Husband: Robert Lowther
Born: ca 1810 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2,3
Died: Apr-13-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Mary Ann Spurgeon 5,6,3
Married: May- 1-1844 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 7
Born: May- -1824 in Preston Co, (W)VA 8,9,6,3
Died: Mar-17-1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,11
Buried: family cemetery 11 (see note 1)
Resided: in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV 11
Census: 1900, 1910 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2)
Census: 1880 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV (see note 3)
Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Jonathan (John) Spurgeon (1787 - )
Mother: Elizabeth Catherine Smell (1787 - )
Notes
F Child 1: Mary Catherine Lowther Also known as: Katie 3 Born: Feb-19-1843 12,9,13 (see note 4) Died: Dec-13-1932 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 14 Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 15 Census: 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Washington District, Calhoun Co, WV (see note 5) Census: 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Silas R. Greathouse b. ca 1833 d. bef Jun 1900 Married: Jan-10-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 16,17
M Child 2: George W. Lowther Born: Mar- 2-1849 18 (see note 6) Died: May- 7-1931 in Doddridge Co, WV 19,10,18 Buried: in Hurst Cemetery, Rush Fork, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 19,18 Census: 1920, 1930 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1874 in Gilmer Co, WV 20 Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 9,21 Wife: Amanda Columbia Burton b. Feb- 8-1849 d. Dec-16-1937 Also known as: Manda 10,22 Married: Dec-17-1874 in Gilmer Co, WV 23
M Child 3: John Henry Lowther Also known as: Henry Lowther 24,22,25,3 Born: Dec-22-1851 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 12,13,9 Died: Dec- 2-1932 in Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV 12,10 Buried: in Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Census: 1920, 1930 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 7) Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 12 Wife: Emily Adeline Spurgeon b. Sep-15-1856 d. Aug-21-1939 Also known as: Adaline Spurgeon 13,25,3,26,27 Married: May-31-1875 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
F Child 4: Rachel Ann Lowther Born: Nov-16-1858 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA 12 Died: Jan- 4-1939 in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV 28,12 Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 28 Resided: in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV 12 Census: 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 8) Census: 1910 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: William Reed b. ca 1852 d. Nov-12-1932 Married: Sep-21-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 29,13
M Child 5: Sylvester Hughes Lowther 30,3 31 Born: Jul-29-1859 in Hurst, Lewis Co, WV 12,9 (see note 9) Died: May-22-1944 in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 32 Buried: in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 12 Resided: in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 12 Occupation: farmer 12 Wife: Sarah Esteline Flesher b. Sep- 4-1853 d. Aug- 2-1936 Also known as: Esteline 25 Married: May-30-1878 in Doddridge Co, WV 33
? Child 6: Allison B. Lowther Born: Apr-14-1863 34 Died: Mar- 8-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 35
Sources: (1) 1850 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA. (2) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (3) Death record of son. (4) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Robert Lowther, age not known, b. in Harrison Co, son of Thomas & Catharine, married, farmer; died Apr 13 1867 in Southwest District, cause of death scrofula (a skin disease related to tuberculosis). Informant: Mary Ann, consort. DR Bk 1, p. 14 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5051237&Type=Death. (5) Marriage record of daughter. (6) Death record of daughter. (7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District) (9) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). (10) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (11) Obituary, The Doddridge County Republican, 3/23/1916. (12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (14) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Mary Catherine Greathouse, widowed, b. Feb 19 1843 in Doddridge Co, dau of Robert Greathouse [sic] (b. Harrison Co) & Cathrine [sic] Spurgeon (b. Preston Co). Died Dec 13 1932 at Blandville. Informant: French Greathouse, Blandville. It is noted that the birth date is over a year prior to the marriage of her presumed parents, Robert Lowther & Mary Ann Spurgeon; since her parents' names given here are at variance with other records, they are considered to be the result of erroneous information provided by son French Greathouse. (15) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Burial location given only as Spurgeon Cemetery. This is presumably the one at Bear Fork in Doddridge County, rather than the Spurgeon Cemetery in Gilmer County. (16) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as S. Greathouse, 27, b. Harrison Co, res. Gilmer Co, son of Stephen & Milly; and M. C. Lowther, 17, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Robert & Mary A. Married Jan 10 1861. (17) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 136. (18) Obituary, West Union Record, 5/31/1931. (19) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (20) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) (21) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (22) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District). (23) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989), Identified as G. W. Lowther, 25, b. Doddridge Co, res. Gilmer Co; and A. C. Burton, 25, b. Doddridge Co, res. Gilmer Co. Married Dec 17 1874. (24) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District). (25) Marriage record of son. (26) 1860 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA. (27) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 248. (28) Obituary. (29) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Groom described as age 24 (i.e., b. ca 1852), b. in Barbour Co, (W)VA, resident of Ritchie Co, WV, occup: miller, son of Marcus & Elizabeth Reed. Bride described as age 20, b. in & resident of Doddridge Co, dau of Robert & Mary Anne Lowther. Marital status for both bride & groom listed as "widowed." Married Sep 21 1876; ceremony performed by Eli M. Gaston. (No other marriage record for either was found in Doddridge County, but Ritchie County marriage records show that this William Reed married Mary Ball on May 4 1875, and that she subsequently remarried on Feb 17 1877.), MR Bk Del 1-A, p. 214. (30) Obituary of daughter. (31) Obituary of sister. (32) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Although death certificate reports his middle name as Hugh, the obituary of his daughter and the death record of his son both state his name as Sylvester Hughes Lowther. (33) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Sylvester Lowther, 20, b. Gilmer Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Robert & Mary A.; and Sarah E. Flesher, 25, b. Highland Co VA, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Joseph & Rachel. Married May 30 1878. (34) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (35) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Allison B. Lowther, white male, age 2y 10m 22d, son of Robert & Mary Ann, died Mar 8 1866, cause of death not known. Informant: Mary A. Lowther. DR Bk 1, p. 12. Event Notes Note (1) Probably the Spurgeon Cemetery at Bear Fork in Cove District of Doddridge County, on the county line with Gilmer County. Note (2) In 1900 in household of son John Henry Lowther, and in 1910 in household of grandson Dolphas Lowther. The 1910 Census indicates that she had given birth to nine children, six of whom were still living. Note (3) Listed as a boarder in the household of Andrew H. & Catharine (Lamb) Sibert. Note (4) Birth place given as Harrison County in marriage record, as Gilmer County in death record of daughter Elizabeth, and as Doddridge County in her own death record. Note (5) In household of daughter and son-in-law, Nora and Abraham Cogar. Note (6) Age given at 1850 and 1860 Census would put birth in about 1848, but death record specifies Mar 2 1850, while obituary states Mar 2 1849. Note (7) in 1930, in household of son Henry Grant Lowther Note (8) In home of daughter Mary and son-in-law William C. Reed. Note (9) Marriage record stated birthplace as Gilmer County, but death record specifies Hurst, in Lewis County. Death record states birthdate as Jul 29 1858, just four months before the birth of his sister Rachel. In light of this and the fact that the 1870 Census listed his age as 11, a birthdate of Jul 29 1859 (8-1/2 months after siste's birth) is considered more likely.