Apr-24-2012                   

             Husband: Andrew Jackson Lowther    
       Also known as: Jackson Lowther 1,2,3,4
                Born: Jun-29-1833          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  5 (see note 1)
                Died: Feb- 5-1889          in Cunningham, Chariton Co, MO  6,7,8
              Buried:                      in Lakeside (formerly ME) Cemetery, Sumner, Chariton Co, MO  6
             Resided: (settled)            in Missouri  1,9,10
              Census: 1870                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
             Resided: originally           in Ritchie Co, WV  1
          Occupation:                      farmer  11
              Father: Alexander J. Lowther 
              Mother: Sarah Ireland 

                Wife: Margaret Jane Hickman   10,3  
       Also known as: Margrett I. Hickman 12
                Born: Nov-24-1836          in Wood Co, (W)VA  6,13
                Died: Feb-23-1918          in Portland, OR  6
              Buried:                      in Lakeside (formerly ME) Cemetery, Sumner, Chariton Co, MO  6
              Census: 1870                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Richard Hickman 
              Mother: Maxamelia Hickman 

Notes 
 

           F Child 1: Martha Jane Lowther      
                Born: Mar-23-1854          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  6

           M Child 2: Samuel Boyd Lowther      
                Born: Oct-12-1856          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  14
                Died: Jun-26-1858          in   6

           F Child 3: Sarah Amelia Lowther   6   
       Also known as: Sarah M. Lowther 15
                Born: May-10-1858          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  15
                Died: Sep-28-1864          in   6

           F Child 4: Mary Athalia "Mollie" Lowther   16   
                Born: Feb- 6-1860          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  14,17,18
                Died: Mar-24-1911          near Market, Doddridge Co, WV  19,20

           M Child 5: Richard Alexander Lowther      
       Also known as: Alex Lowther 6
                Born: Jan-16-1862          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  14,21
                Died: Aug-17-1927          in Portland, OR  6

           M Child 6: John A. Lowther      
                Born: Sep-22-1863          in Doddridge Co, WV  14,21
                Died: Apr-13-1949          in McMinnville, Yamhill Co, OR  6

           M Child 7: Willie Err Lowther   22   
         Census name: Willis R. Lowther 23
                Born: Feb- 4-1866          at Market, Doddridge Co, WV  24,22
                Died: May- 8-1926          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  25,22

           F Child 8: Elizabeth Alice Lowther      
                Born: Mar- 3-1868          in Doddridge Co, WV  6,21

           F Child 9: Clara Luverna Lowther      
       Also known as: Clarah Luvern Lowther 6
                Born: May-22-1870          in Doddridge Co, WV  14,21

          M Child 10: Archibald Jackson Lowther   21   
       Also known as: Jackson Lowther 26
                Born: Jul-18-1872          in Doddridge Co, WV  26,27
                Died: Jun-10-1945          in Sumner, Chariton Co, MO  28

          F Child 11: Margaret "Maggie" May Lowther      
                Born: Sep-26-1874          in Doddridge Co, WV  29
                Died: May- 1-1934          in Los Angeles Co, CA  6

          M Child 12: Robert Franklin Lowther      
       Also known as: Frank Lowther 6
                Born: Jun-23-1878          in Doddridge Co, WV  30
                Died: Apr-26-1949          in Philomath, Benton Co, OR  6,31

          M Child 13: Luther Ardenne "Ard" Lowther      
       Also known as: Ard Lowther 
                Born: May- 6-1880          at Market, Doddridge Co, WV  14,21
                Died: Jul- 3-1940          in Merlin, Josephine Co, OR  6


Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain 
Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 583. 
(2) Birth record of daughter. 
(3) Death record of son. 
(4) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(5) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. 
(6) Ellen Lowther Filler, Pollock, ID . 
(7) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and Related 
Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 441. 
(8) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert 
Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. 
(9) Lorna Reese Overberg, The History of Ritchie County, West Virginia to 1980 (Ritchie 
County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Co, 1980), p. 179. 
(10) Obituary of daughter. 
(11) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and Related 
Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 456. 
(12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, 
WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(14) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/doddridge/vitals/birth.txt. 
(15) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 11. 
(16) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 101. 
(17) Obituary. 
(18) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(19) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 
26101. 
(20) Obituary - At home, Location and date of death specified as "at her home near Market 
Friday evening March 25 1911."  But March 25th in 1911 fell on a Saturday.  Doddridge 
County death records show the death date as March 24 1911, which would have been the 
Friday mentioned in the obituary. 
(21) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(22) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 
26101 (Nov 1998) 
(23) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). 
(24) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Death record states birth date as Feb 
14 1866, rather than the Feb 4 1866 in the birth record. BR Bk 1, p. 29. 
(25) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(26) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 56. 
(27) Death record. 
(28) Death record, Identified as Archibald Jackson Lowther, age 72y 10m 22d, b. Jul 18 
1872 in W. Va., son of Archibal [sic] J. Lowther & (Not Known).  Died Jun 10 1945 in 
Cummingham Twp, Sumner, Chariton Co, MO, where he had resided for ten years.  Burial at 
Laclede Mo. Cem.  Surviving wife:  Addie Lena Lowther.  Informant:  Ethel Cox, Princeton, 
MO.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertifica
tes/results.asp?type=basic&tLName=Lowther&tFName=&sCounty=all&tYear=#null. 
(29) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 67. 
(30) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 96. 
(31) Death Record - Online. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Marriage record states birthplace as Wood County, but birth record shows it
as Doddridge County.

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