Jan-23-2012                   

             Husband: James K. Lowther    
         Census name: James R. Lowther 1

                Born: 1806                  2
                Died: 1902                  3,4,5
              Buried:                      in Old Lowther Cemetery, West Milford-Muttontown Rd, Harrison Co, WV  6
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Robert Lowther 
              Mother: Catherine Cain 

                Wife: Lydia Knight   7  

                Born: 1811                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  5,8
                Died: Jun-12-1900          in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  9,10,5
              Buried:                      in Old Lowther Cemetery, West Milford-Muttontown Rd, Harrison Co, WV  6
              Father:
              Mother:

           F Child 1: Talitha Lowther      
       Also known as: Telitha Lowther 8
                Born: ca 1829              in   11
                Died: Feb-25-1910          in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV  12,7

           M Child 2: James Allen Lowther   13   
       Also known as: Allen Lowther 14,1,15,16,13
                Born: Jul-24-1834          in Virginia (now West Virginia)  16,15,10
                Died: Mar-25-1885          in   16

           M Child 3: Gustavus A. Lowther      
       Also known as: Gus Lowther 17
                Born: Aug-15-1838          in   16,18
                Died: Sep-22-1907          in   16

           F Child 4: Drusilla C. Lowther      
       Also known as: Drucilla Lowther 6
                Born: Sep-27-1840          in   18
                Died: Sep- 7-1926          in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  19

           F Child 5: Harriett V. Lowther      
                Born: 1844                 in   5,10
                Died: 1917                 in   5

           F Child 6: Mary E. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1848              in   18


Sources:
(1) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(2) Headstone (year only), Don Norman in "The Descendants of Robert Lowther" and 
Linder's "Gibson and Related Families," p. 426, report birth date as 1807.  But 
"Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County," p. 2, reports birth date on 
headstone as 1806. 
(3) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and 
Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 426. 
(4) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert 
Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. 
(5) Headstone (year only) 
(6) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County 
Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) 
(7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 11. 
(8) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(9) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, There are two entries for this 
death in two different ledger books.  On page 200 of one book:  Lydia Lowther, 
age 89, born in 1811, dau of Augusta & Mary (last names not given), wife of 
James Lowther; died Jun 12 1900 in Harrison County, cause of death diabetes; 
informant:  D. C. Lowther.  On page 115 of another book:  Lydia Lowther, age 91, 
married, b. in Harrison Co; died Jun 12 1900 in West Milford, cause of death 
paralysis, burial in West Milford. 
(10) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and 
Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 438. 
(11) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(12) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Telitha Lowther, 
age 81, single, died Feb 25 1910 at Mt. Clair (sic), cause of death "old age and 
dropsy.", DR p. 109. 
(13) Death record of son. 
(14) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(15) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV. 
(16) Headstone. 
(17) Marriage record of daughter. 
(18) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, 
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) 
(19) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 

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