T. A. LOWEY, attorney at law, Caldwell County, was born June 8, 1825, in Sparta, White Co., Tenn. His father, James S. Lowey, was a native of North Carolina, which State he left when quite a small boy, moving to Sparta, where he lived until 1827, at which time he came to Caldwell County, Ky., and remained here until 1865, when he immigrated to Johnson County, Ill., dying there in 1882, at the age of ninety-four years. He was of Irish descent and had served as a soldier in the American army during the war of 1812. Subject's mother, Elizabeth Lowey, was a daughter of Turner Lane, an early settler of White County, Tenn. She was married to Mr. Lowey in 1807, and died in 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Lowey were the parents of fourteen children, T. A. being the seventh; he was thrown upon his own resources early in life, and at the age of eighteen commenced working at the wagon-maker's trade and house carpentering, which he followed until 1869, reading law in the meantime under the instructions of W. H. Miller, L. Pepper and George W. Duvall. He received license to practice in the courts of Kentucky, in 1869, and since that time has made the legal profession his principal business. He was married September 9, 1847, to Miss W. C., daughter of J. C. J. and Sarah Bennett, of Crittenden County, Ky. The following children were born to them: James, Elizabeth (wife of John T. Camp) and John T. (deceased). Mrs. Lowey died in 1855, aged twenty-five years. Mr. Lowey's second marriage took place in 1857, to Martha Minerva, daughter of Crittenden and Eliza Hollowell, by whom he has had six children: Erwin (deceased), Jacob G., Turner, Crittenden, Mattie and Hulett (deceased). Mr. Lowey has at different times held official positions of trust in Caldwell and Crittenden Counties, and is a member of the Christian Church.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 706.