David Lowman Family

History of the Lowman family written by Mildred Carolina Lide Fair, 1980 "Early South Carolina Lowmans".

David Lourman petitioned for land in 1752 for his wife and three sons, John Lowman age about 18, George age 17 and Andrew age 16, all of whom were born in Germany. Nothing has been found of Andrew after the petition, he is presumed to have died.  David Lourman states that he and his family aboard the ship, John and Mary to Charles Towne, SC.  His petition was read before the council in February 1753 praying for 250 acres of land.

  Lutheran Church records show a David Lourman born 1696 and wife Anna Maria Kaiser had seven children born between 1719 and 1730. This would not include the two younger born sons, George and Andrew in the records in Germany. Records indicate that two children had died by 1752.

Children of David Lourman and Anna Maria Kaiser:
I. John David Lohrman born 31 August 1730 Germany died after 1789 married 28 May 1759 Susan Humbart. (Marriage recorded in Ebenezer Lutheran Church Record Book)

A..David Lowman born about 1764
B. George Lowman born 20 February 1767 died 3 January 1824 married before 1790 Catharina Ochs (Oak) born about 1770 died 11 August 1850

1. Elizabeth Lowman born 18 June 1794 died 29 November 1795
2. John (Johannes) Lowman born 12 September 1795 died 16 August 1871 married 1) about 1818 Christina Sulden born 1 March 1795 died 11 October 1852, daughter of Johann Hermann Suldan and Maria Margaretha Hemeterin and 2) about 1855 Melinda Davis born 21 June 1829 died 9 April 1897

Children by first wife:
a. Malachias Lowman born 20 January 1820 died 22 June 1862 married Martha Wyse (Wise) born 20 January 1820 died 4 April 1894, moved to AL.
b. Jamima Lowman married 1) Abner Miller and 2) Michael J. W. Howard
c. Rebecca C. Lowman born 29 August 1824 died 14 January 1898 married 2 March 1845 Yearly Berry Shealy born 20 September 1824 died 7 December 1902 son of  David C. and Nancy Wooley Shealy
d. Margaret M. (Minnie) Lowman born November 1829 died 18 March 1907, buried St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Leesville, SC
e. Sarah Ann (Sallie) Lowman born 12 November 1832 died 9 June 1914 married 21 February 1850 Irwin M. Shealy born 20 January 1829 died CSA son of David C. and Nancy Wooley Shealy
f. Harmon Luther Lowman born 29 December 1834 died 5 March 1918 married 20 March 1856 Rebecca Wyse (Wise) born 5 February 1835 died 1 July 1916 daughter of  Frederick and Mary Kelly Wise.
g. Marsillion (Marcello) Lowman born about 1837 married James (Jim) Malachi Watkins

Children by second wife:
h. Elizabeth (Lizzie) A. Lowman born 27 June 1857 died 12 December 1928 married P. G. Shealy
i. Louise (Lula) Lowman born 30 September 1858 died 7 May 1920 married George M. Adams
j. David Monroe Lowman born 1860 died 1931
k. Henry Daniel Lowman born 2 March 1861 died 9 January 1934 married about 1888 Louisa C. Adams born 5 September 1851 died 9 August 1937. Both are buried at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church near Batesburg, SC
l. Mary M. Lowman born 8 March 1861 died 19 February 1905 married Jesse Davis Roof.  More can be found on this family in the publication co-authored by Michael Kitchings Roof, entitled "The Roof (Rueff, Ruff) Family and Kinfolk of Central South Carolina: 1748 - 1999", pages 173-183.
m. Nancie (Nancy) Lowman born 9 August 1869 died 29 April 1906, buried St. Peter's Lutheran Church
n. Kate S. Lowman married Rufus Boatwright

3. Jacob (Jack) Calvin Lowman born about 1797 married Sally A. _____
4. Mary Lowman born 1798 died 1885 married Barriet Barnard Hyler (Hoyler) born 1798 died 1855

a. John Barnet Hyler born 1825

5. Christena Bearberg Lowman born 1 January 1800 died 8 March 1855 married John C. Sease born 1796 died 1865

a. Daniel Elijah Sease born 1826 died 1921 married Susannah Magdelene Mayer born 1830 died 1920
b. John Leonard Sease born 29 May 1824 died 17 May 1918 married 23 April 1845 Martha Elizabeth Fike born 13 December 1829 died 9 August 1905 daughter of John F. Fike and Christena Elizabeth Mayer. Both buried at Sease-Fike Family Cemetery, Newberry County, SC.
c. Jessie I. Sease born 1828 died 1855
d. John C. Sease born 1831 married Elizabeth Hipp
e. Asa Melanthion Sease born 1833 died 1912 married Mary Elizabeth Epting
f. Govan Luther Sease born 1836 married Mary E. Fulmer born 1840
g. Andrew Noah Sease born 1840 died 1920 married Angela Catherine Epting
h. Elizabeth Sease married George Metts
i. Mary Caroline Sease married Andrew Shealy
j. Catherine Sease married _____ Dehart
k. Mahala Sease married ______ Fulmer

6. Daniel Rufus Lowman born 16 November 1801 died 8 March 1873 married Nancy Barbara Hiller born 24 September 1807 died 23 October 1889 daughter of John and Mary Hiller

a. Sgt. Soloman Franklin Lowman born 14 February 1830 died 21 February 1863
b. Dr. William Washington Lowman born 12 August 1832 died 28 March 1870
c. Louisa Drusilla Lowman born 11 October 1834 died 16 December 1916
d. Dr. Jacob Walter Lowman born 11 March 1837 died 15 January 1905

7. Samuel Lowman born 1805 married before 3 January 1843 Susan E. ______.
8. David Lowman born 1806 died 13 November 1889 married Barbara Elizabeth (Betsy) Rauch born 28 August 1808 died 18 December 1888, they are buried in a family cemetery on Harmon Island in Lake Murray near St. Michael's Lutheran Church building near Irmo, SC.

a. Henrietta Lowman born 1829 died 17 June 1890 married David Slice born about 1833
b. Catherine Lowman born 1832 married Walter Amick born 1832
c. Samuel Govan Lowman born 23 July 1834 died 7 February 1930 married Elizabeth Christina (Tina) Metts born 23 December 1838 died 5 April 1942
d. Mindy F. Lowman born 1836
e. Maria Lowman born 1839
f. James Lott Lowman born 21 April 1841 died 27 November 1931
g. Virginia Alberta Lowman born 1849 married Wesley Younginer

9. Nancy Lowman born about 1810 died before 3 January 1825 married Jacob Metts, Sr a. John L. Metz

10. Rev. Jesse B. Lowman born 1813 died 20 February 1875
11. Michael Lowman born 23 February 1815 died 27 November 1893 married Jemima Metz born 16 December 1819. Both are buried at Lowman Home Cemetery

a. George Washington Lowman born 1837
b. Effie/Epsy (Ann) Lowman born 1840
c. Faustina Georgiana Lowman born 1842 married Hilliard Preston Bauknight born 26 March 1836 died 26 October 1875 son of  Henry Michael and Mary Magdalene Sistrunk Bauknight, moved to FL.
d. Preston Lowman born 1844
e. Paul Enoch Lowman born 23 May 1845 died 30 December 1909 married Relanza Melissa Rauch born 26 September 1848 died 4 January 1940 daughter of Elijah Rauch and Rachel Metts. They were the original land owners of the Lowman Home Property. She donated the land to the Lutheran Church of S.C. in return for the care of her children.
f. Silas I. Lowman born 10 May 1848 died 18 October 1870
g. John Thomas Lowman born 16 February 1851 died 7 November 1896 married Alice Agnes Riddle born 9 May 1854 died 19 November 1903 daughter of Lewis Riddle
h. Relanza Ellaquin Ann Lowman born 1859 married Benjamin Derrick

12. Joel Leslie Lowman born 23 February 1815 died 8 September 1874 married 14 December 1852 Mary Rebecca Smith born 1836 died about 1883
13. Isaiah Joshua (Jeter) Lowman born 15 January 1818 died 12 July 1893 married 1) 5 December 1844 Rachel Rebecca Bickley and 2) 21 May 1848 Barbara Elizabeth Swygert born 25 March 1824 died 23 December 1900 daughter of  Jesse Swygert

Children by first marriage:
a. Gideon Patrick (Bob) Lowman born 9 October 1845 died 25 August 1935 married Sara Alice Madora (Sallie) Derrick born 3 January 1858 died 16 May 1939
b. J. C. Lowman born 5 May 1847 died young

Children by second marriage:
c. Sarah Ann Lowman born 17 May 1849 died 23 December 1945 married Isaiah Malankton (Jim) Bouknight born 15 November 1842 died 25 March 1925 daughter of Jesse Bouknight
d. Marina (Molly/Mary Marie) Lowman (Aunt Rina) born 10 December 1850 married  Jacob Long
e. Martha Ann Drusilla Lowman born 11 February 1852 married 20 October 1878 Simon Bickley born 9 August 1856, brother to Martha Ann Bickley and Barabara Bickley who married Joseph Lowman and William Lowman.
f. Joseph David Lowman born 25 February 1855 died 31 March 1920 married Martha Ann Bickley born 21 November 1859 died 19 March 1939 daughter of Joe Morgan Bickley and Caroline Elizabeth Bouknight.
g. John B. Lowman born 6 January 1857 married Cora Miller daughter of  Rev. Peter Miller.
h. Margaret Lowman born 1858 married _______ Swygert
i. William Jennings (Jenkins/Bill)Lowman born  24 September 1859 died 16 February 1931 married Barbara Tulie Bickley born 1863 died 1942
j. Harriette W. (Hattie) Lowman born 17 January 1852 married 1) George Williams and 2) Pierce Shealy
k. Isiah Joshua Lowman born 3 October 1864 died 8 July 1947 married Clara Elizabeth Robertson born 22 September 1870 died 28 June 1938
l. Samuel Enoch Lowman born 25 May 1867 died 9 September 1959 married Anna Wessinger born 15 December 1872 died 21 August 1959, both are buried at Bethel Cemetery near White Rock, SC
m. Ella Lowman born 20 September 1870 died 21 February 1953
n. James Franklin (Frank) Lowman born 1 April 1877 died 22 July 1962 married 1) 7 March 1899 Carrie Viola Riddle born 2 February 1878 died 9 May 1922 daughter of John Edward Riddle and Nancy Alice Derrick and married 2) 1926 Helen Naomi Shealy daughter of Noah and Jane Chapman Shealy

13. George Lowman born 15 January 1818 died 1831

C. Catharine Lowman born October 1770 died 11 August 1850 married 17 April 1788 John Craps born 16 January 1768 died 18 January 1854
D. John Lourman born about 1774
E. James Lowman born 5 April 1779
F. Mary Lowman

II. George Lohrman born about 1735 Germany died before 12 October 1775 (Charleston Deed Book A-5, p. 470).
III. Andrew Lohrman born about 1736

Bio updated 28 October, 2002