SECOND GENERATION

2. Alfred J. LOWDERMILK ⁽¹⁾ was born on 11 Nov 1823.^{(4) (5)(6)} He died on 24 Nov 1911 in Randolph, Co., NC.⁽¹⁾ He was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Seagrove, Randolph Co, NC.

FROM THE BIBLE THAT BELONGED TO EFFIE LEONRA LOWDERMILK WEAVER:
Family Record sheet - "Died - Nov. 24, 1912, age 89 yr -[of] old age." He was married to Sarah "Sallie" VUNCANNON on 21 Feb 1850 in Randolph, Co., NC.⁽⁷⁾ Bond dated 19 Feb 1850

3. Sarah "Sallie" VUNCANNON ⁽¹⁾ was born on 26 Feb 1832. She died on 28 Nov 1913 in Seagrove, Randolph, NC. ⁽¹⁾

SEE NOTES FOR HENRY CLAY LOWDERMILK.
Buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Seagrove, North Carolina. Children were:

i. Wincy A. LOWDERMILK⁽⁷⁾ was born on 15 Nov 1850. She died on 20 Feb 1951.⁽⁷⁾
ii. Artimitia (Misha) LOWDERMILK^{(1) (8)} was born on 5 Feb 1852.⁽⁷⁾
iii. Benjamin Franklin LOWDERMILK^{(1) (8)} was born on 7 Feb 1854.⁽⁷⁾ He died on 5 Mar 1918. ⁽⁹⁾ "...raised Uncle Zimmies (Zimrye Hadley) two sons, Steel and Alfred, Alfred was about three weeks old when they took them, dont' know how old Steel was."
iv. Zimrye (Zimmie) Hadley LOWDERMILK^{(1) (8)} was born on 3 Apr 1856.⁽⁷⁾ He died on 12 Nov 1895. ⁽⁷⁾ "...Ninnie Steel, died when Steel was very young, then married Sue (don't know her last name) died when Alfred was tiny."
v. Henry Clay LOWDERMILK^{(1) (10)(8)} was born on 19 Jun 1858.⁽¹⁰⁾ He died on 30 Jun 1948 in Prescott, AZ.⁽¹⁰⁾ He was buried in Wilcox, AZ.⁽¹⁰⁾

NOTE: "History of Lowdermilk Family, 1749 to Present" by Heinzman and Hess states: "He owned a sawmill in NC, took part in Oklahoma land rush, became an engineer and postmaster at Wilcox, AZ."

FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY HENRY CLAY LOWDERMILK TO HIS GRANDDAUGHTER "WESTHER" LOWDERMILK, JUNE 20, 1943.
Among documents on Lowdermilk research done by Ethel Lowdermilk Heinzman -- Westher (b. 1927), daughter of Walter Clay Lowdermilk (b. 1887), son of Henry Clay Lowdermilk (b. 1858), son of Alfred J. Lowdermilk (b. 1823), son of William Lowdermilk and Youtha Cole. (Note that Henry Clay Lowdermilk refers to Jacob Lowdermilk, his great, great, grandfather, as " Ananias." Is this a nickname (or middle name)? I have, in the past, ventured to guess that those histories that refer to Jacob's father as "Emil" may have been using a nickname (or middle name) that had been handed down also. Zipra)

"My great great grandfather, Ananias [Jacob] Lowdermilk, came from Germany and settled in North Carolina before the Revolutionary War. His brother came with him, but settled in Georgia.

"Ananias' father [Emil] had a large dairy on the "Lowder" River in Germany and when they came to the U.S. they took the name of Lowdermilk, which means "pure milk."

"The son of Ananias was John Lowdermilk, who was my great grandfather and his son, William (Billy) was my grandfather. Billy, had 16 children, eight boys and eight girls. They all (sic) lived to be adults. My grandfather Billy did not spend more than $1.50 for doctor bills for the whole family in all of their lives. They all lived to be over eighty years of age. Uncle Emsley lived to be 92.

"My grandfather Billy lived to be 75. He was a great big fat fellow with a red face and when he sneezed you could hear him for two miles! My Aunt lived two miles away from him and she could hear him and that was how she knew when he was home.

"My father, Alfred Lowdermilk, the son of Billy, bought 320 acres of his father's land on Deep River and fork Creek in Randolph County, N.C. and my father raised corn, wheat, oats and potatoes, only for family use. He always had about 15 cows and when they had a calf we sold them for milk cows at $15.00 each with the calf. We always had 3 or 4 milk cows for family use. We also had about 15 to 30 head of sheep for mutton and wool. My father sheared and sent the wool to be carded. Then my mother would spin and weave the cloth (on a hand loom) and would make our winter clothing. We raised flax and my mother spun and wove linen for our shirts and trousers. It was as white as snow after it was washed a few times.

"My father owned only one slave. But he hired a family of 15 Negro slaves from a neighbor, Noah Smutherland. The little Negro he paid $10 a pound for her, and she weighed 30 lbs, and cost him $300. She was named Marthy. After the war, she was freed, at the age of seven. There were seven children on our family, four boys and three girls: l. Benjamin Franklin (2nd born) 2. Zimry Hadley (3rd born), 3. Henry Clay (4th born) and William Wesley (5th born) and girls were 5. Artismisha (lst born), 6. Liddy Ann (6th born) and Lura, the youngest in the family (7th born), and still living in North Carolina.

"My mother hired two white women and boarded them for 10 cents each a day to spin cotton, wool and flax thread. We also raised silk worms for the silk and fed them on mulberry leaves.

"My mother was Sally Vuncannon. She was English and a little Irish. Her mother's name was Brookshire (English). My mother had three brothers, William, another Calgorn Vuncannon, and Tyson Vuncannon. Uncle William, during the Civil War, left North Carolina and went to live in Indiana. He was opposed to slavery and secession and he was for the Union, but did not want to fight his blood relations. I don't know what became of the two others. The Brookshires came a very long time ago from England and settled in Richmond Co., N.C. My Mother was a brunette, my father a large man, 185 lbs and 5' 11" with dark hair and gray eyes. My hair was red.

"Emily, my sister, died when she was 2 years old, when I was 4. She was the prettiest little girl, and had red hair. Lura is a red head too.

"Zimry, my brother, contracted swamp fever in Florida, on the Swanee River, and passed on when he was about 39. Ben Franklin passed on in 1917.

"My Grandmother Vuncannon, a widow, lived about 20 miles from our home and I often begged my mother to let me go to visit her so I could get red June apples and honey. We didn't have any bees, because during the Civil War the deserters stole all of our bees. We had a large orchard and had barrels of cider . . .."
vi. Emily J. LOWDERMILK⁽⁷⁾ was born on 7 Jun 1861.⁽⁷⁾ She died on 12 Jul 1863. ⁽⁷⁾
vii. Lydia Ann LOWDERMILK^{(1) (8)} was born on 16 Feb 1864.⁽⁷⁾ She died on 19 Apr 1928.⁽¹⁰⁾
1 viii. William Wesley LOWDERMILK.
ix. Lura E. LOWDERMILK^{(1) (7)} was born on 26 Mar 1869.^{(1) (7)} She died in 1959.⁽¹⁾

NOTE- "History of Lowdermilk Family, 1749 to Present" compiled by Heinzman and Hess states: "Methodists . . . Ashboro, NC."