Family Homes

Lowe and Robinson Home - Catawba Co, N.C. - c. 1900

Great-grandfather Ottis L. Lowe married Great-grandmother Laura Alice Robinson, March 18, 1884.  They had four children: John Coulter, Thomas Lee, Ottis Augustus and Annie Laura. Ottis L. Lowe died on September 28, 1893, 6 weeks after his baby daughter Annie was born. He left Laura widowed with four children.

The photo below is of either the Robinson Family Home or the Lowe Family Home c. 1900. It is located in Catawba County, North Carolina.  The caption shows known members of the family, including Ottis' widow Laura and their four children.

Small girl on right next to Woman w/scarf, Annie & Laura
Small boy, Ottis A., Far right John C. and Thomas Lee Lowe

Grandfather Thomas Lee Lowe married Grandmother Lillian Lee Taylor in 1927. Their first born child is William Thomas Lowe, who is my father and father of my sisters, Linda and Terri.


Taylor Home - Marion CO, MO - c. 1890

Great-great-grandfather William Inskip Taylor married Great-great-grandmother Ellen Elizabeth Williams on December 27, 1866. Their children were Leander "Lee" Winston, William "Bill" Patterson, and Lulu(a) Mae. Great-grandfather William Patterson Taylor married Great-grandmother Mary Alice Bates. Their children were Lucius "Lou", Lillian Lee, Ruby Alice, Bates Inskip, William "Bill" Robert and Albert Dudley Taylor. Grandmother Lillian Lee Taylor married Grandfather Thomas Lee Lowe.

Farm of William Inskip Taylor, Marion CO, MO, L. to R. William Patterson, Wm. I., Ellen Williams, Lulu Taylor.

Lowe Home - St. Maries, ID - 8/1929 - 7/1930

Grandmother Lillian Lee Taylor and Grandfather Thomas Lee Lowe married in 1926(?). Their first born child is my father, William Thomas Lowe. Grandmother Lillian writes on the back of this photo, "House! 2nd & College, St. Maries, Idaho, where we moved Aug. 1929. Norma Lee was born Sept 1929 St. Maries, Idaho & we stayed until July 1 1930 - moving to Othello, Wash. at that time."

Nesmith and Bride Home - Natick, MA - 1898 - 1906

Samantha "Mantie" E. Loker Bride and her mother? Photo dated 1898

Great-great-grandfather Charles A. (C.A.) Bride and Great-great-grandmother Samantha "Mantie" E. Loker Bride built and lived in this home in Natick, MA. They are the parents of Great-grandmother Nellie Bride who married Great-grandfather Frank O. Nesmith. Frank and Nellie are the parents of our grandmother Ruth Nesmith Terry. Ruth was born in this house in Natick, MA on November 10, 1901.

On the back of this photo Ruth wrote, "The house where Ruth Nesmith was born also her grandparents lived CA Bride No Natick Mass When 2 years old she moved to Nebraska by her parents [family]."

In further research I contacted the Natick, MA Historical Society to see if this home is still standing. Their response was the following: "The 1884 Directory of residents lists Charles A. Bride shoemaker, house on North Main, near Pine, North Natick.  In the vital statistics there is a birth of Ruth Adell Nesmith November 10, 1901 parents, Frank O. and Nellie M. In the 1892 real estate assessments Charles Bride on North Main is listed as having a small house valued at 400, 4 1/2 acre land at 600 and unfinished at 1600, (so perhaps he was in the process of building the house that you have a photo of). We cannot say with 100% accuracy that the house is still standing but there is a very good chance that the house is located at 292 North Main Street in Natick."

292 N. Main St., Natick, MA

Using the address given to me by the historical society I went to Google Earth and found the house.


Bride Home - Wauneta, NE - c. 1906 - 1938

Home of Charles & Samantha "Mantie" Bride, and Walter & Fern Fox, in Wauneta, NE

Great-great-grandfather Charles and Great-great-grandmother Samantha "Mantie" Bride evidently moved to Wauneta, NE at the same time as their daughter Nellie and son-in-law Frank Nesmith. A newspaper article, in the "Wauneta Breeze," published a poem written by "Mantie" Bride in which it is stated that she and Charles moved to Wauneta in 1906.


Nesmith Home - Wauneta, NE - c. 1906 - 1930

Frank and Nellie, daughters Ruth, Vera and Fern Nesmith home in Wauneta, NE, 1915

 Great-grandfather Frank and Great-grandmother Nellie Nesmith moved from Natick, MA back to Wauneta, NE sometime around 1906. Their second daughter Vera was born in Natick, MA in January 1905, and their third daughter Fern was born in Wauneta, NE, July 1908. At the same time, Nellie's parents, Charles and Mantie Bride also moved to Wauneta. (According to the Natick Historical Society "In 1906, in the Directory of Residents, there was no listing of the Bride family.")

   Many members of the Nesmith family already lived in Wauneta.  Frank's father, Milton W. Nesmith had homesteaded nearby in 1885.  Frank Nesmith owned and ran a large General Store in Wauneta, NE. I found an advertisement in the "Wauneta Breeze" for his General Store dated April 15, 1909. "Nesmith handles two of the best articles in town - Pure Homemade Ice Cream & the Edison Phonograph." (On a future page I will post the photos of Frank Nesmith's Store in Wauneta.)

Frank O. and Nellie A. Nesmith on the front porch of their home in Wauneta, NE

Fern, Vera, Ruth (Terry), Nellie and Frank Nesmith at Home in Wauneta - c. 1925

Terry Home - (possibly Holyoke, CO) - c. 1928

Home of Jesse Sr., Ruth, Jesse Jr., Bill and Patty Terry, possibly in Holyoke, CO

Grandfather Jesse W. Terry and Grandmother Ruth A. Terry lived in this home, (possibly Holyoke, CO) with their sons Junior and Bill, and their baby daughter Patty. Bill was born in 1928 and Patty was born in 1931. Other photos of the home show each of their children playing in the yard. Patty Terry is my mother.

Terry Home - North Seattle, WA - c. 1940's

Front - 7009 23rd N.E., Seattle - Home of Jesse, Ruth, Junior, Bill. Patty Terry is on the front porch.

Back - 7009 23rd N.E., Seattle - Home of Jesse, Ruth, Junior, Bill and Patty Terry

Terry Home - Seattle, WA - late 40's to 1954

4557 7th N.E., Seattle - Home of Terry Family, demolished by Washington state for I-5 thoroughfare

This home in North Seattle was purchased from Grandfather Jesse W. Terry and Grandmother Ruth Terry around 1956 and demolished by the state for Interstate 5.  Go to Google Map Link by highlighting over the coordinates.  47° 39.731'N 122° 19.249'W

Terry Home - Seattle, WA - c. 1954 - 1969

Seattle home of Jesse and Ruth Terry

This was the second Seattle home of Grandmother Ruth and Grandfather Jesse W. Terry, Sr. They were the parents of my mother Pat Terry Lowe. When we were little kids visiting, I well remember that there was carefully pruned shrubbery along the sidewalk that led to the house. Right beside the front door there was a slot in the brick where the mailman left the mail. On the window ledge on the left, kitchen window, Grandma and Grandpa had a tray of bird seed and it was always busy with small birds. If you walked around back there was a big yard with a holly bush.

The basement was the best part of the house. Grandma and Grandpa had created a children's play-land downstairs. Grandpa Terry was a painter and worked in large department stores downtown, painting their big window displays. He brought home all the misfit and broken toys, repaired them and had them ready for visiting grandchildren. There was a toy train set, erector sets, dolls, doll clothes, doll strollers, kitchen items, small size chairs and tables and three beds for overnights. All of our mother's Nancy Drew Mystery books were in the book shelf upstairs and I read every one while visiting there. We loved going to the Terry's home.

Nesmith's Trip to the Mountains 1921

Handwritten Diary of “F.O.N’s trip to Mts. 1921" - Transcribed by Cathy

           [Frank Orlando Nesmith often wrote his name as FO Nesmith]

Frank & Nellie Nesmith

Ruth Adell Nesmith

[Frank Orlando Nesmith (age 47), and his daughters, Ruth Adell Nesmith (age 19, oldest daughter), Fern Marie Nesmith (age 13, youngest daughter) went on a trip to the Mountains July 28, 1921.]

Fern Marie Nesmith

     F O Nesmith, daughters Ruth and Fern from Wauneta and Miss Pauline Greenfield from New York, left Wauneta at 6:45 Thursday morning July 28th for the West. Drove to Enders where C A Nesmith and family met there. We was in no hurry so took our time and drove to Haxtun Colo for dinner. We met several friends there that was on their way to see the sights of the west. We passed Brother Terry and his family several times and they passed us until we arrived in Sterling where we left them for good and never saw them again. We bought one tent in Sterling and C. A. done some shopping. We then drove to Brush and camped for the night on the camping grounds by the school house. We took in the band concert as it was only a block from our camp.  

Wauneta, NE to Brush, CO, about 140 miles

  
     Wednesday [actually Friday] morning we started for Boulder but we had some flat tires on the way which caused us considerable trouble between the hot sun, sand and mosquitoes, we managed to patch up and go on. We landed at C E Nesmith at 7 PM where we pitched our tent, Resting up Saturday as I was tired being sick for two weeks before starting and was still feeling bad. Sunday morning we attended the Christian Church and S.S. which was very good. We then went home with Jim Nesmith for a big dinner and we did eat. Jim has a nice place and such a strawberry patch you never saw and we did eat all we wanted too. It rained Sunday evening so we stayed at Charlie’s that night and enjoyed ourselves by singing old songs [speaking ?]

Monday morning we drove to Longmont park for dinner and as we were breaking camp it commenced to rain again and rained all the way on up to Loveland. After crossing the Thompson river we came to a long hill that was a hard one to climb in a wet time like this. There was about a dozen Fords stuck on this hill. But we rambled along passed all of them. When we got to the top of this hill there was a big Chandler car across the road so we had to stop until he took his time and wired his chain on and got out of our way.

 

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My the Fords we saw stuck and standing by the wayside. Art says of course he had a good one. We then went on through the rain and mud until we came to another bridge that was too narrow to pass a car and we had to slow down to let a car cross then we started to cross and another fellow came along from the other way so we backed off to let him cross and he killed the engine and if you ever saw a fellow mad he was one. He would crank, look at us, crank, then look at us and the rain coming down hard, by this time there a lot of cars behind him so they got out gave him a shove and on he went but if you could have seen that look he gave us. We sat in the car and the girls laughed at him, poor fellow.

Then we drove on in to Loveland where we found Ashby Morrison. Our bedding being wet and Ashby having a crowd we hunted up Jim Craig finding Maggy & Lar___ Pelby there.  Bertha took us in and we dried our things the best we could. The next day, Tuesday, we spent visiting and looking around Loveland. In the evening Jim Craig and the two women and myself drove to Ft. Collins and back.

      Wednesday morning, Art being sick we took one car and drove to Estes Park. Camped west of the park for lunch and while the cooks were washing dishes Fern and I climbed the mountain. While up there Fern said to me “Papa, if I reached out and caught a cloud what would become of it.” She didn’t catch any. 

 

Estes Park in Colorado, Rocky Mtn. National Park

Another view of Estes Park, Colorado

We drove through the National Park and visited the fish hatchery there then came back to the city of Estes Park. Ruth and Velma took a little wade in the creek but owing to the cool water they soon came out. We took many snapshots as there was a great many fine scenerys along the way. We came back down and arrived at Loveland at about 5:30 PM. 

 

Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado

  

     Thursday AM we drove back to Boulder camped at city park for dinner. Then drove to Jim’s spend the p.m. and night. Friday we drove to Denver. We drove by many coal mines on our way.
     We arrived at Fred Mat__ at noon, after dinner we drove up town took in the US Mint done some shopping. In the evening we went out to the White City on Lake Side Park where we emptied a portion of our pocketbooks. It is sure some place. The girls are well protected by the government at that place. Ask Police about it. Saturday we drove up Bear Creek Canyon through Evergreen where we met the smiling face of Frank McCullin. He took us up to his cabin where we met his wife and sister and daughter. We didn’t stop long as we was on our way up the mountain about a forty mile drive on to Look Out Mt. where Bill Cody is buried. We then came down the hill to Golden and in to Denver. Say some hill this came down three mints. that it took us 40 minutes to go up. The roads are fine all through the mountain everywhere.

Sunday we attended the Trinity Church and SS in the PM we drove along with Mr. & Mrs. Ma___ to the Park and other places.  Down here some fine parks. Monday we drove to Colorado Springs where we camped for at a park on the south side of the City. 

Colorado Springs, CO

Manitou Springs, CO

Garden of the Gods, CO

Tuesday we visited the Gardens of the Gods, Cave of the Winds Manitou Springs.










  Wednesday AM we drove to the Seven Falls, Helen Hunts grave and back to camp for dinner then to Pueblo in the PM where we saw many sights of the flood that they had there some months ago. 

Seven Falls, near Colorado Springs

Helen Hunt Falls, near her grave

  

Thursday AM after looking around and taking some snap shots we drove to Rocky Ford. North to Eads that night. Friday we drove through South East Colo where it never rains. The country is _____  but not much farming done there. We landed in Goodland, Kansas that night and drove home Saturday landing in Wauneta at 12:15 PM and was glad to get home once more being gone 16 ½ days. I think the trip home in all good. The girls took in all the sunshine they could while gone and if you would see them you would know where they have been.  F.O.N.

[Family Names: 

Frank Orlando Nesmith (age 47), 

Ruth Adell Nesmith (age 19, oldest daughter), 

Fern Marie Nesmith (age 13, youngest daughter), 

Bertha "Berty" E. Nesmith (age 51, older sister of Frank), 

"C A" Cyrus Arthur Nesmith (age 49, older brother to Frank), 

James "Jim" Nesmith (age 42, younger brother to Frank), 

"C E" Charles Ernest Nesmith (age 41, younger brother to Frank), 

"Brother Terry" Lewis Sherman Terry and family, including Jesse Wall Terry (age 20).]

Lowe/Kolter/Boone/Robinson Family

Lowe Family - In countries whose language is primarily German based the surname is recorded in many forms including Low, Lowe, Leeb, Löw, Löwe. It may derive from the pre-medieval word 'lewo' meaning a lion, and hence was a name given to a brave or regal person.

*Thomas Low(e) Sr.

*Thomas Low(e) Jr. abt. 1775  who died in Lincoln County, NC abt. June 26, 1829
married: Martha "Patsy" Guthrie (or Guttrey, Guttry) b. abt. 1775 d. aft. 1850 in Lincoln Co.
children: 
*Isaac LOWE: b. 1798 d. 1880 
Elizabeth LOWE: b. 8 Nov. 1800 d. 1836
Alexander LOWE: b. 1804 abt d. 1849 in Pickens County, AL
Greenbury LOWE: b. 1807 abt d. Wilson County, Tenn.
John Franklin LOWE: 1809 d. 1847 in Pickens County, AL
James Washington LOWE Sr: b. 27 May 1810 d. 1882 in Lincoln County, NC
Thomas LOWE: b. 1812
Caroline LOWE: b. 1814
Frances M. LOWE: b. 1816 d. 1889 Pickens Co. AL
Rufus L. LOWE: b. 4 June 1820 d. 1908 

*Isaac Lowe - b. 1798 -  d. 1880
married: March 27, 1824 - Nancy Kincaid - b. 1804 - d. 1876
children: D.A. Lowe b - 1825, *Thomas Lafayette - b. July 28, 1831 d: June 11, 1862

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Boone - English (of Norman origin): nickname meaning 'good', from Old French bon 'good'.

*George Boone - b. abt 1623, d. abt 1696 County Devon, England
married:  Ann Fallace - b. abt 1625 Stoke Canon, England
children: *George

*George Boone - b. Nov 17, 1646, Exeter, County Devon, England, d. Abt 1726, County Devon
married: Sarah Uppey - b. Abt 1646, Stoke Canon, England, d. Abt 1720, Stoke Canon
children: *George III

*George Boone III - Mar 19, 1665 or 1666 in England, d. 7 Aug 1744 Exeter, Berks Co., Pennsylvania
children: *Joseph

*Joseph Boone, Sr. b. Apr 5, 1704, Cullompton, County Devon, England, d. Jan 30, 1776, Exeter, Berks Co., PA
Cathrine Warren b. Apr 1708, England, d. Jan 31, 1778, Exeter, Berks Co., PA 
children: *Catherine Rosanna Boone - b. Nov, 1733

Kolter/Coulter - German - "Kultir," an ancient Teutonic word that means "knife" or "blade," eventually became "Kolter."

*Johann Martin Kolter = Martin Coulter - b: Abt. 1728 in The Palatinate Germany d: Abt. 1808 in Lincoln County, NC
married: *Catherine Rosanna Boone b: November 1733 in Oley (Exeter) Berks, PA d: Abt. 1813 in Lincoln County, NC
children: Catherine Roseanna, *Martin Jr., John, Philip 

*Martin Coulter Jr - b: February 11, 1759 in Rowan County, NC d: July 06, 1847 in Catawba County, NC
married: Elizabeth (Betsy) Aydelotte - d: May 06, 1849
children: John, Henry N., Ephraim, Rhoda, Catherine Rosanna, Elizabeth, Jedediah, *Elkanah Philip, Caleb Aydelotte

Elkanah Philip Coulter - b: April 28, 1807 in Lincoln County, NC d: August 03, 1874 in Catawba County, NC
married: Malinda Wilson - b: 1801 d: June 26, 1892 in C Age at death: 91 est.
children: *Dorcas Anna Coulter, Elizabeth, 


*Thomas Lafayette Lowe - b. July 28, 1831 d: June 11, 1862  near Richmond, Virginia
married: *Dorcas Anna Coulter - b: November 07, 1831 d: March 15, 1911
children: Thomas Lee - b. Jan 9, 1855, (married Jennie Osborne Rhyne) *Ottis L. - b. Feb 13, 1859, (married Laura Alice Robinson) Willie - b. Jan 11, 1861 (married A.C. Shuford)

Robinson - Northern English: patronymic from the personal name Robin.

*James Robinson Sr. and Mary:  from Yorkshire England, went to Charleston, SC in 1670

*James Robinson Jr. b. May 19, 1725
married: Catharine Sherrill went to Catawba County North Carolina, near Startown.
children: Sarah b. Nov 29, 1750
David b. March 18, 1752
James b. Feb 9, 1754
*Jesse b. Nov. 25, 1760

*Jesse Robinson, born Nov. 25,1760, served 3 years in the army, from May 4, 1776
married: May 29, 1787 (1) Mollianna Weidner - d. 1796
married: 1797 (2) Maria Anna Muhl (first cousin of Mollianna)
children: *Henry Weidner

*Henry Weidner Robinson b. April 20, 1798, Lincoln County, N.C. d. June 17, 1883.
married: July 1819 Mary Magdelena Wilfong b. March 27, 1798, d. June 23, 1886 in Catawba County, North Carolina.
children: Cynthia Elizabeth (1820-1882), Catherine Elmina (1823-1870), Alfred N. (1824-1874), Jesse Laban (1829-1886), *John Wilfong (1832-1903)

*John Wilfong Robinson - b. 6 April 1832 d. 15 July 1903
married: Elizabeth Hoyle Shuford - b. 1 Oct 1834 d. 20 June 1896
children: Raymond Whitener, Abel Shuford, Laura Alice b. 1864, Mary Katherine, Martha Etta, Anna Elizabeth, Jacob Henry, John Wilfong 

Ottis L. Lowe, grandfather of Thomas Lee Lowe

*Ottis L. Lowe - b: Feb 13, 1859  d: Sept 28, 1893, died 6 weeks after the birth of his baby daughter Annie
married: Mar 18, 1884 - Laura Alice Robinson b. 1864 d. 1928
children: John Coulter - b. Dec 28, 1884, Thomas Lee - b. Sept 6, 1887, Ottis Augustus - b. Aug 5, 1891, Annie Laura b. - Aug 12,1893 - d. Jan 9, 1919.

Thomas Lee, Annie Laura, Laura A., Ottis Augustus, John C. Lowe

Thomas Lee, John C., Annie Laura, Laura A., Ottis A. Lowe

Thomas Lee Lowe - b: Sept 6, 1887 d. abt 1947
married: July 2, 1927 Lillian Lee Taylor - b. Nov 17, 1902  d. 1993
children: *William Thomas (Living), Norma Lee b. Sept. 9, 1929, d. March 26, 2021

Willie and Pat Lowe - Sept 20, 1950

*William Thomas Lowe - Living
married: Sept 20, 1950 - Donna Patricia Terry b. Aug 2, 1931, d. Sept 6, 2003
children: 
*Catherine Lee Lowe - Living
Robert Thomas b. April 1953 - d. Sept 1955
Linda Diane Lowe - Living
Terri Ann Morrison - Living