Husband: Edwin Jean Lowther
Also known as: Jean Lowther 1,2
Born: Jan-11-1902 at Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 3,4
Died: Jul-29-2009 in Harrison Co, WV
Resided: in Stonewood, Harrison Co, WV 5
Resided: formerly in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 2,4
Occupation: teacher, principal, history & economics professor at Salem College (retired 1970) 3,1,6
Education: Salem College (A.B., 1924), Univ of Pennsylvania (M.A) 3
Father: Edwin Luther Lowther (1870 - 1944)
Mother: Nellie M. Bland (1876 - 1905)
Notes
Wife: Mary Anne Sheets
Married: Sep-23-1933 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 7
Born: Jul-12-1905 in Harrison Co, WV 4,8
Died: Oct-24-1992 8,9
Buried: in Rose Hill (formerly IOOF) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 10
Resided: in Salem, WV 8
Resided: 1933 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 4
Occupation: principal, W. Va. Industrial School, Salem WV 9
Father: Arthur Sheets
Mother: Annie Woodell
Sources: (1) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 186. (2) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (3) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 193. (4) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (5) Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, Article, with headline "Edwin Lowther celebrating 107th birthday today," quoted here in its entirety: "Edwin J. Lowther will celebrate his 107th birthday today, Sunday, Jan 11 1009, at Golden Circle Personal Care Home in Stonewood. Mr. Lowther was an educator in Harrison County for 47 years. He was also a professor at Salem College and later served as principal of Central Junior High School in Clarksburg until his retirement in 1971. He is a lifetime member of the Salem Seventh Day Baptist Church.", 1/11/2009, p. D-3. (6) Dirigo, Salem College Yearbook, 1926. (7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Edwin Jean Lowther, 31, b. Doddridge Co, res. Salem WV, son of Edwin L. & Nellie (Bland) Lowther; and Mary Ann Sheets, 28, b. Harrison Co, res. Lost Creek WV, dau of Arthur & Annie (Woodell) Sheets. License issued Sep 19 1933. Married Sep 23 1933 at Lost Creek by George B. Shaw, Minister of the Gospel. (Note: Husband's obituary, which incorrectly gives marriage date as Sep 12 1933, states that the best man at the wedding was Jennings Randolph, who was then a U.S. Congressman and later became as U.S. Senator.) (8) Social Security Death Index. (9) Obituary of husband. (10) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990)