Husband: William Lowther 1
Also known as: Col. William Lowther
Born: Dec-22-1742 in Albemarle Co, VA 1,2,3,4
Died: Oct-28-1814 near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 5,4,1
Buried: in Old Lowther Cemetery, West Milford-Muttontown Rd, Harrison Co, WV 6,5
Resided: from Jun 1773 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
Resided: 1763 to Jun 1773 near Moorefield, Hardy Co, (W)VA 2
Father: Robert Lowther
Mother: Aquilla Reese
Notes 7
Wife: Sudna Hughes
Born: ca 1748 4 Died: 1829 near Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 8,4 Buried: (unmarked grave) at Flanagan Cemetery (CR 22, south of White Oak & Berea), Ritchie Co, WV 8,9,10 Resided: aft 1814 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 8 Father: Thomas Hughes Mother: Mary Baker
M Child 1: Robert Lowther Born: Oct- 1-1765 in Hardy Co, (W)VA 1,11,12 Died: Nov-16-1832 near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 13,14,1
M Child 2: Thomas Lowther Born: Mar- 7-1767 in Hardy Co, (W)VA 15 Died: Jun- -1816 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 14,1
F Child 3: Eliza Lowther Born: Jan-27-1768 in 1
M Child 4: William Lowther Born: Jan-27-1769 near Moorefield, Hardy Co, (W)VA 16,10 Died: Nov-26-1857 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 17,18,19,10
M Child 5: Jesse Lowther Born: Jul-21-1773 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 20,13 Died: Oct-29-1854 at West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA 21,20
F Child 6: Sudne Lowther Born: ca 1774 in 1
M Child 7: Elias Lowther Born: Sep-16-1776 near West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA 22,1,9 Died: Dec-15-1845 in Staunton, VA 22,1,23
Sources: (1) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 7. (3) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 21. (4) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 400. (5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 8. (6) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 8, 10. (8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 9. (9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 249. (10) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (11) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 10. (12) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 425. (13) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 23. (14) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 426. (15) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 11. (16) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 12. (17) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 13. (18) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 25. (19) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 429. (20) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 15. (21) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, Obituary from "Coopers' Clarksburg Register," Wed, Nov 8 1854: "Died. -- At his residence in West Milford, on the 29th of October, Jesse Lowther, aged 81 years -- The Deceased settled at his residence where he died while still the center of the town of West Milford was an unbroken woods. He was the son of Col. William Lowther one of three or four who were the first settlers of Western Virginia.", pp. 401, 432. (22) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 17. (23) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 401. www.doddridgecountyroots.com Name Index