Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Maxwell Lowther    
       Also known as: Maxwell Lowther 1,2
                Born: 1825                  3,4
              Buried:                      in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Father: William W. Lowther   (1793 - 1872) 
              Mother: Melison W. Maxwell   (1798 - 1879) 
                Wife: Matilda H. Lowther     
             Married: Aug-30-1856          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  5
                Born: 1839                  6,4,7
                Died: Feb-27-1913          in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  8
              Buried:                      in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  9
             Resided: 1910                 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  1
             Resided: 1864                 in Ritchie Co, WV  10
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  11
              Father: Jesse Coburn Lowther   (1790 - 1842) 
              Mother: Phebe Cunningham   (1794 - 1871) 
Other spouse 2
Notes 
           F Child 1: Mary Lowther      
                Born: ca 1859               4
             Husband: Martin Luther Earnest  b. ca 1844  
       Also known as: Luther Earnest 3
             Married: Nov- 3-1874          in Ritchie Co, WV  4
           M Child 2: Willie E. Lowther      
                Born: Jun- 1-1861           12
                Died: Mar-21-1866           13
              Buried:                      in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  9

Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 155. 
(2) Marriage record of daughter. 
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 107. 
(4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as W. 
M. Lowther, 32, of Ritchie Co, son of William W. & Melissa; and Matilda Lowther, 18, of Ritchie Co, dau of Jesse & 
Phebe.  Married Aug 30 1856. 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(8) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Matilda McGregor, 74, widowed, died  Feb 27 1913 at Cairo.  
Cause of death paralysis.  Parents not given.  Informant:  H. E. McGregor, undertaker. DR p. 
140. 
(9) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(10) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(11) 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. 440. 
(12) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(13) Headstone. 







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