Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Norris, Jr. 1   
                Born: Aug- 8-1792          in Fauquier Co, VA  1,2
                Died: 1861                  2
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Sarah "Sally" Lowther 1,3  4,1  
       Also known as: Sallie Lowther 4
             Married: Apr-20-1817          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  3,5 (see note 1)
                Born: May-10-1795          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,5 (see note 2)
                Died: May-22-1870          in Gilmer Co, WV  1,2
             Resided:                      in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  4
              Father: Jesse Lowther   (1773 - 1854) 
              Mother: Mary Ann Ragan   (1770 - 1857) 
           M Child 1: Milton G. Norris      
                Born: Nov-10-1819           2
                Died: Jul-30-1896           2
                Wife: Mary Louise Campbell  
             Married: Jan- 3-1869           1
           F Child 2: Emily Norris      
                Born: ca 1820               2
                Died: 1906                  2
       Never married:                        2
           M Child 3: John G. Norris      
                Born: May- 9-1820           1
                Wife: Eliza ___  
           M Child 4: Jesse Norris      
                Born: May- 4-1823           1,2
       Never married:                        2
           F Child 5: Mary Norris      
                Born: ca 1824               6
                Died: 1825                  6
           F Child 6: Caroline Norris      
                Born: ca 1829               6
           M Child 7: William P. Norris      
                Born: ca 1831               6
           F Child 8: Drusilla Norris      
                Born: Jul- 3-1832           1,6
                Died: Jan-14-1902           1
             Husband: George Washington Kerns  
             Married: 1852                  1
           F Child 9: Lucinda Norris      
                Born: ca 1833               6
                Died: 1888                  6
       Never married:                        6
          F Child 10: Elizabeth "Betsy" Norris      
                Born: ca 1835               6,1
          M Child 11: Edward Norris      
                Born: ca 1839               6
          M Child 12: Elias Norris      
                Born: ca 1839              in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  7
                Wife: Elizabeth R. Stout  b. ca 1844  
             Married: Sep-28-1864          in Gilmer Co, WV  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) 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. 444. 
(3) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) 
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 15. 
(5) 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. 430. 
(6) 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. 445. 
(7) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. 
(8) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as Elias Norris, 25, b. & res. in Gilmer Co; and Elizabeth R. 
Stout, widowed, 20, b. Monroe Co, res. Gilmer Co.  Married Sep 28 1864. 

Event Notes
Note (1) bond date Apr 18 1817
Note (2) Birth date reported as Oct 5 1795 by Linder, but May 10 1795 by Don
Norman.







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