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Sarah "Sally" LOWTHER

Sarah "Sally" LOWTHER

Female 1829 -

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  • Name Sarah "Sally" LOWTHER 
    Born CA 1829  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860, 1870  Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Union District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I46842  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 30 May 2011 

    Father Robert LOWTHER,   b. CA 1796 
    Mother Nancy LOWREY,   b. CA 1797 
    Family ID F19137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Michael MURPHY,   b. CA 1821 
    Married 17 Apr 1851  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Upshur Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 7 1860:
      Michial Murphy, 31 (sic), farmer; wife Sarah, 31; Clem, 8; David, 7; Elias, 5; Algene (male), 2. All born in Virginia.
      In the adjoining household was Sarah's sister Abitha Lowther Peters, with her husband John and family, and the household after that was of their brother Joseph.

      1870 Census, Upshur Co, WV (Warren Twp), enumerated on Aug 22 1870:
      Michael Murphy, 49, farm laborer; Sarah, 41; Clem, 16; David L. (or S.), 16; Elias, 13; Algern, 10; Polly, 8; George W, 6; Louisa E, 2.

      1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 19 1880:
      Michael Murphy, 59, farm laborer; wife Sarah L, 50; son Elias, 20; son George, 15; dau Mary, 17; dau Louisa E, 12. [3]
    Children 
     1. Clem MURPHY,   b. CA 1852
     2. David MURPHY,   b. CA 1853
     3. Elias MURPHY,   b. CA 1855
     4. Algern MURPHY,   b. CA 1858
     5. Mary E. "Molly" MURPHY,   b. Dec 1862, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1922, Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years)
     6. George W. MURPHY,   b. CA 1864
     7. Louisa E. MURPHY,   b. CA 1868
    Family ID F19140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2281] 1860 Census, Upshur County, (W)VA.

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
      Identified as Michael Murphy and Sally Lowther. Married Apr 17 1851.

    3. [S1823] The Descendants of Robert Lowther, Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm).