According to the IGI at familysearch.org, Charles Winthrop Lowell was born 20 Nov 1834 in Farmington, Franklin, Maine to Philip Smith Lowell & Harriet Byram (or Byron) Butler, married Mary Elizabeth Chandler in Jun 1860 in Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine and died 5 Oct 1877.
1850 census of Abbot, Piscataquis, Maine p233: Charles W Lowell, age 15, farmer, born in Maine, listed with parents, Philip S, 41 & Harriet B, also 41, and sisters, Elizabeth A, 18 and Abby M, 2.
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907: Charles W Lowell married Mary E Chandler on 7 Jun 1860 in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 14 Jun 1860 p3: "MARRIED---In Foxcroft, on the 7th inst., by Rev. Luther P. French, Charles Winthrop Lowell, Esq., of Norway, to Miss Mary Esther, youngest daughter of late Hon. Charles P. Chandler, of Foxcroft."
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 23 Jul 1868 p2: "HON. C. W. LOWELL---The Hon. Charles W. Lowell who has just been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives of the General Assemby of this State, was born at Farmington, Maine, in the years 1834.
He was educated at Bowdoin College, and afterward entered upon the study and practice of law in the town of Foxcroft. In 1861-62 he served in the Legislature of Maine.
In February, 1863 he was commissioned as a Captain in General Gilman's brigade, United States volunteers, and with that command shortly afterward came to this State, where he served until March, 1867, when he was mustered out of service, bearing rank as Major and Brevet Colonel. Since that time he has resided in the parish of Caddo, which he now represents in our General Assembly.
Colonel Lowell is a gentelman of fine presence, easy address, and possessed of much more than ordinary ability. He is open to the objection of being an extreme Radical, but the present House seems to bear such afflictions with becoming resignation.
The experience of yesterday leads us to believe that a wise selection of Speaker has been made, and that the efficiency of the incumbent will do much to expedite the business of the House. [New Orleans Republican]"
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 31 May 1877 p2: "Hon. Charles W. Lowell and wife, of New Orleans, arrived in Foxcroft on Friday evening last, accompanied by Mr. W. W. Clark, who was sent to New York to meet them. We regret to state that Mr. Lowell has been gradually failing of consumption for nearly a year. The gentleman, as many well know, is a native of Foxcroft, and has since he went South, held several offices of trust and importance.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell will make their home with the Hon. E. J. Hale, while here."
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 11 Oct 1877 p2: "CHARLES W. LOWELL---Charles W. Lowell died at the residence of his brother-in-law, the Hon. E. J. Hale, on the 3d inst.
Born in Franklin county, he came when a child with his parents to this county, where the larger portion of his life was spent. Col. Lowell was in a marked degree a self-made man, and his brief and brilliant career illustrated the success of fixed purpose, untiring industry and high resolve. Educated at Foxcroft Academy he became one of the Preceptors.
He commenced his legal studies in the office of the Hon. Charles P. Chandler whose second daughter was his first wife. After the death of Mr. Chandler he closed his preparatory studies in the law office of Col. Robinson. He was a hard student and by natural endowments and thorough training, admirably qualified to succeed in his profession.
At the outbreak of the civil war he took a decided position in favor of maintaining the integrity of the Union; spoke and wrote for this idea and represented it with zeal and marked ability in the State Legislature of which he was a member.
In 1863 after the death of his wife he obtained a captaincy in a colored regiment which he afterwards commanded. This position took him to the state of Louisiana, where he settled and engaged in his profession; in the business of a planter, and in important official duties---civil and military, state and national, up to the time he was smitten by fatal disease.
In a brief decade, Col. Lowell had been student, teacher, lawyer, legislator, soldier; civil and military ruler; and had performed all these varied and multefarious duties well.
In the effort to reconstruct the state of Louisiana, shattered into fragments by civil war and radical revolution in her domestic relations, Col. Lowell took a conspicuous part; and it is greatly to his credit that he performed the complicated, arduous and delicate duties imposed by reconstruction, in a manner which won the confidence and approval of such distinguished military rulers as Generals Canby and Hancock and to the general satisfaction of the public, so far as under such a complicated and embarrassed state of pubic affairs a general satisfaction was a possibility.
For the last few years Col. Lowell has avoided participation in public affairs and devoted his time to his personal interests.
Last spring he came north in the vain hope of recruiting his broken health, his wife, an accomplished Southern lady accompanied him on this his last journey, and through the long summer months his nurse and comforter she has stood by his sick bed hoping against hope waiting and watching the final issue.
He died as the strong man dies, without complaint or murmur, submissive to the inexorable, passing quietly away as the child into gentle slumber; and his numerous friends realize the assurance that 'after life's fitful fever he sleeps well.'"
Obituary Index of Ouachita Parish Newspapers
Volume I: 1825-1899
Compiled by: Lora Peppers 2002
Oct. 26, 1877
Ouachita Telegraph
Page: 2
Column; 2
Note; Foxcroft, ME
1850 census of Abbot, Piscataquis, Maine p233: Charles W Lowell, age 15, farmer, born in Maine, listed with parents, Philip S, 41 & Harriet B, also 41, and sisters, Elizabeth A, 18 and Abby M, 2.
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907: Charles W Lowell married Mary E Chandler on 7 Jun 1860 in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 14 Jun 1860 p3: "MARRIED---In Foxcroft, on the 7th inst., by Rev. Luther P. French, Charles Winthrop Lowell, Esq., of Norway, to Miss Mary Esther, youngest daughter of late Hon. Charles P. Chandler, of Foxcroft."
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 23 Jul 1868 p2: "HON. C. W. LOWELL---The Hon. Charles W. Lowell who has just been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives of the General Assemby of this State, was born at Farmington, Maine, in the years 1834.
He was educated at Bowdoin College, and afterward entered upon the study and practice of law in the town of Foxcroft. In 1861-62 he served in the Legislature of Maine.
In February, 1863 he was commissioned as a Captain in General Gilman's brigade, United States volunteers, and with that command shortly afterward came to this State, where he served until March, 1867, when he was mustered out of service, bearing rank as Major and Brevet Colonel. Since that time he has resided in the parish of Caddo, which he now represents in our General Assembly.
Colonel Lowell is a gentelman of fine presence, easy address, and possessed of much more than ordinary ability. He is open to the objection of being an extreme Radical, but the present House seems to bear such afflictions with becoming resignation.
The experience of yesterday leads us to believe that a wise selection of Speaker has been made, and that the efficiency of the incumbent will do much to expedite the business of the House. [New Orleans Republican]"
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 31 May 1877 p2: "Hon. Charles W. Lowell and wife, of New Orleans, arrived in Foxcroft on Friday evening last, accompanied by Mr. W. W. Clark, who was sent to New York to meet them. We regret to state that Mr. Lowell has been gradually failing of consumption for nearly a year. The gentleman, as many well know, is a native of Foxcroft, and has since he went South, held several offices of trust and importance.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell will make their home with the Hon. E. J. Hale, while here."
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 11 Oct 1877 p2: "CHARLES W. LOWELL---Charles W. Lowell died at the residence of his brother-in-law, the Hon. E. J. Hale, on the 3d inst.
Born in Franklin county, he came when a child with his parents to this county, where the larger portion of his life was spent. Col. Lowell was in a marked degree a self-made man, and his brief and brilliant career illustrated the success of fixed purpose, untiring industry and high resolve. Educated at Foxcroft Academy he became one of the Preceptors.
He commenced his legal studies in the office of the Hon. Charles P. Chandler whose second daughter was his first wife. After the death of Mr. Chandler he closed his preparatory studies in the law office of Col. Robinson. He was a hard student and by natural endowments and thorough training, admirably qualified to succeed in his profession.
At the outbreak of the civil war he took a decided position in favor of maintaining the integrity of the Union; spoke and wrote for this idea and represented it with zeal and marked ability in the State Legislature of which he was a member.
In 1863 after the death of his wife he obtained a captaincy in a colored regiment which he afterwards commanded. This position took him to the state of Louisiana, where he settled and engaged in his profession; in the business of a planter, and in important official duties---civil and military, state and national, up to the time he was smitten by fatal disease.
In a brief decade, Col. Lowell had been student, teacher, lawyer, legislator, soldier; civil and military ruler; and had performed all these varied and multefarious duties well.
In the effort to reconstruct the state of Louisiana, shattered into fragments by civil war and radical revolution in her domestic relations, Col. Lowell took a conspicuous part; and it is greatly to his credit that he performed the complicated, arduous and delicate duties imposed by reconstruction, in a manner which won the confidence and approval of such distinguished military rulers as Generals Canby and Hancock and to the general satisfaction of the public, so far as under such a complicated and embarrassed state of pubic affairs a general satisfaction was a possibility.
For the last few years Col. Lowell has avoided participation in public affairs and devoted his time to his personal interests.
Last spring he came north in the vain hope of recruiting his broken health, his wife, an accomplished Southern lady accompanied him on this his last journey, and through the long summer months his nurse and comforter she has stood by his sick bed hoping against hope waiting and watching the final issue.
He died as the strong man dies, without complaint or murmur, submissive to the inexorable, passing quietly away as the child into gentle slumber; and his numerous friends realize the assurance that 'after life's fitful fever he sleeps well.'"
Obituary Index of Ouachita Parish Newspapers
Volume I: 1825-1899
Compiled by: Lora Peppers 2002
Oct. 26, 1877
Ouachita Telegraph
Page: 2
Column; 2
Note; Foxcroft, ME
According to the IGI at familysearch.org, Charles Winthrop Lowell was born 20 Nov 1834 in Farmington, Franklin, Maine to Philip Smith Lowell & Harriet Byram (or Byron) Butler, married Mary Elizabeth Chandler in Jun 1860 in Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine and died 5 Oct 1877.
1850 census of Abbot, Piscataquis, Maine p233: Charles W Lowell, age 15, farmer, born in Maine, listed with parents, Philip S, 41 & Harriet B, also 41, and sisters, Elizabeth A, 18 and Abby M, 2.
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907: Charles W Lowell married Mary E Chandler on 7 Jun 1860 in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 14 Jun 1860 p3: "MARRIED---In Foxcroft, on the 7th inst., by Rev. Luther P. French, Charles Winthrop Lowell, Esq., of Norway, to Miss Mary Esther, youngest daughter of late Hon. Charles P. Chandler, of Foxcroft."
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 23 Jul 1868 p2: "HON. C. W. LOWELL---The Hon. Charles W. Lowell who has just been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives of the General Assemby of this State, was born at Farmington, Maine, in the years 1834.
He was educated at Bowdoin College, and afterward entered upon the study and practice of law in the town of Foxcroft. In 1861-62 he served in the Legislature of Maine.
In February, 1863 he was commissioned as a Captain in General Gilman's brigade, United States volunteers, and with that command shortly afterward came to this State, where he served until March, 1867, when he was mustered out of service, bearing rank as Major and Brevet Colonel. Since that time he has resided in the parish of Caddo, which he now represents in our General Assembly.
Colonel Lowell is a gentelman of fine presence, easy address, and possessed of much more than ordinary ability. He is open to the objection of being an extreme Radical, but the present House seems to bear such afflictions with becoming resignation.
The experience of yesterday leads us to believe that a wise selection of Speaker has been made, and that the efficiency of the incumbent will do much to expedite the business of the House. [New Orleans Republican]"
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 31 May 1877 p2: "Hon. Charles W. Lowell and wife, of New Orleans, arrived in Foxcroft on Friday evening last, accompanied by Mr. W. W. Clark, who was sent to New York to meet them. We regret to state that Mr. Lowell has been gradually failing of consumption for nearly a year. The gentleman, as many well know, is a native of Foxcroft, and has since he went South, held several offices of trust and importance.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell will make their home with the Hon. E. J. Hale, while here."
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 11 Oct 1877 p2: "CHARLES W. LOWELL---Charles W. Lowell died at the residence of his brother-in-law, the Hon. E. J. Hale, on the 3d inst.
Born in Franklin county, he came when a child with his parents to this county, where the larger portion of his life was spent. Col. Lowell was in a marked degree a self-made man, and his brief and brilliant career illustrated the success of fixed purpose, untiring industry and high resolve. Educated at Foxcroft Academy he became one of the Preceptors.
He commenced his legal studies in the office of the Hon. Charles P. Chandler whose second daughter was his first wife. After the death of Mr. Chandler he closed his preparatory studies in the law office of Col. Robinson. He was a hard student and by natural endowments and thorough training, admirably qualified to succeed in his profession.
At the outbreak of the civil war he took a decided position in favor of maintaining the integrity of the Union; spoke and wrote for this idea and represented it with zeal and marked ability in the State Legislature of which he was a member.
In 1863 after the death of his wife he obtained a captaincy in a colored regiment which he afterwards commanded. This position took him to the state of Louisiana, where he settled and engaged in his profession; in the business of a planter, and in important official duties---civil and military, state and national, up to the time he was smitten by fatal disease.
In a brief decade, Col. Lowell had been student, teacher, lawyer, legislator, soldier; civil and military ruler; and had performed all these varied and multefarious duties well.
In the effort to reconstruct the state of Louisiana, shattered into fragments by civil war and radical revolution in her domestic relations, Col. Lowell took a conspicuous part; and it is greatly to his credit that he performed the complicated, arduous and delicate duties imposed by reconstruction, in a manner which won the confidence and approval of such distinguished military rulers as Generals Canby and Hancock and to the general satisfaction of the public, so far as under such a complicated and embarrassed state of pubic affairs a general satisfaction was a possibility.
For the last few years Col. Lowell has avoided participation in public affairs and devoted his time to his personal interests.
Last spring he came north in the vain hope of recruiting his broken health, his wife, an accomplished Southern lady accompanied him on this his last journey, and through the long summer months his nurse and comforter she has stood by his sick bed hoping against hope waiting and watching the final issue.
He died as the strong man dies, without complaint or murmur, submissive to the inexorable, passing quietly away as the child into gentle slumber; and his numerous friends realize the assurance that 'after life's fitful fever he sleeps well.'"
Obituary Index of Ouachita Parish Newspapers
Volume I: 1825-1899
Compiled by: Lora Peppers 2002
Oct. 26, 1877
Ouachita Telegraph
Page: 2
Column; 2
Note; Foxcroft, ME
1850 census of Abbot, Piscataquis, Maine p233: Charles W Lowell, age 15, farmer, born in Maine, listed with parents, Philip S, 41 & Harriet B, also 41, and sisters, Elizabeth A, 18 and Abby M, 2.
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907: Charles W Lowell married Mary E Chandler on 7 Jun 1860 in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 14 Jun 1860 p3: "MARRIED---In Foxcroft, on the 7th inst., by Rev. Luther P. French, Charles Winthrop Lowell, Esq., of Norway, to Miss Mary Esther, youngest daughter of late Hon. Charles P. Chandler, of Foxcroft."
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 23 Jul 1868 p2: "HON. C. W. LOWELL---The Hon. Charles W. Lowell who has just been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives of the General Assemby of this State, was born at Farmington, Maine, in the years 1834.
He was educated at Bowdoin College, and afterward entered upon the study and practice of law in the town of Foxcroft. In 1861-62 he served in the Legislature of Maine.
In February, 1863 he was commissioned as a Captain in General Gilman's brigade, United States volunteers, and with that command shortly afterward came to this State, where he served until March, 1867, when he was mustered out of service, bearing rank as Major and Brevet Colonel. Since that time he has resided in the parish of Caddo, which he now represents in our General Assembly.
Colonel Lowell is a gentelman of fine presence, easy address, and possessed of much more than ordinary ability. He is open to the objection of being an extreme Radical, but the present House seems to bear such afflictions with becoming resignation.
The experience of yesterday leads us to believe that a wise selection of Speaker has been made, and that the efficiency of the incumbent will do much to expedite the business of the House. [New Orleans Republican]"
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 31 May 1877 p2: "Hon. Charles W. Lowell and wife, of New Orleans, arrived in Foxcroft on Friday evening last, accompanied by Mr. W. W. Clark, who was sent to New York to meet them. We regret to state that Mr. Lowell has been gradually failing of consumption for nearly a year. The gentleman, as many well know, is a native of Foxcroft, and has since he went South, held several offices of trust and importance.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell will make their home with the Hon. E. J. Hale, while here."
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 11 Oct 1877 p2: "CHARLES W. LOWELL---Charles W. Lowell died at the residence of his brother-in-law, the Hon. E. J. Hale, on the 3d inst.
Born in Franklin county, he came when a child with his parents to this county, where the larger portion of his life was spent. Col. Lowell was in a marked degree a self-made man, and his brief and brilliant career illustrated the success of fixed purpose, untiring industry and high resolve. Educated at Foxcroft Academy he became one of the Preceptors.
He commenced his legal studies in the office of the Hon. Charles P. Chandler whose second daughter was his first wife. After the death of Mr. Chandler he closed his preparatory studies in the law office of Col. Robinson. He was a hard student and by natural endowments and thorough training, admirably qualified to succeed in his profession.
At the outbreak of the civil war he took a decided position in favor of maintaining the integrity of the Union; spoke and wrote for this idea and represented it with zeal and marked ability in the State Legislature of which he was a member.
In 1863 after the death of his wife he obtained a captaincy in a colored regiment which he afterwards commanded. This position took him to the state of Louisiana, where he settled and engaged in his profession; in the business of a planter, and in important official duties---civil and military, state and national, up to the time he was smitten by fatal disease.
In a brief decade, Col. Lowell had been student, teacher, lawyer, legislator, soldier; civil and military ruler; and had performed all these varied and multefarious duties well.
In the effort to reconstruct the state of Louisiana, shattered into fragments by civil war and radical revolution in her domestic relations, Col. Lowell took a conspicuous part; and it is greatly to his credit that he performed the complicated, arduous and delicate duties imposed by reconstruction, in a manner which won the confidence and approval of such distinguished military rulers as Generals Canby and Hancock and to the general satisfaction of the public, so far as under such a complicated and embarrassed state of pubic affairs a general satisfaction was a possibility.
For the last few years Col. Lowell has avoided participation in public affairs and devoted his time to his personal interests.
Last spring he came north in the vain hope of recruiting his broken health, his wife, an accomplished Southern lady accompanied him on this his last journey, and through the long summer months his nurse and comforter she has stood by his sick bed hoping against hope waiting and watching the final issue.
He died as the strong man dies, without complaint or murmur, submissive to the inexorable, passing quietly away as the child into gentle slumber; and his numerous friends realize the assurance that 'after life's fitful fever he sleeps well.'"
Obituary Index of Ouachita Parish Newspapers
Volume I: 1825-1899
Compiled by: Lora Peppers 2002
Oct. 26, 1877
Ouachita Telegraph
Page: 2
Column; 2
Note; Foxcroft, ME
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