Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Lowther    
                Born: ca 1820               1,2
                Died: bef Jun 1880          3 (see note 1)
              Census: 1870                 in Upshur Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Martha Hess     
             Married: Oct-12-1858          in Upshur Co, (W)VA  4
                Born: Aug- 4-1824          in Virginia (now West Virginia)  5
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Upshur Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
Other spouse 2
           M Child 1: Prince M. Louther      
       Also known as: Prime Louther 
                Born: May-12-1859          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  6,7,8,9
                Died: Jan-15-1904          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  10,6
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Clarksburg (S Chestnut St), Harrison Co, WV  11,10
      Cause of death:                      typhoid fever  10
              Census: 1900                 in Glenville District, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Upshur Co, WV  
             Resided: 1879                 in Upshur Co, WV  9
              Census: 1860                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer, dry goods merchant, carpenter  3,8,10
                Wife: Abigail Lowther  b. Jun-  -1861  d. aft Jan 1904  
         Census name: Abba 12
             Married: Jan-19-1879          in Upshur Co, WV  13

Sources:
(1) 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. 
(2) 1870 Census, Upshur County, WV. 
(3) 1880 Census, Upshur County, WV. 
(4) Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV, Identified as Wm. Lowther, widowed, age 34 yr 2 mo 5 da, b. Harrison Co; 
and Martha Hess, single, age 34 yr 2 mo 8 da, b. Lewis Co.  Married Oct 12 1858 in Upshur County. MR p. 
6. 
(5) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. 
(6) Headstone. 
(7) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(8) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Glenville District) 
(9) Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV. 
(10) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(11) Cemeteries of Clark District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV, Headstone 
reads:  P. M. Louther, born May 12 1859, died Jan 15 1904. p. 184. 
(12) 1870 Census, Barbour County, WV. 
(13) Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV, Identified as Prince Louther, single, 19, b. Lewis Co, res. Upshur Co, 
res. Upshur Co, son of William & Martha; and Abigail Louther, single, 16, b. Harrison Co, res. Upshur Co, dau of Joseph 
& Mary Ann.  Married Jan 19 1979 in Upshur County. MR p. 42. 

Event Notes
Note (1) He did not appear with his wife in the 1880 Census.







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