Text from Scott, Laurence W. (editor), Texas Pulpit by Christian Preachers. St. Louis: Christian Publishing Company, 1888. Pages 374-375. This online edition © 1996, James L. McMillan. Used by permission. Nelson County. JAMES W. LOWBER was born in Nelson county Ky., August 30th, 1847. He worked on a farm till providentially called from the plow to fill a higher place than that of Cincinnatis when called to be Dictator to Rome. He is pleasantly remembered by the writer as a "college chum" in Kentucky University, where he graduated in the College of the Bible. He afterward graduated in Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, taking the degrees of B. A. and M. A. In 1880 the degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred upon him by Syracuse University, New York. He has been very successful as an evangelist, and as a stationed preacher, having served churches in Scranton, Pa., Paducah, Ky., and other cities, and is now preaching for a large and influential congregation in Ft. Worth, Texas. As a writer he wields an able and prolific pen. He has always been much interested in Sunday-school work, and for a number of years wrote special articles on the lessons. He was an editor of the Apostolic Church, during the existence of that publication, and after its consolidation with the Apostolic Guide, became an associate editor of that journal. He was a contributor to the Microcosm, and afterward to the Scientific Arena, published by Alexander Wilford Hall, New York. He is the author of a profound work of 370 pages, entitled, "Struggles and Triumphs of the Truth;" also, a thrilling work of nearly one hundred pages, entitled, "The Devil in Modern Society." Bro. Lowber is an ardent advocate of temperance, and has delivered numerous lectures on that and other themes. He was married in 1882 to Miss Maggie P. DeBaun, of Mercer county, Ky. Dr. Hall, in the Scientific Arena, concludes a sketch of his life as follows: "And we may add in conclusion, that there is little wonder that his lecture halls are overcrowded wherever he goes with delighted audiences, when, in addition to the interest of the lecture itself, each entertainment is brought to a close with an exquisite reading by Mrs. Lowber, one of the most graceful and finished elocutionists we have ever seen or listened to." Lowler Hall DeBaun = IN NY PA Paducah-McCracken-KY Ft._Worth-Tarrant-TX Mercer-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/nelson/lowber.jw.txt