Husband: Willie Err Lowther 1
Census name: William E. Lowther
Born: Feb- 4-1866 at Market, Doddridge Co, WV 2,1,3
Died: May- 8-1926 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 4,1
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1900 in St. Louis, MO
Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: Safe Insurance Company (founder) 6,4
Occupation: 1910 house carpenter 7
Occupation: 1900 jeweler 3
Father: Andrew Jackson Lowther (1833 - 1889)
Mother: Margaret Jane Hickman (1836 - 1918)
Wife: Martha Ellen "Mattie" Hall Married: ca 1882 in Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO 7
Born: Apr-14-1863 in West Virginia 8,9,3 Died: Jul-22-1943 in Burbank, Los Angeles Co, CA 9,8 Buried: in Valhalla Cemetery, North Hollywood, CA 9 (see note 1) Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900 in St. Louis, MO Father: John Allen Hall Mother: Juliann Startzman
M Child 1: Frederick Earl Lowther Born: in Polo, Caldwell Co, MO 9 Died: in infancy 9
M Child 2: John Andrew Lowther Born: in Polo, Caldwell Co, MO 9 Died: in infancy 9
F Child 3: Ethel Clark Lowther Born: Feb- 1-1898 in Houston, Harris Co, TX 9,8,10,3,7 Died: Apr-15-1984 in Orange Co, CA 8,10 Resided: in Santa Ana, Orange Co, CA 11 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900 in St. Louis, MO Husband: Guy R. Moats b. Aug- 4-1895 d. Nov-15-1933 Married: Sep- 1-1919 in Ritchie Co, WV 12 Husband: ___ Smith
M Child 4: Paul Herman Lowther Born: Apr-30-1903 in La Plata, Macon Co, MO 9,13,14,10,7 Died: Jul-19-1996 in Ventura Co, CA 14,10 Resided: in Simi Valley, Ventura Co, CA 11 Resided: 1980, 87 in Burbank, Los Angeles Co, CA 6,15 Resided: 1934 in Los Angeles, CA 13 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Thelma Ayers b. Apr-23-1903 d. Jan-27-1993 Married: Jun-16-1934 in Doddridge Co, WV 16
Sources: (1) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (2) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Death record states birth date as Feb 14 1866, rather than the Feb 4 1866 in the birth record. BR Bk 1, p. 29. (3) 1900 Census. (4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (6) Lorna Reese Overberg, The History of Ritchie County, West Virginia to 1980 (Ritchie County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Co, 1980), p. 179. (7) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (8) California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health Statistics. (9) Ellen Lowther Filler, Pollock, ID