Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Elza Cummings Lowther    
                Born: Jan-  -1848          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Dec-27-1933          in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  3
              Buried: Laurel Lick           3
      Cause of death:                      cancer of the face  3
              Census: 1930                 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  
             Resided: 1906                 in Gaston, Lewis Co, WV  2
              Census: 1900                 in Collins Settlement District, Lewis Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
             Resided: 1874                 in Lewis Co, WV  2
          Occupation:                      mining  4
              Father: William Lowther 
              Mother: Catherine Cummings 
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
                Wife: Margaret A. Linger     
             Married: Feb-25-1874          in Upshur Co, WV  5
                Born: Jun- 6-1854          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  6,7 (see note 1)
                Died: bef Mary 1898         8
              Census: 1880                 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
             Resided: 1874                 in Upshur Co, WV  2
              Census: 1870                 in Lincoln District, Lewis Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
              Father: John H. Linger   (1830 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary J. ___ 
           M Child 1: Alvin Roy Lowther      
         Census name: Alven R. Lowther 
                Born: Jan-11-1875           9,10
                Died: Mar-26-1955          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  9
              Buried:                      in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  9
              Census: 1880                 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      janitor at St. Pauls Methodist Church  9
                Wife: Lula Beryl "Berry" Hall  b. Jul- 9-1892  d. Dec- 9-1961  
           F Child 2: Sarah P. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1877               10
              Census: 1880                 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
           F Child 3: Kate A. Lowther      
                Born: ca 1879               10
              Census: 1880                 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
           F Child 4: Vinnie May Lowther      
                Born: ca 1881              in Lewis Co, WV  4
              Census: 1930                 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  
             Husband: Emery Lee Zinn  b. ca 1882  
             Married: Sep-25-1907          in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  4

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV. 
(2) Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV. 
(3) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV. 
(4) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. 
(5) Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV, Identified as Elza C. Louther, single, 24, b. & res. in Lewis Co, son of 
Wm. & Catharine; and Margaret A. Linger, single, 20, b. Braxton Co, res. Upshur Co, dau of John H. & Mary J.  Married 
Feb 25 1874 in Upshur County.  (Note:  This couple identified in Don Norman's "Descendants of Robert Lowther" as Eliza 
Lowther & M. Lurger.), MR p. 32 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11232128&Type=Marriage. 
(6) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. 
(8) Record of husband's remarriage. 
(9) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(10) 1880 Census, Lewis County, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Braxton County.







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