Mark Perrin Lowrey
Mark Perrin Lowrey was a Southern Baptist preacher otherwise known as the Preacher General. He is known for being a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War, for his works in the Mississippi Southern Baptist Convention, and for founding the Blue Mountain College.
Mark Perrin Lowrey was born in 1828, in McNairy County, Tennessee, to Adam and Marguerite Lowrey. His parents had emigrated to America from England and Ireland, and Lowrey received no formal education. His father died from yellow fever in Natchez Mississippi, when Lowrey was young. In 1843 he moved with his family to Mississippi, where he became a bricklayer. During the Mexican War Lowrey enlisted as a private in the 2nd Mississippi Volunteers in 1847. Neither he or his regiment ever saw action in the conflict, and Lowrey was mustered out in July 1848.
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