Jan-23-2012                   

             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 
              Mother: Catherine Cain 

                Wife: Elizabeth Pritchard   4  

                Born: Jul- 5-1810           5,6
                Died: Jun-10-1886           3,6
              Buried:                      in Jackson Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3,6
              Census: 1880                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1860                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      seamstress  7
              Father:
              Mother:

Notes 8,9 8,9 

           M Child 1: Evan F. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1833              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  10
                Died: bef Dec 1906         in   11

           M Child 2: William Leonidas Lowther      
                Born: Oct-24-1835          in   3
                Died: Oct- 9-1847          in   3

           F Child 3: Catherine V. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1836              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  10

           F Child 4: Susan A. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1838              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  10

           F Child 5: Mary Columbia Lowther      
       Also known as: Columbia Lowther 12,13
                Born: May-28-1840          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  14,15
                Died: Mar- 4-1919          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  16

           F Child 6: Ellen B. Lowther      
                Born: Sep- 9-1843          in   5,6
                Died: Sep-11-1871          in   3,6

           F Child 7: India E. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1847              in   6


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://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, 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) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(6) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and 
Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 438. 
(7) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 421. 
(9) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, 
West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(10) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, 
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) 
(11) Death record of wife. 
(12) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(13) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(14) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(15) 1880 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(16) 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). 

Event Notes
Note (1) in household with daughter and son-in-law, Mary & Elijah Truman.

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