Husband: William Lowther 1
Also known as: Col. William Lowther
Born: Dec-22-1742 in Albemarle Co, VA 1,2,3,4
Died: Oct-28-1814 near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 5,4,1
Buried: in Old Lowther Cemetery, West Milford-Muttontown Rd, Harrison Co, WV 6,5
Resided: from Jun 1773 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
Resided: 1763 to Jun 1773 near Moorefield, Hardy Co, (W)VA 2
Father: Robert Lowther (1714 - 1780)
Mother: Aquilla Reese (1715 - )
Notes 7,8
Wife: Sudna Hughes Married: ca 1763 in Hardy Co, (W)VA 2 (see note 1)
Born: ca 1748 4 Died: 1829 near Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 9,4 Buried: (unmarked grave) at Flanagan Cemetery (CR 22, south of White Oak & Berea), Ritchie Co, WV 9,10,11 Resided: aft 1814 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 9 Father: Thomas Hughes ( - 1778) Mother: Mary Baker
M Child 1: Robert Lowther Born: Oct- 1-1765 in Hardy Co, (W)VA 1,12,13 (see note 2) Died: Nov-16-1832 near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 14,15,1 (see note 3) Buried: in Old Lowther Cemetery, West Milford-Muttontown Rd, Harrison Co, WV 6,12 Military: Sgt, 6th Reg. VA Inf, War of 1812 6 Wife: Catherine Cain b. Oct-27-1766 d. Mar-25-1851 Also known as: Kathrine Cain 12,16 Married: Jan-21-1787 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 17,1,4
M Child 2: Thomas Lowther Born: Mar- 7-1767 in Hardy Co, (W)VA 18 Died: Jun- -1816 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 15,1 Buried: near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 18 Resided: near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 18 Occupation: farmer 19 Wife: Mary Coburn b. Mar- 7-1767 Married: Mar-17-1789 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 20
F Child 3: Eliza Lowther Born: Jan-27-1768 1
M Child 4: William Lowther Born: Jan-27-1769 near Moorefield, Hardy Co, (W)VA 21,11 Died: Nov-26-1857 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 22,23,24,11 (see note 4) Buried: in Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV 22,11,25 Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA (see note 5) Census: 1840 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Resided: from 1837 in Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV 21 Resided: (childhood to 1837) in Harrison Co, (W)VA 21 Resided: (early childhood) in Hardy Co, (W)VA 21 Wife: Margaret Morrison b. May- 1-1768 d. May-13-1850 Married: Aug- 4-1789 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 26,17,4
M Child 5: Jesse Lowther Born: Jul-21-1773 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 27,14 Died: Oct-29-1854 at West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA 28,27 Buried: near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 27 Resided: at West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA 27 (see note 6) Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Mary Ann Ragan b. Dec-25-1770 d. Apr- 3-1857 Married: Aug-18-1791 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 26
F Child 6: Sudne Lowther Born: ca 1774 1 Husband: Jacob Jackson Resided (family): (settled) near Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH 14 Married: Dec-15-1796 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 29
M Child 7: Elias Lowther Born: Sep-16-1776 near West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA 30,1,10 Died: Dec-15-1845 in Staunton, VA 30,1,31 (see note 7) Buried: in Staunton, VA 30 Resided: from 1820 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 30 Resided: until 1820 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 30 Wife: Rebecca Coburn b. Dec-11-1779 d. 1850 Married: May- 3-1804 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 17,31 (see note 8)
Sources: (1) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 7. (3) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 21. (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. 400. (5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 8. (6) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 8, 10. (8) National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Patriot Index, Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD (2003), Vol. II, p. 1697. (9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 9. (10) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 249. (11) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (12) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 10. (13) 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. 425. (14) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 23. (15) 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. (16) 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. (17) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (18) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 11. (19) 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. (20) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=39344&Type=Marriage. (21) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 12. (22) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 13. (23) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 25. (24) 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. 429. (25) Findagrave.com. (26) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (27) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 15. (28) 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, Obituary from "Coopers' Clarksburg Register," Wed, Nov 8 1854: "Died. -- At his residence in West Milford, on the 29th of October, Jesse Lowther, aged 81 years -- The Deceased settled at his residence where he died while still the center of the town of West Milford was an unbroken woods. He was the son of Col. William Lowther one of three or four who were the first settlers of Western Virginia.", pp. 401, 432. (29) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Jacob Jackson, son of Robert; and Sudne Lowther, dau of Col. William. Married Dec 15 1796. Don Norman, in "Descendants of Robert Lowther," reports marriage date as Sep 14 1796. (30) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 17. (31) 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. 401. Event Notes Note (1) DAR Lineage Book, Vol 160, p. 265, states marriage date as 1765. Note (2) on the South Branch of the Potomac Note (3) Linder, p. 426, reports death date as Nov 16 1831. Don Norman has it as Nov 16 1832, but in Ritchie County, which is incorrect. "Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County," p. 2, reports it as Nov 17 1831, with birth date Oct 1 1767. He died from a fall while re-roofing his late father's cabin near West Milford in Harrison County. Note (4) at the home of his son Archibald Note (5) In household of son Archibald and his family. Note (6) except for a few years starting in 1797, at Neal's Island four miles below Parkersburg Note (7) in a hospital for the insane Note (8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, in "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 249, indicates that Elias Lowther and Rebecca Coburn were married in about 1797, which would conform to the birth dates of their older children. But "Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894," p. 17, shows their marriage date as May 3 1804 in chronological sequence with other marriages.