Arthur Alese Lowe, Sr was born on August 6, 1866, in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to Jabez Gilbert Lowe (1846-1900) and Amelia Ann Curry (1845-1934).

His siblings included…

• Amelia Ann (1868)
• Rona Astwood (1871)
• Susan Anette (1873)
• Jabez Gilbert (1876)
• Benjamin Edward ‘Cam’ (1895)

On March 12, 1886, Arthur married Euphemia Jane Lowe (1869-1919) in Key West, Florida. She is the daughter of William Henry Lowe and Christianna Lanora Lowe.

Their children included…

• Amelia Emma (1887)
• Lillie Mayfield (1889)
• Rosalie Mae (1890)
• Benjamin Howard (1898)
• Edna Geneva (1901)

On March 4, 1908, Arthur married Lottie Ann Saunders (1882-1966) in Miami, Florida. She is the daughter of Richard Napoleon Saunders and Phebe Elizabeth Hewlett.

Their children included…

• Edna Louise (1907)
• Beulah Janet ‘Janette’ (1910)
• Arthur Alese Jr (1911)
• Charles Penwell (1913)
• Alfred Allen (1917)
• Carl Bayles (1922)
• Elsie Mae (1926)

He was a man among men, a rugged representative of a seafaring wrecker, which he chose as an early profession. He sailed The Magnolia, a schooner. The captain parted company with “The Magnolia” in 1919. The great hurricane of that year claimed the schooner, when she was anchored offshore. He mastered other vessels until 1922 then chose other ways for his livelihood.

He farmed with Bubba Smart Atchinson at Rock Harbor in the Keys, worked various jobs in the Miami area and resettled back on the Isle of Bones.

He lived at 706 Carolina St. and became the proprietor of the Mascot Bar.

He measured 6 ft and tipped the scales at a muscular 175 lbs. and feared no man. He raised two separate families with two wives and was a strict, no-nonsense disciplinarian. He was spoken of by his offspring with reverence and respect when recollecting the many instances of their childhood with Captain Arthur A. Lowe.

He became a United States citizen in 1898.

Arthur Alese Lowe is the great-great-grandson of Captain Gideon Lowe and Nancy Ann Saunders.

Arthur Alese Lowe, Sr. passed away on June 26, 1943 (age 76) in Key West, Florida. He is my 2nd cousin 3 times removed.