Jul-28-2018
Husband: Cambysses Lowther
Born: Jan- -1822 1,2 (see note 1) Died: Apr- 3-1903 2 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1870, 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Occupation: bootmaker 3 Father: William Beamer Lowther (1787 - 1867) Mother: Margaret Coburn (1787 - 1882)
Wife: Sarah Sinnett 4 Married: Mar-22-1849 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 5,1
Born: Feb-22-1823 6,1 Died: May- 6-1908 6,2 (see note 2) Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Census: 1870, 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Jacob Sinnett (1796 - 1873) Mother: Elizabeth Rexroad (1797 - 1889)
F Child 1: Frances Sarah Lowther Born: Aug- 6-1850 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 7,3,8,5 Died: Jan-17-1909 in Newport, Washington Co, OH 7,8 Buried: in Newport Cemetery, Washington Co, OH 7 Resided: in Newport, Washington Co, OH 1 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: Andrew Jackson Pegg b. 1851 d. Aug-10-1906 Also known as: Jackson Pegg 5 Married: Aug- 3-1875 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
F Child 2: Amanda M. Lowther Born: Apr-30-1852 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 6,5 Died: Apr-24-1950 6 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: Benjamin Moats b. 1838 d. 1904 Married: Oct-10-1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
M Child 3: Henry Jacob Lowther Born: Aug- -1855 10,5 Resided: in Oklahoma 1 Census: 1900 in Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV 10 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Occupation: production dept of Standard Oil Co in Tulsa Oklahoma 11 Occupation: 1900 teamster 10 Wife: Flora Ella Hardesty b. Mar- -1862 Also known as: Ella Hardesty 11 Married: May-18-1881 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
F Child 4: Julia Samantha Lowther Born: ca 1856 3,5 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: Robert H. Martin b. ca 1856 Married: Sep-21-1880 in Ritchie Co, WV 12 Husband: T. G. A. Holland b. ca 1841 Married: Mar-10-1900 in Ritchie Co, WV 13
M Child 5: Silas C. Lowther 14 Born: May- 4-1858 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 15 Died: Apr- 3-1930 in El Dorado Springs, Cedar Co, MO 15 Buried: in El Dorado Springs Cemetery, Cedar Co, MO 15 Cause of death: paresis 15 Census: 1900, 1910 in El Dorado Springs, Cedar Co, MO Census: 1870, 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Occupation: carpenter 15,16 Wife: Amanda Bell (Sarah) Hartline b. Jun-16-1870 d. Feb-16-1949 Also known as: Sarah B. Hartline 15,17 Married: Feb-18-1888 in Pleasants Co, WV 18
M Child 6: Daniel Rexroad Lowther Also known as: Daniel R. Cunningham 14 Born: Oct- 4-1860 19,8 Died: Oct-14-1935 in Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV 19,8 Buried: in Layfield (Mt Moriah) Cemetery, Co Rd 31/8, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 19,2 Census: 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 19 Wife: Catherine L. "Kate" Layfield b. Apr-20-1867 d. Oct-21-1939 Census name: Katerine 20 Married: May-30-1889 at Ritchie Co, WV 21
F Child 7: Margaret Elizabeth Lowther Born: 1862 8 Died: Apr-14-1962 in Ritchie Co, WV 22,8 Buried: in Log Church Cemetery, Cantwell, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Husband: William Robert Cunningham b. 1864 d. Jul-29-1938 Married: Sep-17-1884 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
M Child 8: Edward John Lowther Born: Jan-21-1866 Died: Oct-21-1928 in Waverly, Wood Co, WV 19 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 19 Occupation: farmer 19 Wife: Isa Ingaby Parker b. Feb-10-1870 d. May- 8-1949 Married: Oct-11-1900 7
Sources: (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 270. (2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (3) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (4) Death record of son. (5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (6) Headstone. (7) Findagrave.com. (8) Headstone (year only) (9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Benjamin Moats, widowed, 45, of Ritchie Co; and Amanda Lowther, 31, of Ritchie Co. Married Oct 10 1883. (10) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. (11) Wallace M. Morgan, History of Kern County, California (1914), https://archive.org/details/historyofkerncou00morg, p. 1407. (12) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Robert H. Martin, 24, of Ritchie Co; and Julia S. Lowther, 24, of Ritchie Co. Married Sep 21 1880. (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as T. G. A. Holland, widowed, 60, b. Monongalia Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Julia S. Martin, 44, of Ritchie Co. Married Mar 13 1900. (14) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 271. (15) Death record. (16) 1900 Census. (17) Death record of husband. (18) Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV, Identified as Silas Lowther, 28, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pleasants Co; and Amanda B. Hartline, 17, b. Tyler Co, res. Pleasants Co. Married Feb 18 1888 "at the Residence of William Hartline in Pleasants County, W.Va.," officiated by W. D. Lauck, a Minister of the Christian Church. Informant for marriage license: Wm. Hartline. MR p. 152 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11459002&Type=Marriage. (19) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (20) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) (21) 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. (22) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) Event Notes Note (1) "Ritchie County in History and Romance" (p. 270) reports birth date as Jan 28 1822, Don Norman shows it as Jan 8 1822, and "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries" (p. 541) reports headstone inscription as Jan 23 1822. Note (2) "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 270, reports death date as May 6 1907, but "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries" reports headstone inscription as May 6 1908.Name Index