Jul-28-2018
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 (1776 - 1845)
Mother: Rebecca Coburn (1779 - 1850)
Wife: Lucinda Hall 4,5
Married: Apr-23-1835 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6,1,7
Born: Mar-17-1816 8,1
Died: Jan-20-1898 in Ritchie Co, WV 8,3
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 9
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2)
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Father: William Hall, Jr. (1793 - 1873)
Mother: Mary Ann Lowther (1793 - 1876)
Notes
M Child 1: Morgan B. Lowther
Born: Apr- 1-1836 8
Died: 1838 8
M Child 2: Johnson Joseph Lowther
Born: May-25-1837 near Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 10,11,12
Died: Feb-10-1915 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 13,8 (see note 3)
Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 10,14
Resided: at Toms Fork, Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV 11
Census: 1880, 1900, 10 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: ca 1866 - 1873 in Freeborn Co, MN 11
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Wife: Rachel Fitz Randolph b. May-30-1838 d. Sep-26-1897
Married: Jan-29-1863 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 12
F Child 3: Dorinda Lowther
Born: Sep-20-1838 15,16,17
Died: Mar-24-1902 15
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Husband: Eli N. McKinley b. ca 1830
Married: Feb- 6-1862 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 16
F Child 4: Celina Lowther
Census name: Selina Lowther 18
Born: Nov-22-1839 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,16
Died: Jan- 1-1911 in North Loup, Valley Co, NE 19,8,20
Buried: in North Loup, Valley Co, NE 19
Resided: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 16
Husband: Nehemiah Bee b. Jun-17-1837 d. May- 5-1912
Married: Dec-13-1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 21
F Child 5: Mandane E. Lowther 22
Census name: Maranda Lowther
Born: Jun- 5-1842 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 10,16
Died: Feb-10-1911 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 23,10,8
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 9,24
Census: 1900, 1910 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1880 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Husband: Hiram Wilson b. Feb-10-1838 d. Oct- 7-1926
Married: May-27-1862 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 25
F Child 6: Similda Jane Lowther 26
Also known as: Samilda J. Lowther 16
Born: Aug-20-1843 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 26,16
Died: Apr- 5-1928 in Salem, WV 26
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 26,9
Resided: 1915 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 27
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Husband: George Washington Fitz Randolph b. Oct-31-1844 d. Oct-17-1932
Married: Nov- 4-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 28
M Child 7: Mansfield Lowther 22
Born: Dec-31-1844 8
Died: Aug-27-1930 8
Resided: 1915 in Idaho 27
Resided: settled in West 22
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Wife: Margaret ___
M Child 8: Thomas Harris Lowther 29
Born: Aug-18-1847 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 26,12
Died: Jun- 3-1922 in Salem, WV 26
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 26,9
Resided: 1915 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 12
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Occupation: shoe maker 26
Wife: Ellen Jane Davis b. Jan- 8-1859 d. Jul- 7-1884
Also known as: Ella J. Davis 9
Married: Nov-11-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 30
Wife: Lucy Henrietta Heflin b. Aug-12-1868 d. Aug-14-1957
Married: Sep-28-1887 in Doddridge Co, WV 31
M Child 9: Stillman Forest Lowther
Born: Apr-27-1849 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 32,26,12,10
Died: Jun-21-1932 in Salem, WV 26,10
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 26,9
Resided: 1915 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 27
Census: 1900 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 12
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Occupation: piano tuner 26
Occupation: 1880 farmer 33
Wife: Sarah Victoria Davis b. Sep-25-1851 d. Feb- 5-1934
Married: Oct-29-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 12
F Child 10: Alcinda Lowther
Born: Jun- 6-1853 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 34,6
Died: Sep-25-1925 in Cabell Co, WV 35
Resided: 1915 in Piedmont, Mineral Co, WV 27
Resided: 1873 in Harrison Co, WV 6
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Husband: William Sedwick Smallwood b. ca 1850
Also known as: W. Sedwick Smallwood 36
Married: Jan-23-1873 in Harrison Co, WV 37
M Child 11: Sylvanus Lowther
Born: Jun- 6-1853 38,10
Died: Jul-29-1922 10
Buried: Fairlawn Cemetery in Stillwater, Payne Co, OK 39,10
Resided: 1915 in Oklahoma 27
Resided: settled in West 22
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Wife: Elizabeth ___
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) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)
(7) 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, Bond date Mar 31 1835, John C. Lowther surety; William Hall gave
consent for the marriage; Jesse L. Hall and Lemuel Hall were witnesses to the consent. p.
447.
(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. 447.
(9) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989,
revised 1995)
(10) Headstone.
(11) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 193.
(12) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(13) Obituary.
(14) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)
(15) Roxann Burk , Ancestry World Tree Project 32355,
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=:a32355&recno=3698.
(16) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)
(17) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV.
(18) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
(19) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 135.
(20) West Union Herald, 1/12/1911.
(21) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as
Nehemiah Bee, 23, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Josiah & Priscilla; and Celina Lowther, 21, b. Harrison Co,
res. Ritchie Co, dau of J. M. & Lucinda. Married Dec 13 1860.
(22) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 250.
(23) Obituary, West Union Herald, 2/16/1911.
(24) Findagrave.com.
(25) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Hiram Wilson, 24, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of Joseph
& Mary; and M. E. Lowther, 19, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of Jesse M. & Lucinda. Married May 27 1862 in Ritchie
County. Line 20 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537521&Type=Marriage.
(26) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(27) Obituary of brother.
(28) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as G.
W. F. Randolph, 23, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jeptha & Deborah; and Samilda J. Lowther, 24, of Ritchie
Co, dau of Jesse & Lucinda. Married Nov 4 1867. (Note: Husband's obituary states birthplace as New Milton in
Doddridge County and marriage date as Dec 1868. Susie Davis Nicholson, p. 124, reports marriage date as Dec 4
1867.)
(29) 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. 448.
(30) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Thomas H. Lowther, 29, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jesse M. & Lucinda; and Ellen Jane Davis, 18, res.
Doddridge Co, dau of Lodawick H. & Margaret. Married Nov 11 1876.
(31) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Thomas H. Lowther, 38, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Lucy Heflin, 19, of Doddridge Co. Married
Sep 28 1887.
(32) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 93.
(33) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District)
(34) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.
(35) Death record, Identified as Alcinda L. Smallwood, married, age 72y3m19d, b. Berea WV, d. Sep 25 1925 in Cabell Co, WV.
(36) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 251.
(37) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as
William S. Smallwood, 22, of Harrison Co, son of John & Emaline; and Alcinda Lowther, 19, b. Ritchie Co, res. Harrison
Co, dau of Jesse M. & Lucinda. Married Jan 23 1873.
(38) 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.
(39) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com)
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.
Note (2) In household of son Stillman and his family.
Note (3) Space for death date left blank on headstone.
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