Jul-28-2018
Husband: Jesse Lowther
Born: Apr- 9-1829 1,2 Resided: 1910 in Braxton Co, WV 3 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Occupation: 1880 laborer 4 Father: Elias J. Lowther (1801 - 1877) Mother: Salina McWhorter (1811 - 1881)
Wife: Mary Ann Maxwell Also known as: Marianne Maxwell 5 Married: Aug-15-1855 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 6
Born: ca 1829 7,2 Died: bef Jun 1880 4 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Armstrong Maxwell (1801 - 1858) Mother: Sudna Alcinda Lowther (1803 - 1867) Notes
F Child 1: Amelia Lowther Born: ca 1856 8 Died: Feb- 8-1918 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 9 Buried: in Bluemont Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 9 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV 4 Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: John L. Grow b. ca 1857 Married: May- 4-1882 in Harrison Co, WV 10
F Child 2: Clara Lowther Born: ca 1858 8 Died: Sep-20-1868 at West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 11 Cause of death: diphtheria 11 Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
M Child 3: John Irwin Lowther Born: ca 1859 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 10,8 (see note 1) Died: bef Sep 1924 12 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV 4 Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Susan "Susie" Wilcox b. Jun-13-1865 d. Apr- 4-1898 Census name: Susan Wilcox Married: Sep- 1-1884 in Harrison Co, WV 10 Wife: Margaret Ann Henderson b. Jun- 8-1869 d. Sep-14-1924 Married: Nov-14-1901 near Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 13
M Child 4: William J. Lowther Born: ca 1861 11 Died: Sep- 3-1868 at West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 11 Cause of death: diphtheria 11
M Child 5: Lloyd J. Lowther Born: ca 1863 11 Died: Sep-10-1868 at West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 11 Cause of death: diphtheria 11
F Child 6: Mittie Alice Lowther Born: ca 1866 4 Died: Apr- 6-1912 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 9 Cause of death: typhoid fever 9 Census: 1910 in Simpson, Taylor Co, WV Census: 1880 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: James Edward Mayes b. ca 1859 Married: Apr-11-1907 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10
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) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 17. (4) 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Grant District). (5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 16. (6) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Jesse Lowther, 26, of Harrison Co, son of Elias J. & Mary A.; and Mary A. Maxwell, of Harrison Co, dau of A. Married Aug 15 1855. (7) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (8) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (9) Taylor County Death Records, Grafton, WV. (10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (11) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (12) Death record of wife. (13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as John I. Lawther (sic), widowed, 37, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Jesse & Mary A. Lawther; and Miss Margaret A. Henderson, single, 33, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of (blank) & (blank) Henderson. Married Nov 14 1901 "at the residence of the bride's parents near Clarksburg W. Va.", MR p. 307. Event Notes Note (1) Age 37 given at time of Nov 1901 marriage would put birth in about 1864, but age 25 at time of Sep 1884 marriage puts it in about 1859, while age 20 at time of 1880 Census puts it in about 1860.Name Index