Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Bennett Peterson    
                Born: Feb-23-1794          in Pendleton Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Sep-30-1873          in Sullivan Co, MO  1
              Buried: Lindley Cemetery     in Sullivan Co, MO  1
              Father: William Peterson 
              Mother: Mary E. Bennett 
                Wife: Margaret "Peggy" Lowther   2,3  
             Married: Feb-10-1816          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  4,5 (see note 1)
                Born: Feb-  -1796          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  6,4
                Died: Aug-18-1855          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  7
      Cause of death:                      dysentery  8
              Father: Thomas Lowther   (1767 - 1816) 
              Mother: Mary Coburn   (1767 -     ) 
           F Child 1: Anna Peterson 2     
                Born: Jul-15-1821           2
                Died: May-12-1901           2
             Husband: Alexander Marsh  b. ca 1814  d. Sep-19-1846  
             Married: Apr-30-1840          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  9,2
             Husband: William Boram  b. Mar- 2-1819  d. Mar- 2-1863  
             Married: Sep-25-1856          in Lewis Co, WV  10

Sources:
(1) 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. 344. 
(2) 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. 320. 
(3) Death record of wife. 
(4) 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. 427. 
(5) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as 
William Peterson, parents not given; and Peggy Lowther, dau of Thomas.  Married Feb 10 
1815. 
(6) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(7) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Margaret Peterson, age 59y 6mo, b. Harrison Co, dau of Thomas & 
Mary Lowther, d. Aug 18 1855, cause of death dysentery.  Informant:  William B. Peterson, 
husband. 
(8) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV. 
(9) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(10) 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. 321. 

Event Notes
Note (1) marriage bond dated Dec 25 1815







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