Husband: William Ireland "Willie" Lowther 1,2
Census name: William Q. Lowther 3 (see note 1)
Born: Aug-27-1818 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4,5,6
Died: Nov- 6-1904 at Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 6,4,7,5
Buried: at Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 8,9,2
Resided: from 1901 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 6,9
Resided: formerly at White Oak (near Pullman), Ritchie Co, WV 9,10
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Father: Alexander J. Lowther (1791 - 1864)
Mother: Sarah Ireland (1796 - 1841)
Other spouse 1
Wife: Sarah Jane McKinley 6 Also known as: Jane McKinley 11,12 Married: Dec-16-1886 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 13
Born: Apr-21-1838 at West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA 14,15,16 Died: May- 8-1926 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 7,16 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Jonathan D. McKinley (1798 - 1881) Mother: Elizabeth Rector (1801 - 1888) Other spouse 1
Sources: (1) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 28. (2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (3) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (4) Obituary. (5) Headstone. (6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 350. (7) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. (8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 582. (9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 288. (10) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 16. (11) Marriage record of daughter. (12) Obituary of husband. (13) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as William I. Lowther, 68, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Sarah Jane Lowther, 48, b. Ritchie Co, res. Wood Co. Married Dec 16 1886 in Parkersburg. MR p. 136. (14) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (15) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (16) Headstone (year only) Event Notes Note (1) The handwritten entry is actually "Wm. I. Lowther," but is frequently transcribed as "Wm. Q. Lowther."