Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Otis Lowther    
                Born: Feb-14-1880           1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Apr-20-1963          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  2,1
              Buried:                      in Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery, Brushy Fork Rd, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  2
             Resided: 1954                 in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1930, 1940           at Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      school teacher, farmer  2
          Occupation: 1940                 farmer  4
          Occupation: 1930                 electric appliances salesman  5
              Father: James Samson Lowther   (1851 - 1933) 
              Mother: Margaret F. Holliday   (1854 - 1912) 
                Wife: Eva Swisher   6  
                Born: Mar-28-1895           1
                Died: Mar-  -1976           1
             Resided:                      in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1963                 in Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV  7
             Resided: 1932                 at Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV  8
              Census: 1930, 1940           at Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: Edgar Smith Swisher   (1866 - 1960) 
              Mother: Mae Bond   (1867 - 1932) 
           M Child 1: Edgar Swisher Lowther      
                Born: Oct-10-1915          in Terra Alta, Preston Co, WV  1,9
                Died: Nov- 1-2002          in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  1,9
              Buried:                      in Lost Creek 7th Day Baptist (Brick Church) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided:                      in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV  10
              Census: 1930, 1940           at Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 laborer in carbon manufacturing plant  4
                Wife: Freda Mae Cogar  b. Jun-26-1918  d. May-18-2006  
             Married: ca 1941               
           F Child 2: Mary E. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1917               5
              Census: 1930, 1940           at Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 saleswoman in retail drug store  4
           M Child 3: Robert Lee Lowther      
                Born: Jul-15-1918           1
                Died: Apr-17-1996           1
             Resided:                      in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  10
              Census: 1930, 1940           at Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 truck driver for wholesale meatpacking company  4
                Wife: Lena Lucretia Burner  b. May- 1-1917  d. Mar-31-2008  
           M Child 4: Harold Stephen Lowther      
         Census name: Harold S. Lowther 
                Born: Mar-28-1920           10,11
                Died: Aug-26-1978           10,11
              Buried:                      in Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery, Brushy Fork Rd, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  11
             Resided:                      in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  12
              Census: 1930, 1940           at Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 butcher for wholesale meatpacking company  4
            Military:                      U.S. Navy, World War II  11
                Wife: Betty Lee Lantz  b. May-12-1924  
           M Child 5: James O. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1921               5
              Census: 1930, 1940           at Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV  
           F Child 6: Helen V. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1924               5
              Census: 1930, 1940           at Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV  
           M Child 7: William F. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1927               5
              Census: 1930, 1940           at Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV  
           F Child 8: Georgia J. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1932               4
              Census: 1940                 in Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV  
           F Child 9: Agnes Lowther      
                Born: ca 1933               4
              Census: 1940                 in Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Social Security Death Index. 
(2) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(3) Obituary of sister. 
(4) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(5) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(6) Obituary of wife's mother. 
(7) Death record of husband. 
(8) Obituary of mother. 
(9) Findagrave.com. 
(10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(11) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) 
(12) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) 1900 Census of Gilmer County gives his birth date as Feb 1881.







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