Jul-28-2018
Husband: Ranson Lorentz Also known as: Ransom Lorentz
Born: ca 1822 in Fauquier Co, VA 1 Census: 1870 in Willey District, Lewis Co, WV Resided: 1861 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 1 Father: Samuel Lorentz Mother: Mary ___
Wife: Eliza Lowther Married: Sep-12-1861 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
Born: ca 1837 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 3 Census: 1870 in Willey District, Lewis Co, WV Resided: 1856 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 3 Father: Robert J. Lowther (1801 - 1873) Mother: Eliza Ann Highland (1802 - 1873) Other spouse 1
F Child 1: Mandania D. Lorentz Census name: Mandana Lorentz Born: May- -1864 4,5 Died: May-10-1922 in Lewis Co, WV 6,5 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 7 Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Willey District, Lewis Co, WV Husband: Jacob Asbury Sponaugle b. 1859 d. Sep-18-1923 Also known as: J. A. Sponaugle 8
Sources: (1) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (2) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Ranson Lorentz, widowed, 39, b. Fauquier Co VA, res. Lewis Co (W)VA, son of Samuel & Mary; and Eliza Dawson, widowed, 24, of Harrison Co, dau of Robert & Elizabeth Lowther. Married Sep 12 1861. (3) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (5) Headstone (year only) (6) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (7) Findagrave.com. (8) Headstone.Name Index