Jul-28-2018
Husband: George Willard Also known as: George Williard 1
Born: 1789 2 (see note 1) Died: ca 1834 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 3,4 Buried: (unmarked grave) in Flanagan Cemetery (CR 22, south of White Oak & Berea), Ritchie Co, WV 4,5 Father: George Willard Mother: Elizabeth Hume
Wife: Sudna Lowther 6,7 Also known as: Sudnes Lowther 1 Married: Aug-24-1827 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
Born: Apr- -1792 near West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA 4,5 (see note 2) Died: Apr-20-1872 8 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 4,5,9,10 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA (see note 3) Census: 1830 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: William Lowther (1769 - 1857) Mother: Margaret Morrison (1768 - 1850) Notes 3
F Child 1: Margaret E. Willard Born: ca 1827 11 Died: bef Jun 1870 12 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: Wilson Watson b. Nov-20-1830 d. Apr-28-1903 Married: Sep- 4-1851 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 13 (see note 4)
F Child 2: Charlotte Willard Born: May-28-1834 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 9,8,14 Died: Apr-15-1917 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 9,8,15 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Census: 1910 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Marshall A. Neal b. Mar-22-1829 d. Nov-15-1911 Also known as: Marshal A. Neel 5,14 Married: Nov-14-1852 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 16,3
F Child 3: Rebecca N. Willard Born: 1835 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 17,18,19 Died: 1877 17 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: William Ranfin Brown b. 1831 d. 1862 Married: Oct- 2-1855 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 18
Sources: (1) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (2) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (3) 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. (4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 228. (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. 13. (7) Marriage record of daughter. (8) Headstone. (9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (10) Findagrave.com. (11) 1860 Census. (12) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Wilson Watson and Margaret E. Willard. Married Sep 4 1851. (14) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (15) Obituary - At home, In its entirety: "Mrs. M. A. Neal, widow of the late Marshall A. Neal, died at her home at Pullman on Sunday, April 15. Her funeral was held at the Pullman M. E. Church on Tuesday. She was eighty-two years of age. She is survived by one son, Homer Neal, of Romeo, Colorado, and three daughters, Miss Isa Neal, a teacher in the Fairmont Normal College, Mrs. Musgrave, of Upshur County, and Mrs. Alice Corbin, of Pullman. "Attorney T. A. Brown, of Parkersburg, and Miss Neal, of Fairmont, were among those who attended her funeral.", The Gazette (Harrisville W.Va.), Friday, April 20, 1917. (16) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Marshall A. Neal and Charlotte Willard. Married Nov 14 1852. (17) Headstone (year only) (18) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (19) Death record of son. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace reported in Don Norman's "The Descendants of Robert Lowther" as Harrison County, but daughter Charlotte's death record states Pennsylvania. Note (2) "History of Ritchie County," p. 228, states her birthdate as Apr 10 1792, but "Ritchie County Cemeteries," p. 647, reports headstone date as Apr 18 1792. Note (3) In 1860, in home of daughter Rebecca Willard Brown Note (4) Linder, p. 440, gives marriage date as Sep 4 1853 and incorrectly identifies Wilson Watson as the son of George & Sarah Divers Watson. But that Wilson Watson was born in 1850 and married Nancy Rhuhama Sommerville. Nonetheless, Wilson Watson is not listed by Minnie Kendall Lowther among the children of Jacob Watson & Sarah Pritchard.Name Index