Image: Kevin C. William’s paternal great, great, great grandmother Louvenia Bowe Hollowell.

She was born in November 1839 in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, to Matthew and Elizabeth Bowe.

Louvenia married Miles Hollowell on December 20, 1866, and they had seven children: William, Hattie, Mary, Stephen, Magdalena "my great great grandmother", Sallie, and Mildred.

Louvenia was a farm laborer and a laundress in Elizabeth City, NC. Her death date is unknown.

Image and Mrs. Hollowell’s story source: Kevin C. Williams.