The Lowe Family Tree

EDITOR'S NOTE: Added 12 Aug 2017, This story is a work in progress. In the coming days new story revisions, images, sources, etc. will be added and updated to this page.

UPDATED 04/29/2020: See Ancestry DNA updates below this story.

Most likely born in New Jersey, almost nothing is known about Lawrence's early life. His father is believed to be Hans Jacob Winkler, but was definitely one of the 3 Winkler brothers who arrived in Philidelphia in 1753 on the ship Neptune (from locations unknown). He married in North Carolina and migrated to West Virginia in 1806 before he finally settled down in Wayne County, Ohio in 1814, becoming a pioneer of Ohio and one of the earliest settlers and founders of Green Township, which wouldn't be formed until 1817. Lawrence and wife Frances had a total of 9 kids and spent the rest of his life in Wayne County, passing away at the age of 77.

Thomas D Warner was born on 19 Jun 1814¹ in Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania.² Currently his parents and siblings are unknown even though there were multiple Warner families from Northumberland County (Birth date was obtained by counting backwards using information provided by the headstone at his gravesite).

Jacob D. Winkler was born on 06 May 1815¹ in what was then known as East Union, Wayne, Ohio to parents Lawrence and Fannie Winkler.² Jacob has the distinction of being the first Winkler born in the area now known as Green Township, but it wouldn’t officially be organized as such until 5 Feb 1817.