Jul-28-2018
Husband: Thomas Lowther
Born: Mar- 7-1767 in Hardy Co, (W)VA 1 Died: Jun- -1816 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2,3 Buried: near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 1 Resided: near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 1 Occupation: farmer 4 Father: William Lowther (1742 - 1814) Mother: Sudna Hughes (1748 - 1829) Notes 1,5,6,7
Wife: Mary Coburn 8,1 Married: Mar-17-1789 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 9
Born: Mar- 7-1767 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3 Father: Jonathan Coburn, Jr. Mother: Catherine ___
M Child 1: Jesse Coburn Lowther 1 Born: ca 1790 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 10,11 Died: Dec-19-1842 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 12,11 Buried: in Pioneer Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 13,14 Resided: in Cornwallis, Ritchie Co, WV 1,4 Wife: Phebe Cunningham b. May-22-1794 d. Jun-11-1871 Married: Nov- -1811 in Wood Co, (W)VA 15,11
F Child 2: Margaret "Peggy" Lowther Born: Feb- -1796 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 16,4 Died: Aug-18-1855 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 17 Cause of death: dysentery 18 Husband: William Bennett Peterson b. Feb-23-1794 d. Sep-30-1873 Married: Feb-10-1816 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4,19 (see note 1)
M Child 3: William Lowther
M Child 4: Elias Lowther 1 Born: ca 1801 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 20 (see note 2) Died: in Wirt Co, WV 4 Buried: in Wirt Co, WV 20 Resided: from 1825 in Wirt Co, (W)VA 20 Resided: formerly in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 20 Resided: originally in Harrison Co, (W)VA 20 Occupation: blacksmith, gunsmith and powder-maker 20
F Child 5: Nancy Lowther Husband: Living
F Child 6: Mary "Polly" Lowther 8,1 1 Born: ca 1802 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8 Died: btwn 1860 - 1863 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 5 Buried: in West Cemetery, Duck Creek, Harrison Co, WV 8 Census: 1830, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8 Husband: Washington Lee West b. ca 1804 d. 1828 Also known as: Lee West 21 Married: Jan-22-1827 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 22,8
M Child 7: Robert Lowther 1
Sources: (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 11. (2) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 426. (3) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (4) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 427. (5) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997, p. 50. (6) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, pp. 426-429. (7) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 23. (8) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997, p. 290. (9) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=39344&Type=Marriage. (10) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, 52 years. "History of Ritchie County," p. 154, reports birth date as about 1792. (11) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 154. (12) Headstone. (13) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 155. (14) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (15) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (16) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (17) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Margaret Peterson, age 59y 6mo, b. Harrison Co, dau of Thomas & Mary Lowther, d. Aug 18 1855, cause of death dysentery. Informant: William B. Peterson, husband. (18) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV. (19) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as William Peterson, parents not given; and Peggy Lowther, dau of Thomas. Married Feb 10 1815. (20) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 60. (21) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997, p. 49. (22) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) Event Notes Note (1) marriage bond dated Dec 25 1815 Note (2) Per War of 1812 pension records for Alexander Lowther. According to his own testimony, Elias Lowther was not in the War of 1812.Name Index