Eighth Generation

2105. John Hosea Towry²⁵⁷ was born on 27 Nov 1871 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.¹⁴⁵⁰ He died on 10 Aug 1895 in Pleasant Grove, Lincoln County, Tennessee.¹⁴⁵¹

John Hosea Towry and Lou Pinnie Wheeler were married on 29 Dec 1892 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.¹⁴⁵⁰ Lou Pinnie Wheeler²⁵⁷ (daughter of James Wheeler and ?) was born on 4 Mar 1877 in Tennessee.¹⁴⁵⁰ She died on 23 Mar 1972 in Lincoln County Hospital, Fayetteville, Tennessee.¹⁴⁵⁰

1900 Census for Lincoln County, Tennessee, shows Pinie L. Towry, born Mar 1876, a widow, and her son, Smith Towry, born Apr 1895, living in the residence of Pinie's father, James Wheeler. John Hosea Towry and Lou Pinnie Wheeler had the following children:

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Wiley Smith Towry257 was born on 16 May 1895 in Tennessee.1450 He died in 1918 in the Argonne Forest in WWI.1450 • from U.S. World War I Mothers' Pilgrimage, 1930 (About this database: Listing of mothers and widows of World War One soldiers who are interred in European cemeteries.): Mrs Pinnie Turner Taft TN Mother Willey S Towry • from Tennessee WWI Veterans, Lincoln County: Towry Willey St. 22 Fayetteville, TN Dead • Note: the Fayetteville, Tennessee, American Legion Lodge named for him.