Caleb Pancoast Lownes

Brief Life History of Caleb Pancoast

When Caleb Pancoast Lownes was born on 9 December 1803, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Lownes, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Griscom Donaldson, was 24. He married Sophronia Applegate on 6 November 1845, in Atchison, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Vacaville Judicial Township, Solano, California, United States in 1860 and Calpella, Mendocino, California, United States in 1880. He died on 3 September 1901, in Lake, California, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Lake, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Caleb Pancoast Lownes
1803–1901
Sophronia Applegate
1828–1883
Marriage: 6 November 1845
John Edward Lownes
1852–1924
Lownes
–1851
Franklin Pierce Lownes
1853–1926
Elizabeth Lownes
1854–1955
Caleb Pancoast Lownes
1855–1906
Anna Sophronia Lownes
1856–1929
Ella Lownes
1858–1944
Charles Hathaway Lownes
1859–1946
Robert Singleton Lownes
1861–1933
Emma Mary Lownes
1868–1948
Isaac Richard Lownes
1870–1935

Sources (22)

  • Caleb Lownes, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Caleb Pancoast Lownes - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Caleb Pencus Lownes
  • Caleb Pancost Lownes, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Lown .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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