Jul-28-2018
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 (1765 - 1832) Mother: Catherine Cain (1766 - 1851)
Wife: Lydia Knight 7 Married: Sep-20-1834 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,4
Born: 1811 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 5,9 Died: Jun-12-1900 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 10,11,5 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 9 Born: ca 1829 12 Died: Feb-25-1910 in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV 13,7 (see note 1) Never married: 7,9
M Child 2: James Allen Lowther 14 Also known as: Allen Lowther 15,1,16,17,14 Born: Jul-24-1834 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 17,16,11 Died: Mar-25-1885 17 Buried: in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 18 Census: 1880 in Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Rebecca Waldron b. ca 1839 Also known as: Rebecca Waldern 14
M Child 3: Gustavus A. Lowther Also known as: Gus Lowther 19 Born: Aug-15-1838 17,8 Died: Sep-22-1907 17 Buried: in Rose Hill (formerly IOOF) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 6 Wife: Mary Wolf b. ca 1850 Married: Aug-12-1876 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8
F Child 4: Drusilla C. Lowther Also known as: Drucilla Lowther 6 Born: Sep-27-1840 8 Died: Sep- 7-1926 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV 20 Buried: in Old Lowther Cemetery, West Milford-Muttontown Rd, Harrison Co, WV 6,20 (see note 2) Resided: in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 20 Resided: 1908 in Harrison Co, WV 21 Husband: Camillus Lowther b. Jul- 9-1839 d. Mar-26-1902 Married: Jul- 9-1879 in Harrison Co, WV 22 Husband: Rolley Clark Bennett b. ca 1839 Married: Jul-12-1908 in Harrison Co, WV 23
F Child 5: Harriett V. Lowther Born: 1844 5,11 Died: 1917 5 Buried: in Rose Hill (formerly IOOF) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 6
F Child 6: Mary E. Lowther Born: ca 1848 8 Husband: Alexander A. Paugh b. ca 1845 Married: May-12-1870 in Harrison Co, WV 8
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://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, 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 WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (9) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (10) 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. (11) 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. (12) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (13) 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. (14) Death record of son. (15) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (16) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (17) Headstone. (18) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (19) Marriage record of daughter. (20) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (21) Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001) (22) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Camillus Lowther, 40, b. Harrison Co, res. Wirt Co, son of Elias J. & Salina; and Drusilla C. Lowther, 38, of Harrison Co, dau of James K. & Lydia. Married Jul 9 1879. (23) Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001), Identified as Rolley Clark Bennett, widowed, 69, b. Monongalia Co, res. Harrison Co, son of John M. & Matilda; and Drusilla C. Lowther, widowed, 68, of Harrison Co, dau of James K. & Lydia Lowther. Married Jul 12 1908. Event Notes Note (1) The last survivor of her family. Note (2) No dates. Name on headstone: Drucilla Lowther.Name Index