Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887, Jessamine Co. COL. M. T. LOWRY is the youngest son of the late Melvin and Phoebe (Hiter) Lowry, of Jessamine County, Ky. He was born on his father's farm seven miles west of Nicholasville, on the 26th of March, 1824, and was united in marriage with Miss Ella Daniel, third daughter of the late Harrison and Lucy (Curd) Daniel, of Jessamine County, May 1, 1856. Col. Lowry is an able lawyer, and was trained at an early period of his youth in the clerk's office of Jessamine County, under the celebrated old clerk, Maj. Daniel D. Price, who was one of the most remarkable men as a trainer of youth in Jessamine County. With a sound and careful mind united to an integrity as firm as the everlasting hills, the Major lived and died an honest man; he was universally kind to all he met, preferring the warmth of a pure heart to real worth in whatever garb it came before him, but was stern, retiring and cold as a Norwegian iceberg to those who had shown the slightest dereliction from moral principle. For more than thirty years he held the offices of county and circuit clerk of Jessamine County, which gave him a competence through life. He has gone from the stage of this life, where his part was well acted, and of no man could it ever be said with more reason, "Tis truth he proved in every path he trod, An honest man is the noblest work of God." Such was the character of the man who trained Col. Lowry to business pursuits from the year 1839 to the close of 1843. In 1844, 1845 and 1846, Col. Lowry wrote in the clerk's office of Fayette County, under celebrated Harry I. Bodley, one of the most energetic and accomplished clerks of the olden time. When the new constitution of Kentucky was adopted in 1849, Col. Lowry was the first clerks elected in Jessamine County. He filled the office of county and circuit court clerk for twelve years, was elected county judge in 1866, served four years, filing four months of the unexpired term of Judge Woodson. It must not be forgotten that the last office held by Judge Lowry under the constitution of 1799 was the office of deputy sheriff for four years. Every public duty that he ever undertook has been performed with scrupulous fidelity. No man enjoys a more enviable reputation for a thorough understanding of all the rights of property, and the largest interests in the community are intrusted to him with the fullest confidence. His full knowledge of legal business, his laborious attention to what others consider the most trivial matters, and his devotion to accuracy, have always enabled him to conduct all business matters confided to his care in the most successful manner possible. In all things Col. Lowry is an extraordinarily correct man. His integrity is unblemished, his honor without a stain. The names of his children are William, Hiter, Curd, Miss Lula and James B. Beck Lowry, who was named for Hon. Mr. Beck, United State senator of Kentucky. Lowry Hiter Daniel Curd Price Bodley Woodson Beck = none http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/jessamine/lowry.mt.txt