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Thomas Lowell cannot be found, except for one possible military record and his name on his daughter Judith's marriage record. No one seems to have a clue.

James Maccoun (fifth of the name in direct succession) was born in Botetourt County, Virginia, in 1767; died in Paris, Kentucky, 1832. Was an early settler at Lexington, and one of her most enterprising citizens, being one of the Trustees of Transylvania University, 1783 ; one of the founders of the Public Library in 1805, and of the Kentucky Eastern Lunatic Asylum (Fayette Hospital) in 18 16, the first three institutions of their kind in the State. He was an elder of the Presbyterian Church. He married, in Mercer County, Kentucky, October 21, 1797, Elizabeth Rice (born in Bedford County, Virginia, January 10, 1774, died in Paris, Kentucky, February 18, 1833), daughter of Reverend David Rice and his wife, Mary Blair, daughter of Reverend Samuel Blair, of Faggs Manor, Pennsylvania. Reverend David Rice, son of David and grandson of Thomas Rice, the emigrant, was born in Hanover County, Virginia, December 20, 1733 ; ordained by Hanover Presbytery, December, 1763 ; was a distinguished patriot of the Revolution, and a member of the Committee of Safety for Bedford County, May, 1775 ; was one of the founders of the Hampden-Sidney College ; emigrated to Kentucky in 1773, and became the father of Presbyterianism in the State. He was the moving spirit and one of the charter members of Transylvania Seminary, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees for many years. The school was opened in his house, in Lincoln County, and his son-in-law, Reverend James Mitchell, was its first teacher. David Rice was recently called the "wisest statesman of his day and the most learned man in Kentucky." He left numerous descendants in Virginia and Kentucky. He died June 18, 1816. The Presbyterian Church of Kentucky has erected a beautiful monument to him and his wife in the city park at Danville.

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