 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, shows age 62 and state, as Vermont.
  8. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #19120429, Stephen Lowing and memorial #17856111, Hannah Cobb Lowing, show married, and include photo of tombstone showing same.
  9. [S2432] Shephen Lowing household, 1860 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  10. [S2431] Shephen Lowing household, 1870 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  11. [S2433] Shephen Lowing household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  12. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #19120429, Stephen Lowing, shows date, town, county, and state, and includes photo of tombstone showing date.
  13. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #19120429, Stephen Lowing, includes photo of tombstone.
  14. [S2416] Shephen Lowing household, 1830 U.S. Census, Genesee Co., New York, shows him, and apparently her, living there.
  15. [S2416] Shephen Lowing household, 1830 U.S. Census, Genesee Co., New York.
  16. [S2417] Warriner, The Warriner Family of New England Origin, pg 123, shows Chester moved there in 1835.
  17. [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.
  18. [S2431] Shephen Lowing household, 1870 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania.
  19. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #17856067, Rev Henry Dyer Lowing.
  20. [S2433] Shephen Lowing household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as parent and child.