Husband: John Alexander Lowther
Born: Sep-24-1820 in West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2,3
Died: Apr- 3-1862 4
Buried: at White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 5 (see note 1)
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 6
Occupation: farmer 6
Father: Alexander J. Lowther (1791 - 1864)
Mother: Sarah Ireland (1796 - 1841)
Wife: Elizabeth Ann Sinnett 7 Married: Feb-17-1848 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 8
Born: Aug-14-1831 9,10 Died: Jul-26-1913 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 11,10 Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: George Sinnett (1799 - 1895) Mother: Mary Rexroad (1800 - 1844) Other spouse 2
F Child 1: Mary Ellen Lowther Born: ca 1850 6,8 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: James C. Wise b. ca 1842 Married: Jan-15-1868 in Ritchie Co, WV 13
M Child 2: Franklin P. Lowther Also known as: Frank P. Lowther 14,15 Born: Feb-14-1853 in White Oak (near Pullman), Ritchie Co, WV 16,6 (see note 2) Died: Nov- 1-1901 in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV 17 Buried: in Williams Cemetery, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV 18 Cause of death: killed in gunfight 19 Census: 1880, 1900 in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Resided: 1872 in Wetzel Co, WV 14 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Occupation: physician 20,21 Wife: Caroline A. Wise b. Nov-30-1848 d. Apr- 4-1911 Census name: Carry A. Married: Oct- 8-1872 in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV 14
M Child 3: Harvey Lowther Born: Mar-13-1855 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 6,18 Died: Jul-11-1931 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 18 Buried: in East Lawn Memorial Park (Valley Cemetery), Reno, Washington Co, OH 18 Resided: 1915 in Ohio 22 Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Wife: Ida M. Ross b. Apr-17-1865 d. Aug-21-1947
M Child 4: Wilson B. Lowther Born: Aug-22-1857 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 23,24,6 Died: Mar-20-1897 in Ritchie Co, WV 25,15 Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 12,25 Cause of death: appendicitis 25 Resided: at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 26 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Wife: Lucia Helen Hale Gray b. Apr- 9-1859 d. Aug-15-1944 Married: Oct-11-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 27
F Child 5: Clairy V. Lowther Born: 1860 6 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
F Child 6: Sarah Margurite "Maggie" Lowther Born: 1862 8,10 Died: Dec- 5-1928 in Doddridge Co, WV 28,10 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Charles Pierce Broadwater b. Jun-24-1852 d. Nov-17-1942 Married: Dec-25-1880 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
Sources: (1) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 28. (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. 441. (3) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (4) Record of wife's remarriage, Don Norman's "Descendants of Robert Lowther" reports the death date of John Alexander Lowther as Oct 12 1909. But wife Elizabeth Ann Sinnett's second marriage, to Jacob Allender in March 1863, indicated her marital status as widowed. John A. Lowther's brother Jesse is believed to have died on Oct 12 1909. (5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 583. (6) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (7) Death record of daughter. (8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (9) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (10) Headstone (year only) (11) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (12) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as J. C. Wise, 25, b. Wetzel Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jackson & Ann; and Mary Ellen Lowther, 17, of Ritchie Co, dau of John A. & Elizabeth Ann. Married Jan 15 1868. (14) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV. (15) Headstone. (16) Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV, BR p. 3 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2253740&Type=Birth. (17) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (18) Findagrave.com. (19) Obituary, www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35866255. (20) 1880 Census, Wetzel County, WV. (21) 1900 Census, Wetzel County, WV. (22) Newspaper anniversary announcement of nephew. (23) Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death. (24) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (25) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. (26) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 232. (27) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Wilson Lowther, 20, of Ritchie Co, son of John A. & Elizabeth A.; and Lucia H. H. Gray, 18, of Doddridge Co, dau of Thomas S. Gray. Married Oct 11 1877. (28) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. Event Notes Note (1) Burial location reported by Minnie Kendall Lowther, "History of Ritchie County," p. 583, as Oxford, implying Doddridge County. But his headstone is at the White Oak ME Church Cemetery near Pullman, Ritchie County. Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Dec 1852, and date on headstone is Dec 14 1852. But birth record indicates Dec 14 1853.