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Shadrack E. Canterbury, was born in Tennessee on June 1, 1796. He owned a farm on land south of present-day Lowerytown. Married twice, Shadrack fathered 10 children, all of whom were born in BibbCounty. One child, Jasper, either died in childbirth or at an early age. Shadrack died on May 28, 1883. His wife Sarah Elizabeth Canterbury died on February 4, 1889. He and his wife are buried in the Canterbury Family Cemetery next to the road leading to Jones Lake south of Lowerytown. Four of Shadrack Canterbury's sons, Zachariah Clinton, James Monroe, Isaac Monroe and Samuel Jackson, moved to Tuscaloosa County in the late 1850s and started their own farms. The four youngest sons, Thomas E., Newton, Obadiah Polk and Lorenzo Dow, and daughter Sarah, remained with Shadrack and Sarah in Bibb County. Written by Jack Moore |