Husband: Robert J. Lowther 1
Also known as: Robert Lowther, Jr. 2
Born: ca 1801 in Ohio 3,1,4
Died: aft Dec 1873 5
Resided: near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 6
Occupation: farmer 4
Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Father: Robert Lowther
Mother: Catherine Cain
Wife: Eliza Ann Highland 6,7,8,5
Born: ca 1802 in New Jersey 9,4 Died: Dec- 9-1873 in Harrison Co, WV 10 Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
M Child 1: John Q. Lowther 1 Born: Sep-19-1825 in 11,12,4,13 Died: Jan- 1-1885 in Harrison Co, WV 14
M Child 2: Dexter Lowther Born: Jul-11-1827 in 11,15 Died: May-28-1903 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 9,11
F Child 3: Tobitha Lowther Census name: Telitha Lowther 4 Born: ca 1830 in 1
F Child 4: Joanna Lowther Also known as: Juana or Juanna 7,16,17 Born: ca 1832 in 12
M Child 5: Luther Lowther Born: ca 1833 in 4,1
F Child 6: Kitty Lowther Born: ca 1836 in 4
F Child 7: Eliza Lowther Born: ca 1837 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 18
F Child 8: Catherine Lowther Born: ca 1838 in 12
M Child 9: George W. Lowther Born: Feb-16-1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 19 Died: Jul-13-1896 at Straight Run, Lewis Co, WV 20
Sources: (1) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 437. (2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com) (3) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (4) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (5) Death record of wife. (6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 10. (7) Marriage record of daughter. (8) Marriage record of son. (9) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (10) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Eliza Ann Lowther, 71, b. in New Jersey, parents (blank), d. Dec 9 1873, cause of death dropsy, wife of Robert J. Lowther (informant). (11) Headstone. (12) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (13) 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV. (14) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as John Lowther, age 60, married, parents unknown, d. January 1 1885 in Harrison County, cause of death heart disease. Informant: wife. (Note: "Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County," p. 2, reports death date on headstone as June 1 1885, an apparent misreading of the month.), DR p. 128. (15) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (16) Death record of son. (17) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp) (18) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (19) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (20) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, Identified as George W. Lowther, farmer, married; died Jul 13 1896 at Straight Run, age 52y 5m 1d, cause of death hernia on left side, burial at Walnut Chapel. DR p. 192. www.doddridgecountyroots.com Name Index