Husband: Jesse G. Lowther
Born: Feb-27-1790 1,2,3,4
Died: Aug-25-1870 at West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 3
Buried: near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 3
Resided: near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 3,2
Father: Robert Lowther (1765 - 1832)
Mother: Catherine Cain (1766 - 1851)
Other spouse 2
Notes 3
Wife: Nancy Swisher 3,4,1
Born: Feb-10-1794 5,1 Died: Apr- 6-1840 5,1 Father: Mother:
F Child 1: Rebecca Lowther Born: Aug-31-1812 6,1 Husband: James Jenkins Married: Jul-22-1830 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7
M Child 2: Sylvester Lowther Born: Jan-10-1817 1 Died: Dec- -1834 1
M Child 3: James Harrison Lowther Also known as: Harrison Lowther 8 Born: Nov-20-1820 1 Died: Jul-18-1889 in Braxton Co, WV 9 Census: 1860, 1870, 1880 in Lewis Co, WV Resided: 1868 in Lewis Co, WV 10 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 10 Wife: Margaret B. Hardway b. ca 1824 d. Jun-12-1867 Married: Nov-21-1847 1 Wife: Dorcas Lough b. ca 1827 d. Aug- 1-1891 Married: May-22-1868 in Braxton Co, WV 11,12
M Child 4: Silas Lowther Born: Feb- 1-1824 1
F Child 5: Caroline Lowther Born: Oct-31-1825 1
M Child 6: Amos Lowther Census name: Amy Lowther 2 Born: Oct-18-1827 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 13 Died: Jul-28-1898 in Wirt Co, WV 14 Census: 1880 in Reedy District, Wirt Co, WV Resided: 1879 in Wirt Co, WV 13 Census: 1870 in Wirt Co, WV Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Occupation: 1860, 1880 carpenter 15,16 Occupation: 1879 mechanic 13 Wife: Emeline Dearman b. ca 1838 d. bef Nov 1879 Married: Dec- -1856 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 17 Wife: Celina Jane Lowther b. May-28-1851 d. Oct-30-1923 Also known as: Jane Lowther 18,13 Married: Nov- 9-1879 in Wirt Co, WV 19
F Child 7: Penelope Lowther Born: Oct-31-1829 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,20,2 Died: Jul- 5-1872 in Lewis Co, WV 21 Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: Franklin Washington Holden b. Oct- 2-1827 d. Mar-25-1907 Married: Apr- 9-1851 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7
F Child 8: Emily Lowther Born: Jan-23-1832 1,2 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
F Child 9: Mary J. Lowther Born: Dec-12-1834 1,22,5 (see note 1) Died: bef Apr 1910 23 Husband: Granville S. Lowther b. Nov- 6-1836 d. Mar-20-1920 Married: Dec-20-1865 in Harrison Co, WV 24,25
M Child 10: John D. Lowther Born: Oct-10-1838 1,22 Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Notes 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) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 10. (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. 426. (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. 436. (6) 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, citing "The Hackers Creek Journal", p. 436. (7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (8) Braxton County Death Records, Sutton, WV. (9) Braxton County Death Records, Sutton, WV, Identified as Harrison Lowther, age 68, d. Jul 19 1889, cause of death "cholera morbus," informant M. Skinner, son-in-law. (10) Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV. (11) Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV, Identified as Harrison Lowther, widowed, farmer, 46, b. Harrison Co, res. Lewis Co, son of Jesse G. & Nancy; and Dorcas Lough, single, 41, b. Lewis Co, res. Braxton Co, dau of Adam & Mary. Married May 22 1868. (12) Braxton County WV Marriages 1836-1875, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101. (13) Wirt County Marriage Records, Elizabeth, WV. (14) Wirt County Death Records, Elizabeth, WV, Identified as Amos Lowther, 70, born (blank), parents (blank), died July 28 1898, cause of death heart trouble. Informant: Wife (not named). (15) 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. (16) 1880 Census, Wirt County, WV. (17) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Handwritten record is for the marriage license only, not for the marriage itself. It is quoted here in its entirety: "Virginia, Lewis County, to wit: These are to license and permit you to join in the Holy Estate of Matrimony Amos Lowther to Emeline Dearman and for so doing this shall be your authority. Given under my hand this 6th day of December 1856 and 80th year of the Commonwealth. John Morrow, Clk.", MR p. 103. (18) Marriage record of daughter. (19) Wirt County Marriage Records, Elizabeth, WV, Identified as Amos Lowther, 52, widowed, b. Harrison Co, res. Wirt Co, occupation mechanic; and C. J. Lowther, 26, single, b. Harrison Co, res. Wirt Co. Married in Wirt County on Nov 9 1879 by Andrew Stalnaker. (Note: "Gibson & Related Families," p. 446, reports marriage date as 1878. As great-grandchildren of William Lowther and Sudna Hughes, Amos Lowther and Celina Jane Lowther were second cousins.) (20) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV. (21) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Penelope Holden, 42, b. Harrison Co, d. Jul 5 1872, cause of death lung disease. Informant: F. W. Holden, husband. (22) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (23) 1910 Census, Braxton County, WV. (24) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as G. S. Lowther, widowed, 28, b. Harrison Co, res. Wirt Co, son of E. J. & Salina; and Mary J. Lowther, 24, of Harrison Co, dau of Jesse G. & Nancy. Married Dec 20 1865. (25) 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. 445. Event Notes Note (1) Age 24 given at time of 1865 marriage would put birth in about 1841. But her mother died in 1840, and Census date puts her birth at about 1834 or 1835. Don Norman reports her birth date as Dec 12 1834.