Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Elias Hughes Lowther    
                Born: Nov- 5-1848          in Mason Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: 1888                  1
              Census: 1880                 in Burning Springs, Wirt Co, WV  
             Resided: 1870                 in Jackson Co, WV  2
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
              Father: Elias J. Lowther   (1801 - 1877) 
              Mother: Salina McWhorter   (1811 - 1881) 
                Wife: Susanna Hughes     
             Married: Apr-20-1870          in Jackson Co, WV  2
                Born: Jul-  -1850          in Jackson Co, (W)VA  4,2
              Census: 1900                 in Wirt Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Burning Springs, Wirt Co, WV  
             Resided: 1870                 in Jackson Co, WV  2
              Father: William Hughes 
              Mother: Malinda ___ 
           M Child 1: George Thomas Lowther      
                Born: Oct-19-1868          in Jackson Co, WV  5,6 (see note 1)
                Died: Jun- 5-1959          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  5
              Buried:                      in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV  5
      Cause of death:                      automobile accident, State Rt 2 North  
             Resided:                      near Waverly, Wood Co, WV  5
              Census: 1880                 in Burning Springs, Wirt Co, WV  
             Resided: 1888                 in Wood Co, WV  6
          Occupation:                      farmer  5
                Wife: Jennette Peppers  b. ca 1868  d. bef Jun 1959  
             Married: Dec-19-1888          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  6
           M Child 2: Phares J. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1870               3
              Census: 1880                 in Burning Springs, Wirt Co, WV  
           M Child 3: Arthur J. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1873               3
              Census: 1880                 in Burning Springs, Wirt Co, WV  
           M Child 4: Okey A. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1875               3
              Census: 1880                 in Burning Springs, Wirt Co, WV  
           F Child 5: Minnie M. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1879               3
              Census: 1880                 in Burning Springs, Wirt Co, WV  
           F Child 6: Carrie Lowther      

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) Jackson County Marriage Records, Ripley, WV. 
(3) 1880 Census, Wirt County, WV. 
(4) 1900 Census, Wirt County, WV. 
(5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(6) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age given in 1880 Census and at time of marriage would put birth in about
1867.  But death record states Oct 19 1868.  His parents were married on Apr 29
1870.  Informant on his death record was Thomas M. Archer, Columbus, Ohio.  The
deceased was described as being a "passenger in car driven by S. Ernest Archer,
which was struck by a truck driven by N. J. Tenney."







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