Apr-24-2012                   

             Husband: John Q. Lowther 1   

                Born: Sep-19-1825           2,3,4,5
                Died: Jan- 1-1885          in Harrison Co, WV  6
              Buried:                      in Old Lowther Cemetery, West Milford-Muttontown Rd, Harrison Co, WV  7
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      blacksmith  4,5
            Military:                      Co E, 3rd W. Va. Cav  7
              Father: Robert J. Lowther 
              Mother: Eliza Ann Highland 

                Wife: Mary Ann Bachus     
       Also known as: Mary Ann Becker 8

                Born: May- 4-1830           2,3
                Died: Sep-17-1905           2
              Buried:                      in Old Lowther Cemetery, West Milford-Muttontown Rd, Harrison Co, WV  7
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Henry Bachus 
              Mother: Sarah ___ 

           M Child 1: Presley Lowther 9     

           M Child 2: Charles George Lowther 9     
         Census name: George C. Lowther 10
                Born: May- 6-1859          in   11,12,5
                Died: Dec-12-1928          in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  11

           M Child 3: Waitman Lowther 9     

           M Child 4: Evan E. Lowther 9     
                Born: Nov- 2-1862          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  2,13
                Died: Aug-12-1891          in   2

           M Child 5: Henry Lowther 9     

           F Child 6: Florence Lowther 9     

           M Child 7: Lloyd Stephen Lowther 9     
       Also known as: Stephen Lowther 5,14,15
                Born: Nov-28-1866          in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV  16,17,13,5
                Died: Sep-21-1955          in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV  16,17

           M Child 8: Oliver Lowther 9     
                Born: ca 1870              in Harrison Co, WV  13,5

           M Child 9: John Joshua Lowther 9     
                Born: Aug-22-1874          in   18,16
                Died: Sep- 5-1938          in Harrison Co, WV  16


Sources:
(1) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and Related 
Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 437. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 
26101 (1985) 
(4) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(5) 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(6) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as John Lowther, age 60, 
married, parents unknown, d. January 1 1885 in Harrison County, cause of death heart 
disease.  Informant:  wife.  (Note:  "Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County," p. 
2, reports death date on headstone as June 1 1885, an apparent misreading of the month.), 
DR p. 128. 
(7) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical 
Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) 
(8) Death record of son. 
(9) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert 
Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. 
(10) 1910 Census, Taylor County, WV. 
(11) Taylor County Death Records, Grafton, WV. 
(12) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(14) 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Grant District). 
(15) Death record of wife. 
(16) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(17) Headstone (year only) 
(18) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 
1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) 

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