Jul-28-2018
Husband: Robert Lowther
Born: Oct- 1-1765 in Hardy Co, (W)VA 1,2,3 (see note 1) Died: Nov-16-1832 near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 4,5,1 (see note 2) Buried: in Old Lowther Cemetery, West Milford-Muttontown Rd, Harrison Co, WV 6,2 Military: Sgt, 6th Reg. VA Inf, War of 1812 6 Father: William Lowther (1742 - 1814) Mother: Sudna Hughes (1748 - 1829)
Wife: Catherine Cain 1 2 Also known as: Kathrine Cain 2,7 Married: Jan-21-1787 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,1,9
Born: Oct-27-1766 in Albemarle Co, VA 2,1 (see note 3) Died: Mar-25-1851 near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 2,3 (see note 4) Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 10 (see note 5) Father: Daniel Cain (1743 - 1806) Mother: Susannah Custer (1742 - 1823) Notes 2
M Child 1: William Beamer Lowther 1 Born: Mar- 4-1787 at West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA 11 (see note 6) Died: Oct-19-1867 12,11 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 12,13 Resided: since 1840 in Ritchie Co, WV 13 Resided: originally in Harrison Co, (W)VA 13 Wife: Margaret Coburn b. Jun- 2-1787 d. May-10-1882 Married: Aug-29-1809 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,1 (see note 7)
M Child 2: Jesse G. Lowther Born: Feb-27-1790 1,10,2,5 Died: Aug-25-1870 at West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 2 Buried: near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 2 Resided: near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 2,10 Wife: Nancy Swisher b. Feb-10-1794 d. Apr- 6-1840 Wife: Wady Knight b. Jun-15-1805 d. Aug-19-1856 Married: Sep-23-1841 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8
F Child 3: Mary Ann "Polly" Lowther Born: ca 1792 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 14,1 Resided: at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 8) Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Resided: 1845 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 16 Husband: William Jesse Lowther b. 1791 d. bef 1840 Married: Feb-11-1812 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8
F Child 4: Susannah Lowther 8 Also known as: Susan Lowther 15,5 Born: ca 1795 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1 Resided: at Brown's Creek, Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV 15 Husband: Abraham Morrison b. Oct-17-1801 d. Jul-19-1865 Married: May- 3-1825 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 17
F Child 5: Catherine Lowther Also known as: Katherine Lowther 1 Born: Jan-25-1798 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 18 Died: Mar-26-1873 19 Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Husband: Thomas Ireland b. Apr-10-1798 d. Jul-22-1869 Resided (family): in Ritchie Co, WV 20 Married: Oct- 5-1820 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8
F Child 6: Sarah Lowther Born: ca 1800 21 Census: 1850 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Husband: George Shoulders b. ca 1800 Married: Nov-30-1819 5,1
M Child 7: Robert J. Lowther 22 Also known as: Robert Lowther, Jr. 23 Born: ca 1801 in Ohio 1,22,10 Died: aft Dec 1873 24 Resided: near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 2 Occupation: farmer 10 Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Eliza Ann Highland b. ca 1802 d. Dec- 9-1873 Married: Dec-12-1824 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,22
M Child 8: John C. Lowther Born: Aug-21-1804 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,22,25 Died: Feb- 4-1858 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 22,2,25 Buried: in Jackson Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 25,22 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2 Occupation: physician 2 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Elizabeth Pritchard b. Jul- 5-1810 d. Jun-10-1886 Married: Feb-10-1833 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 26,8
M Child 9: James K. Lowther Census name: James R. Lowther 27 Born: 1806 28 Died: 1902 5,1,29 Buried: in Old Lowther Cemetery, West Milford-Muttontown Rd, Harrison Co, WV 6 Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Lydia Knight b. 1811 d. Jun-12-1900 Married: Sep-20-1834 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,1
M Child 10: Jonathan Lowther 1
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. 10. (3) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 425. (4) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 23. (5) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 426. (6) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (7) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991. (8) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (9) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 400. (10) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (11) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 269. (12) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (13) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 105. (14) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (15) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 11. (16) 1845 Taxable Property List, Doddridge County, (W)VA, Joseph Gray, Commissioner of Revenue (on microfilm at WV State Archives) (17) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=41117&Type=Marriage. (18) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (19) Headstone. (20) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 439. (21) 1850 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. (22) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 437. (23) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com) (24) Death record of wife. (25) Cemeteries of Clark District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. (26) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (27) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (28) Headstone (year only), Don Norman in "The Descendants of Robert Lowther" and Linder's "Gibson and Related Families," p. 426, report birth date as 1807. But "Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County," p. 2, reports birth date on headstone as 1806. (29) Headstone (year only) Event Notes Note (1) on the South Branch of the Potomac Note (2) Linder, p. 426, reports death date as Nov 16 1831. Don Norman has it as Nov 16 1832, but in Ritchie County, which is incorrect. "Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County," p. 2, reports it as Nov 17 1831, with birth date Oct 1 1767. He died from a fall while re-roofing his late father's cabin near West Milford in Harrison County. Note (3) Linder, p. 425, reports birthdate as Nov 16 1766. Bolster, p. 23, reports birthplace as Harrison Co VA. Note (4) Don Norman reports death date as Oct 25 1851. Note (5) in household with son Robert and his family Note (6) But age 80y7m13d on headstone would put birth date at Mar 6 1787. Note (7) Minnie Kendall Lowther in "Ritchie County in History & Romance," p. 270, reports marriage date as Aug 29 1808, but "Harrison County WV Marriage 1785-1894," p. 26, shows it as Aug 29 1809, in chronological sequence with other marriages. Note, however, that their oldest child, William, was born on Feb 14 1809 according to age at death on his headstone. Note (8) in household with cousin Jonathan Coburn LowtherName Index