Husband: Daniel Rexroad Lowther
Also known as: Daniel R. Cunningham 1
Born: Oct- 4-1860 2,3
Died: Oct-14-1935 in Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV 2,3
Buried: in Layfield (Mt Moriah) Cemetery, Co Rd 31/8, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 2,4
Census: 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 2
Father: Cambysses Lowther (1822 - 1903)
Mother: Sarah Sinnett (1823 - 1908)
Wife: Catherine L. "Kate" Layfield
Census name: Katerine 5
Married: May-30-1889 at Ritchie Co, WV 6
Born: Apr-20-1867 in West Virginia 2,3
Died: Oct-21-1939 at Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV 2,7
Buried: in Layfield (Mt Moriah) Cemetery, Co Rd 31/8, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 4,2 (see note 1)
Resided: in Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Census: 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Henry Layfield (1827 - 1909)
Mother: Harriett Furr (1832 - 1916)
Notes
M Child 1: Harper A. Lowther Born: Aug-22-1890 8,9 Died: May-21-1970 in Ritchie Co, WV 10,8 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Census: 1900 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Florence Elizabeth Caldwell
M Child 2: Homer Irus Lowther Born: Mar-30-1893 12 Died: Sep- 5-1893 in Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV 13,12 Buried: in Layfield (Mt Moriah) Cemetery, Co Rd 31/8, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Cause of death: pneumonia 13
F Child 3: Celia B. Lowther Born: Sep- -1894 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,14 Died: Jan- 7-1915 in Harrison Co, WV 15 Resided: 1914 in Harrison Co, WV 14 Census: 1900 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Harrison Cunningham b. ca 1889 Married: Jul-27-1914 in Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 14
M Child 4: Romeo Earnest Lowther Born: Feb- -1897 9 Died: Jun- 8-1915 at Elm Run, Mahone, Ritchie Co, WV 16 Census: 1900 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Cause of death: typhoid fever 17
F Child 5: Carrie Jo Lowther Census name: Cara J. Lowther 9 Born: Mar-18-1899 8,9,3 Died: Jul- -1985 8,3 Buried: in Sardis Cemetery, Sardis, Harrison Co, WV 18 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8,14 Census: 1920 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: John Raymond Layfield b. Mar- 3-1898 d. Mar- -1964 Married: Mar- 2-1924 in Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 14
M Child 6: Emmett A. Lowther Also known as: Emmette A. Lowther 19 Born: Mar-10-1901 in Ritchie Co, WV 8,3,20,21 Died: May- -1973 8,3 Buried: in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Resided: 1938 in Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV 20 Census: 1920 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Una Adams b. Oct-19-1901 d. May-10-1989 Also known as: Euna 20 Married: Mar-27-1938 in Elm Run, Mahone, Ritchie Co, WV 22
M Child 7: Marshall H. Lowther Born: 1903 in Ritchie Co, WV 3,19 Died: Feb-18-1963 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 23,3 Buried: in Sardis Cemetery, Sardis, Harrison Co, WV 18,23 Census: 1920 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: Standard Supply & Plastering Co. employee 23 Wife: Bessie Kyle b. 1904 d. 1956 Married: Mar-23-1935 in Ritchie Co, WV 19
M Child 8: Wilbur Edgar Lowther Census name: Wilbert E. Lowther 21 Born: Sep- 3-1905 24,3 Died: May-14-1939 in Ritchie Co, WV 25,3 Buried: in Layfield (Mt Moriah) Cemetery, Co Rd 31/8, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1920 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 9: Lawrence Hollie Lowther 19 Born: Dec-16-1907 12,19 Died: Sep-17-1990 12 Buried: in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: 1940 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 26 Wife: Opal Virginia Bircher b. Oct- 4-1907 d. Oct- 4-1970 Married: Nov-17-1928 in Ritchie Co, WV 19
M Child 10: Carl Ford Lowther Census name: Carlie F. Lowther 21 Born: Feb-17-1910 8,3 Died: Nov- 3-1988 8,3 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Census: 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Sarah Catherine Cowan b. 1911 d. 1968 Married: Oct-22-1932 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 20
F Child 11: Bertha O. Lowther Born: ca 1913 21 Census: 1920 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Sources: (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 271. (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) (6) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Daniel R. Lowther, 28, of Ritchie Co; and Kate Layfield, 22, of Ritchie Co. Married May 30 1889. (7) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998), Identified as Catherine L. Lowther, dau of Henry & Harriett (Primm) Layfield, d. Oct 21 1939, age 72y6m1d. "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries" reports death date on headstone as 1934. (8) Social Security Death Index. (9) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) (10) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) (11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (12) Headstone. (13) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, DR Bk 1, p. 27. (14) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (15) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Mrs. Celia Cunningham, age 21y 2m, married, housewife; died Jan 7 1915 at McWhorter, cause of death haematemesis. Informant: A. J. Kemper, physician. (Note: This death is also recorded in Ritchie County, DR p. 29, in which the deceased is identified as Celia B. Cunningham, age 20y 6m 14d, housewife; died Jan 8 1915 in Clarksburg (Harrison County), cause of death "hemorrhage of stomach." Informant: D. R. Lowther, father.) Neither of the ages provided conforms to the Sep 1894 birth date given in the 1900 Census, which is considered more reliable. DR p. 30. (16) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, There are two entries for this death, both on the same ledger page. (1) Identified as Romeo Lowther, age abt 15, single, occup (blank), d. Jun 8 1915 at Elm Run, cause of death typhoid fever, informant George M. Cokeley, undertaker. (2) Identified as Romeo Earnest Lowther, age 18y 4m 6d, single, occup farmer, d. Jun 6 1915 at Cokeleys, cause of death typhoid fever, informant C. W. Rexroad, M.D. The age at death calculates to a birth date of Jan 30 1897, but the 1900 Census states his birth date as Feb 1897. DR p. 113. (17) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. (18) Cemeteries of Sardis District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1993) (19) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (20) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (21) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District). (22) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Emmette A. Lowther, single, 37, b. Ritchie Co, res. Cokeleys (Ritchie Co); and Mrs. Euna Bitner, divorced, 36, b. Ritchie Co, res. Cokeleys. Married Mar 27 1938 "at the residence of Mrs. Casto on Elm Run, Mahone, West Virginia.", MR p. 479. (23) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (24) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (25) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (26) Death record of son. Event Notes Note (1) Name on headstone: Kate Lowther. "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries" reports death date on headstone as 1934, but death record shows it as 1939..