Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Oliver A. Lowther    
                Born: Aug-23-1841          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1,2,3
                Died: 1911                  3
              Census: 1910                 in Athens Co, OH  
              Census: 1900                 in Marion, Grant Co, IN  
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      minister, M. P. Church of Pullman  4,5,6
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: William Ireland "Willie" Lowther   (1818 - 1904) 
              Mother: Caroline Virginia Mitchell   (1820 - 1885) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Zulickah Salom Sommerville     
       Also known as: Salome Sommerville 7
             Married: Oct-28-1862          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  2
                Born: Apr- 5-1841          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  2,8
                Died: Mar- 5-1874           3
              Buried:                      in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: Alexander L. Sommerville   (1811 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary W. Husher   (1811 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Willie Lowther      
                Born: Dec-30-1863           9
                Died: Sep- 1-1865           10
              Buried:                      in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  11
           M Child 2: Claudius Lowther 7     
       Also known as: Claude Lowther 7
                Born: ca 1866              in West Virginia  6
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
           M Child 3: Albert Lowther 7     
                Born: ca 1869              in West Virginia  6
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
         No children:                        7
           F Child 4: Sarah R. Lowther      
                Born: Sep-  -1871          in West Virginia  12
              Census: 1900                 in Marion, Grant Co, IN  
           F Child 5: Minnie Lowther 7     

Sources:
(1) 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. 
(2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), pp. 350 & 603. 
(5) Lathrop Russell Charter, The Lowther Family of Doddridge County, West Virginia (self-published Nov 9 1951, on file at 
Doddridge County Library). This paper was found to contain many factual errors. p. 
6. 
(6) 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 289. 
(8) Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death. 
(9) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(10) Headstone. 
(11) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. 
(12) 1900 Census. 







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