Jul-28-2018
Husband: John C. Lowther
Born: Aug-21-1804 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2,3 Died: Feb- 4-1858 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2,4,3 Buried: in Jackson Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3,2 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4 Occupation: physician 4 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Robert Lowther (1765 - 1832) Mother: Catherine Cain (1766 - 1851)
Wife: Elizabeth Pritchard 4 Married: Feb-10-1833 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 5,6
Born: Jul- 5-1810 7,8 Died: Jun-10-1886 3,8 Buried: in Jackson Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3,8 Census: 1880 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (see note 1) Census: 1860 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Occupation: seamstress 9 Father: Mother: Notes 10,11 Notes 10,11
M Child 1: Evan F. Lowther Born: ca 1833 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6 Died: bef Dec 1906 12 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 6,13 No children: 13 Wife: Charlotte D. Compton b. ca 1836 d. Dec- 5-1906 Married: Dec-28-1856 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 14
M Child 2: William Leonidas Lowther Born: Oct-24-1835 3 Died: Oct- 9-1847 3 Buried: in Jackson Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3
F Child 3: Catherine V. Lowther Born: ca 1836 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6 Resided: 1859 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA 6 Husband: John Griffith Schilling b. ca 1836 Also known as: J. Griffith Schilling 6 Married: Dec-29-1859 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 15
F Child 4: Susan A. Lowther Born: ca 1838 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6 Resided: 1862 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA 6 Census: 1860 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Occupation: school teacher 9 Husband: William J. Hill b. ca 1841 Married: Mar-28-1862 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6
F Child 5: Mary Columbia Lowther Also known as: Columbia Lowther 16,17 Born: May-28-1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 5,18 (see note 2) Died: Mar- 4-1919 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 19 Buried: in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV 17 Census: 1880 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Census: 1860 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: Elijah Truman b. Jul-28-1836 d. bef Mar 1919 Married: Mar-12-1861 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA 20,6
F Child 6: Ellen B. Lowther Born: Sep- 9-1843 7,8 Died: Sep-11-1871 3,8 Buried: in Jackson Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 21 Census: 1860 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Never married: 8
F Child 7: India E. Lowther Born: ca 1847 8 Census: 1860 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA
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) 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. (3) Cemeteries of Clark District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. (4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 10. (5) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (6) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (7) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (8) 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. 438. (9) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (10) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 421. (11) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (12) Death record of wife. (13) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 11. (14) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Evan F. Lowther, 23, b. Harrison Co, res. Clarksburg, son of John C. & Elizabeth; and Charlotte D. Compton, 21, b. Fauquier Co VA, res. Harrison Co, dau of John & Lucinda. Married Dec 28 1856. (15) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as J. Griffith Schilling, 23, b. in Bavaria Germany, res. Clarksburg, son of J. C. & Margaret; and Catherine V. Lowther, 23, of Harrison Co, dau of John C. & Elizabeth. Married Dec 29 1859. (16) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (17) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (18) 1880 Census, Wood County, WV. (19) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Columbia Lowther Truman, widowed, age 80, birth date unknown, dau of Dr. Lowther & (unknown). Died Mar 4 1919 at 511 George St, Parkersburg of "diseases incident to old age." Buried at IOOF Cemetery. Informant: William T. Hutchinson, 511 George St (relationship not given). (20) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Elijah Truman, age 24y 7m 12, b. Wood Co, res. Parkersburg, son of Robert & Mary, occupation clerk; and Mary C. Lowther, 20y 9m 12d, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of John C. & Elizabeth. Married Mar 12 1861 in Clarksburg. MR p. 23. (21) Cemeteries of Clark District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV, Name on headstone: E. B. Lowther. p. 422. Event Notes Note (1) in household with daughter and son-in-law, Mary & Elijah Truman. Note (2) Linder, p. 438, and Don Norman's "Descendants of Robert Lowther" report birth date as May 28 1835. But age 20 given at time of Mar 1861 marriage would put birth in about 1840 or 1841, and age 39 at time of 1880 Census would also make it about 1841.Name Index