Husband: Elijah Truman
Born: Jul-28-1836 in Wood Co, (W)VA 1 Died: bef Mar 1919 2 Census: 1880 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Resided: 1861 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 3 Father: Robert Truman Mother: Mary ___
Wife: Mary Columbia Lowther
Also known as: Columbia Lowther 4,5
Married: Mar-12-1861 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA 6,3
Born: May-28-1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,7 (see note 1)
Died: Mar- 4-1919 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 8
Buried: in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV 5
Census: 1880 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA
Father: John C. Lowther (1804 - 1858)
Mother: Elizabeth Pritchard (1810 - 1886)
Notes
Sources: (1) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (2) Death record of wife. (3) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (4) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (6) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Elijah Truman, age 24y 7m 12, b. Wood Co, res. Parkersburg, son of Robert & Mary, occupation clerk; and Mary C. Lowther, 20y 9m 12d, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of John C. & Elizabeth. Married Mar 12 1861 in Clarksburg. MR p. 23. (7) 1880 Census, Wood County, WV. (8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Columbia Lowther Truman, widowed, age 80, birth date unknown, dau of Dr. Lowther & (unknown). Died Mar 4 1919 at 511 George St, Parkersburg of "diseases incident to old age." Buried at IOOF Cemetery. Informant: William T. Hutchinson, 511 George St (relationship not given). Event Notes Note (1) Linder, p. 438, and Don Norman's "Descendants of Robert Lowther" report birth date as May 28 1835. But age 20 given at time of Mar 1861 marriage would put birth in about 1840 or 1841, and age 39 at time of 1880 Census would also make it about 1841.