Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Thomas Hughes    
                Born:                      in Wales  1
                Died: Apr-  -1778           1 (see note 1)
             Resided: from 1772 or 1773    in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
             Resided: formerly             in Hardy Co, (W)VA  1
             Resided: initially            in Albemarle Co, VA  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Mary Baker   2  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Sudna Hughes      
                Born: ca 1748               2
                Died: 1829                 near Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  3,2
              Buried: (unmarked grave)     at Flanagan Cemetery (CR 22, south of White Oak & Berea), Ritchie Co, WV  3,4,5
             Resided: aft 1814             in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  3
             Husband: William Lowther  b. Dec-22-1742  d. Oct-28-1814  
       Also known as: Col. William Lowther 
             Married: ca 1763              in Hardy Co, (W)VA  6 (see note 2)
           M Child 2: Jesse Hughes    6  
                Born: 1750                 in Virginia  7
                Died: 1829                 in Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV  7
              Buried:                      near Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV  7
                Wife: Grace Tanner  
           M Child 3: Elias Hughes    6  
                Born: 1757                 in Hardy Co, (W)VA  8
                Died: Dec-22-1844          near Utica, Licking Co, OH  9
              Buried:                      near Utica, Licking Co, OH  9
                Wife: Jane Sleeth  d. 1827  
           F Child 4: Martha Hughes      
             Husband: Living  

Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 18. 
(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. 400. 
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 9. 
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 249. 
(5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 7. 
(7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 19. 
(8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 20. 
(9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 21. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Killed by Indians, along with Jonathan Lowther.  Others with them were able
to escape.
Note (2) DAR Lineage Book, Vol 160, p. 265, states marriage date as 1765.







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