Person:Christian Lower (1)

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Christian Lower
b.25 Oct 1760 Berks County, Pennsylvania
d.1831 Mill Creek Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
Parents and Siblings
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m. 9 Jun 1741
  1. John Michael Lower1742 - Est 1809
  2. Henry Lower1744 - 1821
  3. Ann Elizabeth Lauer1747 -
  4. Anna Barbara Lauer1749 -
  5. Johann Peter Lower1752 -
  6. Juliana Lower1754 - Est 1835
  7. Rosina Lower1756 -
  8. Margaretha Lower1756 -
  9. Catharina Barbara Lower1758 -
  10. Christian Lower1760 - 1831
  11. Maria Catharina Lower1763 -
  12. Christina Lower1768 - 1852
Spouse and Children
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m. Est 1780
  1. Daniel Lower1781 - 1847
  2. John Lower1785 - 1845
  3. Sarah Lower
  4. David Lower
  5. Benjamin Lower1787 - 1856
  6. Samuel Lower1789 - 1864
  7. William Lower1790 - 1818
  8. George Lower1802 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][3] Christian Lower
Alt Name[2] Christian Lauer
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 25 Oct 1760 Berks County, Pennsylvania
Marriage Est 1780 Berks County, Pennsylvaniato Elizabeth Ludwig
Residence[2][6] Dover Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Death[1][2] 1831 Mill Creek Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
Burial[4] New Bedford, Holmes County, OhioZion Reformed Church Cemetery
Alt Burial[5] New Bedford, Coshocton, Ohio, United StatesNew Bedford Cemetery


CHRISTIAN was a drummer boy in the REVOLUTIONARY WAR at the 1777 Battle of Brandywine. Below is an image of the old DRUM. The photograph was e-mailed to "White Creek" by Jack Akerboom. The drum is owned by Christian's descendants in Coshocton County, Ohio. Later, Christian was a blacksmith and farmer in Mill Creek Township, Coshocton County, Ohio.

In the large volume of books of the "PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES" (available in various libraries) there are a number of references to various Christian Lowers in the area (circa 1800), including one who was a Brigadier General. It is doubtful the reference is of this Christian Lower. Another was a Lt. col. and a couple were privates.

--White Creek 21:39, 23 January 2014 (UTC)


Below is a Topographical Map of the area near New Bedford, Ohio. On the map there is printed "boundary line", which is the divide between Crawford Township, Coshocton County, and Holmes County. Just north of New Bedford, and very faint on the map, cemeteries are designated on either side of the diagonal road, just inside the Coshocton Co. border! This is where Christian and many of his family members are buried.

--White Creek 20:52, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

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CHRISTIAN LOWER
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1777 DRUM
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1777 DRUM
BERKS COUNTY
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BERKS COUNTY
NEW BEDFORD, OHIO area
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NEW BEDFORD, OHIO area
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Akerboom, Jack. Descendants of Hans Lauer Lower. (Morgantown, Pennsylvania: Masthof Press)
    807 Pages, 2002.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 RootsWeb.com.

    Posting by Holly N Ashby Hofmann

  3. ↑ RootsWeb.com.

    Research of G. Spies

  4. ↑ It would seem that "Holly N Ashby Hofmann" is in error regarding the location of the cemetery in NEW BEDFORD. This researcher has been to the cemetery (it has many stones with the LOWER surname), and it is recalled that the cemetery is actually in Coshocton County, Ohio! However, Holmes County is adjacent to this area, and perhaps the townhip was a part of Holmes County in circa 1831?
  5. ↑ There is a Revolutionary War marker on his grave. There are many Lower tombstones in this cemetery. Unfortunately, "White Creek" has not returned to list all of them.
  6. ↑ "Holly N Ashby Hofman" states that he migrated to Dover Township, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, and then to Coshocton Co., Ohio, in the early 1820's.
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