Aaron Lowery

Lowery's plaque says he enlisted in Capt. George English's company. The Handbook of Texas follows English: first sheriff of the Ayish Bayou District under Mexican government in 1827, appointed first lieutenant on November 29, 1835, later promoted to captain, and at the siege of Bexar that December. In 1837 Sam Houston appointed him captain of a mounted company for duty in Shelby County, and he moved to Houston County about 1843. He opposed secession yet organized a Confederate cavalry company. Lowery married Louisa English, whom the plaque calls George's cousin, in Panola County in 1848.

What the plaque says

Aaron Lowery (1814 -- December 6, 1888) Born in Kentucky, lived in Tennessee and Louisiana before entering Texas in 1835; shortly thereafter joined Texian Army, enlisting in Capt. George English's Company at the same time as did Sam Houston. The company saw action in the Battle of Bexar. Married Miss Louisa English, cousin of George English, 1848, in Panola County; Moved to Trinity County about 1851. The couple had 10 children. (1973)

Where it stands

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