Jan-23-2012
Husband: Jesse Madison Lowther
Born: May- -1809 1,2,3 (see note 1)
Died: Nov-15-1855 near Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 4,1,2,3
Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 2
Father: Elias Lowther
Mother: Rebecca Coburn
Wife: Lucinda Hall 4,5
Born: Mar-17-1816 6,1
Died: Jan-20-1898 in Ritchie Co, WV 6,3
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 7
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Father: William Hall, Jr.
Mother: Mary Ann Lowther
Notes
M Child 1: Morgan B. Lowther
Born: Apr- 1-1836 in 6
Died: 1838 in 6
M Child 2: Johnson Joseph Lowther
Born: May-25-1837 near Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 8,9,10
Died: Feb-10-1915 in 6
F Child 3: Dorinda Lowther
Born: Sep-20-1838 in 11,12,13
Died: Mar-24-1902 in 11
F Child 4: Celina Lowther
Census name: Selina Lowther 14
Born: Nov-22-1839 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6,12
Died: Jan- 1-1911 in North Loup, Valley Co, NE 15,6
F Child 5: Mendane E. Lowther 16
Also known as: Maranda E. Lowther 6,3
Born: Jun- 5-1842 in 8,12
Died: Feb-10-1911 in 8,6
F Child 6: Similda Jane Lowther 17
Also known as: Samilda J. Lowther 12
Born: Aug-20-1843 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 17,12
Died: Apr- 5-1928 in Salem, WV 17
M Child 7: Mansfield Lowther 16
Born: Dec-31-1844 in 6
Died: Aug-27-1930 in 6
M Child 8: Thomas Harris Lowther 18
Born: Aug-18-1847 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 17,10
Died: Jun- 3-1922 in Salem, WV 17
M Child 9: Stillman Forest Lowther
Born: Apr-27-1849 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 19,17,10,8
Died: Jun-21-1932 in Salem, WV 17,8
F Child 10: Alcinda Lowther
Born: Jun- 6-1853 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 20,21
Died: Sep-25-1925 in Cabell Co, WV 22
M Child 11: Sylvanus Lowther
Born: Jun- 6-1853 in 23,8
Died: Jul-29-1922 in 8
Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain
Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 249.
(2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County,
West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(3) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert
Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm.
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 17.
(5) Marriage record of daughter.
(6) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and
Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 447.
(7) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County
Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)
(8) Headstone.
(9) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979,
p. 193.
(10) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(11) Roxann Burk , Ancestry World Tree Project 32355,
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=:a32355&recno=3698.
(12) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave,
Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)
(13) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV.
(14) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
(15) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon
Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged), p. 135.
(16) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain
Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 250.
(17) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(18) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and
Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 448.
(19) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon
Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged), p. 93.
(20) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.
(21) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)
(22) Death record, Identified as Alcinda L. Smallwood, married, age 72y3m19d, b.
Berea WV, d. Sep 25 1925 in Cabell Co, WV.
(23) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and
Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991.
Event Notes
Note (1) "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 249, states that he was born on
Saturday, May 27 1809. But age 46y 6m 13d on headstone would put birthdate at
May 2 1809.
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