Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Granville S. Lowther    
                Born: Nov- 6-1836           1
                Died: Mar-20-1920           1
              Census: 1910                 in Braxton Co, WV  2
             Resided: 1865                 in Wirt Co, WV  3
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Elias J. Lowther   (1801 - 1877) 
              Mother: Salina McWhorter   (1811 - 1881) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Mary J. Lowther     
             Married: Dec-20-1865          in Harrison Co, WV  4,1
                Born: Dec-12-1834           5,6,7 (see note 1)
                Died: bef Apr 1910          2
              Father: Jesse G. Lowther   (1790 - 1870) 
              Mother: Nancy Swisher   (1794 - 1840) 
           M Child 1: John D. Lowther      
                Born: Jan-13-1867          in Wirt Co, WV  8,9
                Died: Oct-13-1869          in Wirt Co, WV  10,9
      Cause of death:                      croup  8
           F Child 2: Carrie Orvilla Lowther      
                Born: Oct-18-1868           9
                Died: 1927                 in New Mexico  9
           F Child 3: Bessie Maude Lowther      
                Born: Jun-26-1870           9,11
                Died: Jan-20-1964           
              Buried:                      in Greenhill Cemetery, Falls Mill, Braxton Co, WV  
             Husband: John William Hardman  b. ca 1876  
             Married: Jul-12-1899          in Braxton Co, WV  11
           F Child 4: Lura May Lowther      
                Born: Feb-23-1872           9
                Died: Feb-23-1872           9
           F Child 5: Lora Virginia Lowther      
                Born: Feb-23-1872          in Harrison Co, WV  9,11
             Resided: 1893                 in Braxton Co, WV  11
             Husband: Jacob E. Weaver  b. ca 1866  
             Married: Jan-11-1893          in Braxton Co, WV  11
           M Child 6: Harrison G. Lowther      
                Born: Sep-21-1875           9
              Census: 1910, 1920, 1930     in Braxton Co, WV  
                Wife: Seba Hester Brown  b. May-12-1885  d. Aug-15-1972  
             Married: Jul- 8-1903          in Braxton Co, WV  11

Sources:
(1) 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. 445. 
(2) 1910 Census, Braxton County, WV. 
(3) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) 
(4) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as G. S. 
Lowther, widowed, 28, b. Harrison Co, res. Wirt Co, son of E. J. & Salina; and Mary J. Lowther, 24, of Harrison Co, dau 
of Jesse G. & Nancy.  Married Dec 20 1865. 
(5) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. 
(6) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(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. 436. 
(8) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(9) 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. 458. 
(10) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Although recorded in Harrison County, the death record states that the 
child was born and died in Wirt County. 
(11) Braxton County WV Marriages 1876-1932, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 24 given at time of 1865 marriage would put birth in about 1841.  But her
mother died in 1840, and Census date puts her birth at about 1834 or 1835.  Don
Norman reports her birth date as Dec 12 1834.







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