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E. P. Lowe, Jr., of the firm of Neely & Lowe, freight agents at Hartsville Landing, was born in Wilson, now Trousdale County, in March, 1855. He is one of four children of E. P. and Nancy B. (Ward) Lowe. The father, of Irish origin, was born in Smith County in 1813, and as a farmer and trader has become an extensive land owner with about 400 acres, and lives near Hartsville. He was justice for about twelve years and chairman of Wilson County Court about ten years. When cut off from Wilson into Trousdale County, he still held his office of justice and was soon elected chairman of Trousdale County Court, which he held five years, refusing re-election on account of old age; an able and respected officer. His wife was born in Smith, now Trousdale County, in 1813 and died in 1869. She was Irish in origin. Our subject, educated at Hartsville and East Tennessee University, Knoxville, the latter in 1873 and 1874, was dependent on himself at twenty, and began farming, his present business, together with his freight agency. In October, 1884, he married Lucy, daughter of Henry and Lucy Neely, and born in Sumner, now Trousdale County in April, 1859. In politics he is a Democrat, and he and his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He is one of the leading farmers, owning 200 acres of improved land near Hartsville.