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Leander Firestone “Lee” Lower

Birth	:	8 Jul 1849 Columbiana County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	16 Sep 1921 Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana, USA
Burial	:	St. John's Cemetery, Parramatta, City of Parramatta Council, Australia
Coordinate	:	-33.8168010, 150.9983310
Plot	:	C-1-9
Description	:	Bio found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com by [Denny] Shirer Family Genealogy Project. LOWER - Leander Firestone Lower was a sheriff of Whitley County in 1884 and re-elected in 1886. He was born in Columbiana County, Ohio on July 8, 1849 and died on September 16, 1921 in Whitley County. He was the son of John Lower and Nancy Anne Firestone. Nancy Anne Firestone's parents were John B. Firestone and Rachel Roller. This Firestone family was most noted for their work making rubber tires. The Firestones originally came to the USA from Berg, Austria. Their Austrian name was "Feurstien." As the Firestones zig-zagged across... Read More	Bio found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com by [Denny] Shirer Family Genealogy Project. LOWER - Leander Firestone Lower was a sheriff of Whitley County in 1884 and re-elected in 1886. He was born in Columbiana County, Ohio on July 8, 1849 and died on September 16, 1921 in Whitley County. He was the son of John Lower and Nancy Anne Firestone. Nancy Anne Firestone's parents were John B. Firestone and Rachel Roller. This Firestone family was most noted for their work making rubber tires. The Firestones originally came to the USA from Berg, Austria. Their Austrian name was "Feurstien." As the Firestones zig-zagged across Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio, they intermarried with names like Beaver and Nunnenmacher. The Roller family of Pennsylvania were a patriotic group since Rachel's father and uncles all participated in the Revolutionary War. As the Roller family moved westward, they married into families with names like Funk, Hammer, Nisslin and Rose. John Lower's father's name was Jacob and his mother's name was Catherine Sanor. Catherine's father was the Revolutionary soldier Michael Sanor from Pennsylvania and her mother was Mary Schrader. Leander Firestone Lower at the age of sixteen settled in Troy Township, Whitley County. On December 1, 1874, he married Lydia Helen Elliott. Lydia died on October 4, 1940 in Whitley County. Lydia's parents were Samuel Jordan Winston Elliott and Nancy Ann Finley. Samuel J. W. Elliott came to Whitley County in 1855 from Delaware County, Ohio. He left behind his father Archibald and mother Phoebe (Jameson), both Virginians. Samuel J. W. married Nancy Finley on April 5, 1848 and their children were Mary Caroline (King), Lydia Helen (Lower), Phoebe Margaret (Cunningham), Flora Alice (Bailey), Albert Franklin, and Ida Belle (Kaiser). Nancy Ann Finley's parents were William Finley and Margaret Walker. As the Finleys migrated across the U.S., they married into such families as Dement, Barnett, Turner, and Capshaw. The Samuel J. W. Elliott family were patrons of the Troy Presbyterian Church in Troy Township and most are buried in the church's cemetery. Leander F. and Lydia Lower had eight children: Sylvia A., married Oliver Menzie; Jesse, married Otto Keiser; Ervin, married Cora Gaylord; Mearl; Alton Elliott, married Celesta Buntain, Elzie; Anton, married Hattie Ummell and James King, married Jennie M. Leiter. Mearl actually died of tuberculosis at the jail while his father was sheriff. Leander F. Lower was also a farmer, cabinetmaker and woodworker in Troy Township. During winter, he numbered and layed out the lumber for a complete barn in his barn. When good weather arrived, the new barn was pieced together on the farmer's land. Leander F. Lower was a Board of Education trustee. From the Pierceton record dated May 22, 1898: "At the Whitley County Board of Education meeting last week some resolutions were adopted. Thus the following resolution was adopted after being introduced by trustee Lower of Larwill: "We will not employ married ladies as teachers and consider it a cause for dismissal if a teacher should marry during the year for which she had been hired for."

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Where is Leander Firestone “Lee” Lower's memorial?
Leander Firestone “Lee” Lower's memorial is located at: St. John's Cemetery, Parramatta, City of Parramatta Council, Australia.
When did Leander Firestone “Lee” Lower death?
Leander Firestone “Lee” Lower death on 16 Sep 1921 in Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Leander Firestone “Lee” Lower's memorial?
Latitude: -33.8168010
Longitude: 150.9983310

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Lydia Helen Elliott Lower

(1852 - 1940)

Siblings

Mary Lower King

(1827 - 1917)

Children

Jessie A. Lower Keiser

(1877 - 1967)

Anton Leander Lower

(1886 - 1938)

Flowers:

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