Husband: John Elliott
Born: 1817 1 Died: 1884 1 Buried: in Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Father: Jabez Elliott Mother: Elizabeth Wigner (1779 - 1875) Other spouse 2
Wife: Lydia C. Lowther 3,4,5,6,7
Born: ca 1817 8 Died: bef Aug 1860 (see note 1) Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Jesse Coburn Lowther (1790 - 1842) Mother: Phebe Cunningham (1794 - 1871) Notes
M Child 1: James W. Elliott Born: ca 1838 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 9 Resided: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 9,10 Wife: Sarah A. Elliott b. ca 1843 Married: Jan-19-1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 11
M Child 2: William Henry H. Elliott
Census name: Henry Elliot 10
Born: Dec-22-1840 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 12
Died: Jan-18-1929 near Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 13,14
Buried: in Westfall Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Occupation: prospector 12
Military: Co D, 6th WV Inf, Civil War 2
Never married: 12
M Child 3: John G. Elliott Born: ca 1843 8,15 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
F Child 4: Phebe E. Elliott Census name: Pheba Elliot 10 Born: ca 1846 8,15 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
M Child 5: Francis M. Elliott Census name: Franklin Elliot 10 Born: Dec-19-1847 16 Died: Dec- 6-1933 16 Buried: in Westfall Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Military: Co H, 6th WV Inf, Civil War 2
F Child 6: Sarah Margaret Elliott Also known as: Margaret Elliott 4 Born: ca 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 17,10 Census: 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: James M. Propst b. ca 1848 Married: Aug-19-1869 in Ritchie Co, WV 18
M Child 7: Charles Wesley "Wes" Elliott 2 Census name: Westley Elliot 10 Born: 1856 1,9 Died: 1954 1 Buried: in Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Wife: Mary Catherine Westfall b. 1858 d. 1937 Married: Apr-23-1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
Sources: (1) Headstone (year only) (2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 155. (4) Marriage record of son. (5) Marriage record of daughter. (6) Death record of son. (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. 440. (8) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (10) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as James W. Elliott, 21, b. Lewis Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of John & Lydia C.; and S. A. Elliott, 16, of Ritchie Co, dau of W. & Dorinda. Married Jan 19 1860. (12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (13) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). "Ritchie County Cemeteries through 1993," p. 472, reports death date on headstone as Jan 18 1924, rather than the Jan 18 1929 shown in death record. (14) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (15) 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. 451. (16) Headstone. (17) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (18) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as James M. Propst, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Lewis & Elizabeth; and Sarah M. Elliott, 19, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of John & Lydia C. Married Aug 19 1869 in Ritchie County. MR p. 20. Event Notes Note (1) She did not appear with the rest of her family in the 1860 Census, and husband was a widower at time of his remarriage in Sep 1863.