Husband: Thomas Dickerson Pritchard 1
Born: Feb-25-1818 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 2,3
Died: 1897 4
Buried: in Gaston, Lewis Co, WV 2
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Thomas Pritchard, Jr. (1768 - 1846)
Mother: Mary Moody (1785 - 1867)
Wife: Mary "Polly" Lowther 5,6
Married: Feb-16-1843 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 7
Born: Sep-20-1818 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,9 (see note 1)
Buried: in Pritchard Cemetery, Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 9,2
Resided: in Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Elias Lowther (1776 - 1845)
Mother: Rebecca Coburn (1779 - 1850)
Notes
M Child 1: Elias Robert Pritchard Born: Dec-29-1845 3 Died: Jun- 4-1909 3 Buried: in Watson-Vanhorn Cemetery, Co Rd 46/1, Roane Co, WV 4 Resided: in Roane Co, WV 10 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 11 Military: (enlisted 9/26/1864) 6th W.Va. Cav, Civil War 4 Wife: Sophia Amelia Watson b. Aug-22-1844 d. Jul- 4-1924 Also known as: Amelia Watson 12,13 Married: Mar-21-1868 in Roane Co, WV 14
F Child 2: Jerusha A. Pritchard Born: ca 1848 11,3 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: ___ Carpenter
M Child 3: Thomas Tavner Pritchard 3 Born: Apr- 5-1849 3 Died: Dec-26-1922 3 Buried: in Hyattville Cemetery, Big Horn Co, WY 4 Resided: 1910 in Hyattville, Big Horn Co, WY 10 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Lucy Ann Elizabeth Summers b. Mar-20-1852 d. May-30-1928 Census name: Elizabeth Summers Married: Dec- 4-1878 in Ritchie Co, WV 15
M Child 4: Silas R. Pritchard Died: young 3 Buried: in Pritchard Cemetery, Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 2
F Child 5: Mary I. Pritchard Died: young 3 Buried: in Pritchard Cemetery, Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 2
F Child 6: Rebecca Pritchard Died: young 3 Buried: in Pritchard Cemetery, Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Sources: (1) Dee Dovey's Genealogy, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosadove/DeeDovey'sPage/. (2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 102. (3) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (4) Findagrave.com. (5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), pp. 17 & 102. (6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 249. (7) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Thomas Prichard and Mary Lowther. Married Feb 16 1843 by Asa Bee. Also married on the same date by the same minister was Mary Lowther's cousin, Juliet Lowther, and William Smallwood Wilson. Some researchers have erroneously reported Thomas & Mary's marriage as having occurred in Ritchie County on Feb 11 1843. (8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990). Conflicting birth dates are provided on p. 40 (Sep 20 1818) and on p. 249 (Sep 20 1811). Birth date on headstone, as reported in "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries," p. 648, is Sep 20 1818. p. 40. (9) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (10) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 103. (11) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). (12) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 237. (13) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 245. (14) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (15) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Thomas T. Pritchard, 29, of Ritchie Co, son of Thomas D. & Mary; and Lucy A. Summers, 26, of Ritchie Co, dau of Elias & Maranda. Married Dec 4 1878. Event Notes Note (1) Linder, p. 433, reports birth date as 1814, while Don Norman has it as Sep 20 1811.