My great-great grandfather was James Lowry Jr., who served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1864-1866. Mayors at that time had two-year terms. He was born in Scotland in 1820 and died 1876.
I don't know how many children he had but one of them, William, was my great grandfather, who was disowned by the Mayor because he married an Irish-Catholic girl, whose name was Annie Durning. She was from the Sheraden section of Pittsburgh. They had 9 children: James, Harvey, William, Paul, Edward, Nellie, Lydie, Ruth and the youngest was my grandfather, Joseph Leo. My grandfather was born in 1890 and died 1959 - he grew up in Sheraden and when he married my grandmother (Mary Irene Ganley), lived the rest of his life in the Elliott section of Pittsburgh.. I know my great-great grandfather also served as Coroner in Pittsburgh after he was Mayor but then he and the rest of the Lowry family moved to St. Louis; leaving my grandfather's family here in Pittsburgh. Even though my great-great grandfather died in St. Louis, he is buried in Allegheny Cemetery in Lawrenceville. Janet Perry McMahon