Jul-28-2018                   
             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   (1791 - 1864) 
              Mother: Sarah Ireland   (1796 - 1841) 
                Wife: Margaret Jane Hickman   10,3  
       Also known as: Margrett I. Hickman 12
             Married: Aug- 9-1853          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  13,14
                Born: Nov-24-1836          in Wood Co, (W)VA  6,15
                Died: Feb-23-1918          in Portland, Multnomah Co, OR  6
              Buried:                      in Lakeside (formerly ME) Cemetery, Sumner, Chariton Co, MO  6
              Census: 1910                 in Yamhill, Yamhill Co, OR  
              Census: 1900                 in Eversonville, Linn Co, MO  
              Census: 1870                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Richard Hickman   (1798 - 1875) 
              Mother: Maxamelia Hickman   (1814 -     ) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Martha Jane Lowther      
                Born: Mar-23-1854          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  6
             Husband: Zachariah Taylor  b. ca 1850  
             Married: Sep- 5-1878          in Doddridge Co, WV  15
           M Child 2: Samuel Boyd Lowther      
                Born: Oct-12-1856          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  16
                Died: Jun-26-1858           6
           F Child 3: Sarah Amelia Lowther   6   
       Also known as: Sarah M. Lowther 17
                Born: May-10-1858          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  17
                Died: Sep-28-1864           6
           F Child 4: Mary Athalia "Mollie" Lowther   18   
       Also known as: Mollie Lowther 19
                Born: Feb- 6-1860          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  16,19,20
                Died: Mar-24-1911          near Market, Doddridge Co, WV  21,22
              Buried:                      in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  23,19
      Cause of death:                      cancer  24
             Resided:                      near Market, Doddridge Co, WV  19,25
              Census: 1900                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      teacher  18
             Husband: Floyd Neely Childers  b. Aug-22-1860  d. Jul- 3-1918  
             Married: Mar-12-1890          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  26,18
           M Child 5: Richard Alexander Lowther      
       Also known as: Alex Lowther 6
                Born: Jan-16-1862          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  16,27
                Died: Aug-17-1927          in Portland, Multnomah Co, OR  6
              Buried:                      in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Portland, OR  6
              Census: 1910                 in Portland, Multnomah Co, OR  28
             Resided: Nov-  -1900          in Lick Run, New Milton (Blandville), Doddridge Co, WV  29
              Census: Jun-  -1900          in Knoxville Twp, Ray Co, MO  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1910                 carpenter  30
          Occupation: 1900                 farm laborer  31
                Wife: Sula Belle Smith  b. ca 1876  
             Married: ca 1895               28
           M Child 6: John A. Lowther      
                Born: Sep-22-1863          in Doddridge Co, WV  16,27
                Died: Apr-13-1949          in McMinnville, Yamhill Co, OR  6
              Buried:                      in Evergreen Cemetery, McMinnville, Yamhill Co, OR  6
              Census: 1910                 in St. Croix County, WI  32
              Census: 1880                 in Doddridge Co, WV  27
                Wife: Hattie Ellen Mitts  b. 1879  d. Jan-17-1950  
             Married: 1895                 in Missouri  6
            Divorced: 1919                  6
           M Child 7: Willie Err Lowther   33   
         Census name: William E. Lowther 
                Born: Feb- 4-1866          at Market, Doddridge Co, WV  34,33,31
                Died: May- 8-1926          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  35,33
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  36
              Census: 1910                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in St. Louis, MO  
              Census: 1870                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      Safe Insurance Company (founder)  9,35
          Occupation: 1910                 house carpenter  37
          Occupation: 1900                 jeweler  31
                Wife: Martha Ellen "Mattie" Hall  b. Apr-14-1863  d. Jul-22-1943  
             Married: ca 1882              in Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO  37
           F Child 8: Elizabeth Alice Lowther      
                Born: Mar- 3-1868          in Doddridge Co, WV  6,27
              Census: 1880                 in Doddridge Co, WV  27
             Husband: Alonzo Markee  
             Married: Aug-29-1888           6
           F Child 9: Clara Luverna Lowther      
       Also known as: Clarah Luvern Lowther 6
                Born: May-22-1870          in Doddridge Co, WV  16,27
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Portland, Multnomah Co, OR  38,39
              Census: 1910                 in Independence, Montgomery Co, KS  40
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Howard C. Grimes  
             Husband: Leonard E. Weakley  b. Mar- 6-1872  d. Sep- 4-1941  
       Also known as: Len Weakley 6
             Married: Oct-24-1894           6
          M Child 10: Archibald Jackson Lowther   27   
       Also known as: Jackson Lowther 41
                Born: Jul-18-1872          in Doddridge Co, WV  41,42
                Died: Jun-10-1945          in Sumner, Chariton Co, MO  43
              Buried:                      in Laclede Cemetery, Linn Co, MO  42
          Occupation:                      railroad (retired)  42
                Wife: Ella "Billie" Bennett  
          F Child 11: Margaret "Maggie" May Lowther      
                Born: Sep-26-1874          in Doddridge Co, WV  44
                Died: May- 1-1934          in Los Angeles Co, CA  6
              Buried:                      in Los Angeles Co, CA  6
             Husband: Harry Mayer  
         No children:                        6
          M Child 12: Robert Franklin Lowther      
       Also known as: Frank Lowther 6
                Born: Jun-23-1878          in Doddridge Co, WV  45
                Died: Apr-26-1949          in Philomath, Benton Co, OR  6,46
              Buried:                      in Oak Lawn Memorial Park, Corvallis, Benton Co, OR  47
              Census: 1940                 in Philomath, Benton Co, OR  
              Census: 1930                 in Benton Co, OR  
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Portland, Multnomah Co, OR  
              Census: 1900                 in Eversonville, Linn Co, MO  
          Occupation: 1940                 loader at saw mill  48
          Occupation: 1920                 carpenter  49
          Occupation: 1930                 farmer  50
                Wife: Eva Stella Ruggles  d. Apr-24-1909  
                Wife: May Ernestine Eckhardt  b. 1882  d. 1951  
             Married: ca 1910               50
          M Child 13: Luther Ardenne "Ard" Lowther      
       Also known as: Ard Lowther 
                Born: May- 6-1880          at Market, Doddridge Co, WV  16,51,31,52,27
                Died: Jul- 3-1940          in Merlin, Josephine Co, OR  6,52
              Buried:                      in Rock Point Pioneer Cemetery, Gold Hill, Jackson Co, OR  47
             Resided:                      near Merlin, Josephine Co, OR  6
              Census: 1940                 near Merlin, Josephine Co, OR  
              Census: 1930                 in Coos County, OR  
              Census: 1920                 in Raymond, Pacific Co, WA  
             Resided: 1918                 in Oregon City, Clackamas Co, OR  51
              Census: 1910                 in Yamhill, Yamhill Co, OR  
              Census: 1900                 in Eversonville, Linn Co, MO  
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 stock farmer  48
          Occupation: 1920, 1930           carpenter  
          Occupation: 1918                 ship carpenter for Sanderson & Porter in Raymond Washington  51
          Occupation: 1910                 carpenter (house & barn)  30
          Occupation: 1900                 farm laborer  31
                Wife: Ella M. ___  b. Oct-  -1884  d. bef Apr 1910  
             Married: ca 1900               31
                Wife: Amora Lydia "Ora" Clifford  
       Also known as: Ora Clifford 6
                Wife: Matilda Frances "Tillie" Blackert  b. Jul- 8-1884  d. Jan-15-1968  
         No children:                        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://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, 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://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related 
Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 456. 
(12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1, p. 37. 
(14) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Andrew Jackson Lowther, 20, b. Wood Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Alexander; and Margerite (or Margarett) 
J. Hickman, 17, b. Wood Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Richard.  Married Aug 9 
1853. 
(15) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(16) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/doddridge/vitals/birth.txt. 
(17) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 11. 
(18) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 101. 
(19) Obituary. 
(20) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(21) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(22) 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. 
(23) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(24) Doddridge County Republican, 2/10/1916. 
(25) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV. 
(26) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as Floyd Neeley (sic) Childers, 29, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; 
and Mary A. Lowther, 30, b. Doddridge Co, res. Sheridan Co Missouri.  Married Mar 12 1890 by minister J. S. Sims at "Mr. 
Johnston's in Parkersburg, W. Va.", MR p. 221. 
(27) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(28) 1910 Census, Multnomah County, OR (Portland City) 
(29) West Union Record, 11/30/1900. 
(30) 1910 Census. 
(31) 1900 Census. 
(32) 1910 Census, St. Croix County, Wisconsin (Glenwood City), 4/21/1910. 
(33) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) 
(34) 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. 
(35) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(36) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(37) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(38) 1920 Census, Multnomah County, Oregon (Portland City), 1/6/1920. 
(39) 1930 Census, Multnomah County, Oregon (Portland City), 4/3/1930. 
(40) 1910 Census, Montgomery County, Kansas (Independence City), 4/25/1910. 
(41) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 56. 
(42) Death record. 
(43) 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. 
(44) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 67. 
(45) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 96. 
(46) Death Record - Online. 
(47) Findagrave.com. 
(48) 1940 Census. 
(49) 1920 Census. 
(50) 1930 Census. 
(51) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(52) Headstone (year only) 

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







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