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Lowrey then persuaded a friend, Colonel
William C. Falkner, to run his railroad near the college. Since he was a major shareholder of Falkner's Railroad, the plan was soon carried out. The school became quite a success and 3 generations of Lowreys became presidents of the school: General Lowrey
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began and the descendants became preoccupied with other matters. At the war's end, Lowrey once again tried to claim his share of the
English estate left behind by his ancestor, but it was discovered that the papers pertaining to the money and estate were lost or destroyed.
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Lowrey lore states that sometime after Mark and Sarah were married an
English grandfather of Lowrey's mother, Margaret (Doss) Lowrey, died, leaving a six million dollar fortune to his descendants. Before the arrangements could be made for the family to get the money, the
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himself, two of his sons, and a grandson. Following several years of teaching at the
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Mark Perrin Lowrey, Brigadier General in the Confederate Army
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