Charles Francis G Lowndes was my great grandfather. My records show he was born 4 Jul 1851 in Winston Salem, NC. He married Nancy Virgina Yarbrough in 1872. They had 8 children, the youngest being my grandfather, Charles George Lowndes. The family was residing in Humboldt Town, Gibson, TN in 1900 and Jackson Ward 3, Madison, TN in 1910.

Charles' father was Francis Birckett Lowndes born in London. Family legend has it that he came to American as a young man and married an American girl (name unknown). He was said to have owned a successful Buggy and Carriage shop in Winston Salem, but I can find no actual facts on this.

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