William Jackson Low
| William Jackson Low | . | ||
| b. February 03, 1844 | McMinn, Co. Ten | ||
| d. September 25, 1928 | Menard, Menard, Co Texas | ||
| m. December 27, 1865 | McMinn, Co. Ten. | ||
| Martha E. Benton | |||
| b. January 01, 1849 | McMinn, Co. Ten. | ||
| d. April 10, 1900 | Romney, Eastland Co. Texas | ||
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| 1.Sally Narcissa Low | b. October 04, 1866 | d. April 23, 1954 | m. George Washington Brown |
| 2. John Henry Low | b. February 11, 1869 | d. June 22, 1965 | m. Maud Lee Williams m. Nancy Aminda Walker |
| 3. Ida Cornelia Low | b. August 04, 1871 | d. September 08, 1954 | m. Joseph D. Little |
| 4. Samuel Robert Low | b. September 08, 1873 | d. July 22, 1964 | m. Jessie Lenora Hallum |
| 5. Willie D. Low | b. July 05, 1875 | d. October 31, 1875 | |
| 6. Tygelia Grace Low | b. August 31, 1877 | d. November 30, 1934 | m. James Edward Ghromley |
| 7. James Lee Low | b. April 13, 1881 | d. December 11, 1956 | m. Josie (Joanna) Stegall m. Jessie Howard Clubb |
| 8. Jessie Lela Low | b. April 13, 1881 | d. July 01, 1963 | m. John Joseph Stephens |
| 9. Catherine Annie Low | b. June 10, 1883 | d. November 1969 | m. Kirby Stephens |
| 10. Frankie Benton Low | b. December 11, 1885 | d. May 20, 1920 | m. Joseph Harbin Lisenbee |
William Jackson Low and Martha E. Low are buried in Romney Cemetery where Romney, Eastland County used to be. When we found the cemetery, his grave did not have a stone on it, but hers had a nice granite column on it. The family story is that he did not deserve a stone, because he was a " Damn Yankee". There has since been a stone to mark his grave, but I honestly believe he probably had the stone put on Martha E. and when he died years later, he had not made provisions for himself.
There was an article in the Dennison, Texas Sunday Gazetteer of June 16, 1885 on page 3 column 4 headlined "Strung Up".
Strung Up
The two Dyer brothers confined to the Bonham County jail charged with the murder of sheriff Ragsdale and his deputy Buchanan were taken out by a party of masked men last Monday night about 2:30 and hanged to a tree a short distance from the jail. After the two men were strung up the avengers quietly dispersed.
The jailer was forced to give up the keys to the jail at the muzzle of a pistol. So quietly was the affair managed that no one outside of the parties directly interested knew of the hanging until daylight.
The bodies were cut down early in the morning and an inquest held. The jury gave a verdict in accordance with the above facts.
The people of Bonham profess to not know who the masked men are and probably no attempts will even by the officials to discover their identity.
The Dyers were bad men and the general verdict is that they deserved to be put to death. Mob law is however an evil and the law's delay is responsible for it. The people are heartily tired of seeing cold blooded murders given their penalty of their crime by procrastination and the performance of money.
William Jackson Low &
Martha E. (Benton)
Low
William Jackson Low ca. 1909
Another newspaper article, but unfortunately the date or the paper name was not saved.
02/24/2003