Merle Thomas Lowery, b: 1910 -

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


			^{Elisha Milton Lowery}^{b.1849 Georgia d.}

		^{Lindsey Thomas Lowery}^{b.1874 d.1951}	^{Sarah Jane Johnson}^{b.1853 Kentucky d.}

^{Janet Sue Lowery}^{b.1939 Harrodsburg, IN d.1996}	^{Merle Thomas Lowery}^{b.1910 d.1959}		^{Andrew Wilson Young}^{b.1855 d.1925}

^{Doris Pauline Lowery}^{b.1947 Harrodsburg, IN d.}		^{Naomi Sara Young}^{b.1883 d.1962 Bedford, Lawrence, IN}	^{Rebecca Etta Hazel}^b.1857 d.

^{Mary Beth Lowery}^{b. d.}

^{Elizabeth "Betty" Lowery}^{b. d.}

^{Ralph "Butch" Lowery}^{b. d.}	^{Goldie Goodman}^{b.1916 d.2005 Bedford, Lawrence, IN}

^{Robert Lowery}^{b. d.2005}