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.