Husband: William Dark Lowther 1
Born: Nov-23-1802 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2,1
Died: Mar-27-1850 in Ohio 2
Buried: in Barber Ridge Cemetery, Monroe Co, OH 3
Resided: (settled) in Ohio 4,1
Resided: formerly in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 4
Occupation: minister 5
Father: Elias Lowther (1776 - 1845)
Mother: Rebecca Coburn (1779 - 1850)
Wife: Elizabeth Dotson 2
Married: Feb-25-1825 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6,7
Born: ca 1805 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 8,2 (see note 1)
Died: Sep- 2-1867 2
Census: 1850 in Wayne Twp, Monroe Co, OH
Father: Richard Dotson (1752 - 1847)
Mother: Amelia "Millie" Miller (1775 - 1810)
Notes
M Child 1: Johnathan Lowther Born: ca 1831 in Ohio 8 Census: 1850 in Wayne Twp, Monroe Co, OH
F Child 2: Mary Ann Lowther Born: ca 1835 8 (see note 2) Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Perry Twp, Monroe Co, OH Census: 1860 in Benton Twp, Monroe Co, OH Census: 1850 in Wayne Twp, Monroe Co, OH Husband: Daniel William Givens b. ca 1835
M Child 3: William Lowther Born: ca 1839 in Ohio 8 Census: 1850 in Wayne Twp, Monroe Co, OH
M Child 4: Elias Lowther Born: ca 1843 in Ohio 8 Census: 1850 in Wayne Twp, Monroe Co, OH
F Child 5: Sarah Lowther Born: ca 1844 in Ohio 8 Census: 1850 in Wayne Twp, Monroe Co, OH
Sources: (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 249. (2) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (3) Findagrave.com. (4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 17. (5) Headstone. (6) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=41117&Type=Marriage. (7) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as William D. Lowther and Elizabeth Dotson. Married Feb 25 1825. (8) 1850 Census. Event Notes Note (1) Don Norman gives her birth date as 1802 in one place, but as 1806 in another. Age on badly worn gravestone appears to be 61 or 62. Note (2) Birthplace given as Ohio in the 1850 and 1870 censuses, but as Virginia in the 1860 and 1880 censuses. Middle name spelled Anne in the 1860 Census, but Ann in daughter Charlotte's marriage record.