When James Lucius Lowe was born on 11 August 1918, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Lucius Smith Lowe, was 39 and his mother, Floy Elizabeth Ray, was 36. He married Lucy Goodale Thurston on 5 February 1947, in Alexander, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Moravian Falls, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States in 1920 and North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States in 1950. He died on 6 November 1965, in North Wilkesboro Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Mountlawn Memorial Park, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States.
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The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
In 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified making it so that women could vote. This achievement finally gave North Carolina the freedom to vote they had been fighting for since 1897.
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
English and Scottish: variant of Low .
German (Löwe) and Danish (Løwe): from Middle High German lēwe, löuwe ‘lion’, hence a nickname for a brave or regal person. In some cases the surname may have been a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn distinguished by the sign of a lion. It is also found in Sweden. Compare Loewe 1, Lau , Lave , and Lurvey .
Jewish (Ashkenazic; Löwe): artificial name from German Löwe ‘lion’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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