Husband: Varnum Bailey Lowther
Born: Aug- 5-1867 in Freeborn Co, MN 1,2,3
Died: Jul- 1-1950 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,4
Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 1
Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 1,5,3
Occupation: carpenter, farmer, stockman 1
Father: Johnson Joseph Lowther (1837 - 1915)
Mother: Rachel Fitz Randolph (1838 - 1897)
Wife: Eva Elizabeth Willis 2
Married: Jan-19-1893 6
Born: Mar-12-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,1,3
Died: Nov-21-1952 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 1,4
Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 1,8
Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 1,5,3
Father: Granville Willis (1842 - 1916)
Mother: Mary Magdalene Broadwater (1846 - 1930)
M Child 1: Chester Willis Lowther Born: Jan- 1-1894 at Market, Doddridge Co, WV 9,6,10 Died: Mar- -1983 10 Resided: in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 11,12 Resided: 1942 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 13,9 Census: 1930 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1942 Monongahela Railway Co, Brownsville, PA 9 Occupation: 1930 foreman for telephone company 14 Occupation: 1919 Bell Telephone Co. 15 Military: World War I 15 Wife: Ella M. King b. May- 3-1892 d. Aug-10-1942
F Child 2: Edna Clair Lowther Born: Oct-17-1895 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 16,6,17 Died: Dec-26-1969 in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV 18,19,17 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 16,20 Census: 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Occupation: teacher & asst superintendent, Doddridge Co WV 16,6,21,22 Education: Salem College 16 Husband: Clarence Thomas Hyatt b. Mar- 4-1887 d. Nov- 4-1965 Census name: Thomas Hyatt 23 Married: Sep- 1-1937 in Salem, WV 24,6 No children: 6
F Child 3: Maude F. Lowther Born: Nov-12-1899 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 16,25,10 Died: Jul- 3-1980 in Pleasant Grove, Utah Co, UT 16,10 Resided: in Pleasant Grove, Utah Co, UT 10 Census: 1930, 1940 in Dearborn, Wayne Co, MI Resided: 1925 in Detroit, Wayne Co, MI 26 Education: Salem College 16 Occupation: teacher 16 Husband: James Everett Sutton b. Feb-18-1904 d. Apr-30-1967 Also known as: Everett Sutton 25,10 Married: May- 6-1924 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 27,28 Husband: Philip C. Jerue b. Sep-26-1897 d. Dec-14-1971 Married: Apr-10-1971 27
M Child 4: Jennings Hurley "Bob" Lowther Census name: James H. Lowther 29,5 Born: May-18-1908 at Toms Fork, Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV 25,30,31 Died: Nov- 9-1961 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 31 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 31 Occupation: stockman, farmer 30,31 Wife: Hazel Alma Fisher b. Jun-21-1907 d. Jan-18-1996 Also known as: Alma Hazel Fisher 32 Married: Jul-18-1934 in Doddridge Co, WV 33
F Child 5: Alice Ruth Lowther
Born: Aug-10-1910 8
Died: Jan-28-1914 8
Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 8
Cause of death: burns 25
F Child 6: Helen E. Lowther Born: Jan-22-1911 25 Died: 1922 25 Cause of death: horse riding accident 25
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) 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. 124. (3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (4) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (5) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (6) 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. 185. (7) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/doddridge/vitals/birth.txt. (8) Headstone. (9) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online database) (10) Social Security Death Index. (11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (12) Obituary of sister. (13) Death record of wife. (14) 1930 Census, Taylor County, WV. (15) Doddridge County Republican, 3/13/1919. (16) Obituary. (17) Headstone (year only) (18) Tyler County Death Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Edna Clair Hyatt, age 74, dau of Varnum B. Lowther & Eva Willis, widowed, retired teacher; died Dec 26 1969 in Middlebourne, cause of death arteriosclerotic heart disease. (Note: "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 185, incorrectly reports death date as Dec 26 1965 and states her middle name as Clara.) (19) Obituary - Nursing home. (20) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (21) Tyler County Death Records, Middlebourne, WV. (22) Dirigo, Salem College Yearbook, 1928. (23) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (24) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Clarence Thomas Hyatt, 48, b. Doddridge Co, res. Morgansville WV; and Edna C. Lowther, 41, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Sep 1 1937 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV. (Note: Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as Sep 1 1936.), MR p. 45. (25) 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. 186. (26) Newspaper birth announcement of daughter. (27) Obituary of wife. (28) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as J. E. Sutton, 20, of Doddridge Co; and Maude F. Lowther, 24, of Doddridge Co. Married May 6 1924. (29) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (30) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 193. (31) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (32) Obituary of son. (33) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Jennings Lowther, 26, of Doddridge Co; and Hazel Fisher, 26, of Doddridge Co. Married Jul 18 1934.