Peter LOWERY did quite well for himself, didn't he? In both the 1860 & 1870 census, he has real estate valued at $15,000. According to the "inflation calculator" http://www.westegg.com/inflation/, what cost $15,000 in 1860 would cost $308,139.81 in 2005 (using the consumer price index). In the 1870 census, his occupation was "solicitor for colored manual labor school". In the 1880 census, his occupation is "minister".