Lancaster, TX, United States
Lowrey-Hurst Homestead. Tennessee native James Barker Lowrey (b. 1823) came to Texas in 1859 with his wife, Elizabeth (Hunter), and their children. In 1881 he purchased this 124-acre tract of land. Three years later Lowrey conveyed title to the property to his second son, Nicholas (d. 1897), who con
tinued his father's farming and cattle raising practices. The homestead was divided for a time, but later was reunited by John S. Hurst (d. 1943), a prominent Lancaster businessman and Nick Lowrey's s
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