Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Oliver A. Lowther    
                Born: Aug-23-1841          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1,2,3
                Died: 1911                  3
              Census: 1910                 in Athens Co, OH  
              Census: 1900                 in Marion, Grant Co, IN  
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      minister, M. P. Church of Pullman  4,5,6
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: William Ireland "Willie" Lowther   (1818 - 1904) 
              Mother: Caroline Virginia Mitchell   (1820 - 1885) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Dorcas Angelica Maxwell   7,8  
             Married: ca 1876               9
                Born: ca 1859              in Virginia (now West Virginia)  9
             Resided:                      in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  7
              Census: 1910, 1920, 1930     in Athens Co, OH  
              Census: 1900                 in Marion, Grant Co, IN  
              Father: Rufus Maxwell   (1828 - 1907) 
              Mother: Sarah Jane Bonnifield   (1834 - 1897) 
           M Child 1: William Ernest Lowther 8     
       Also known as: W. Ernest Lowther 8
                Born: Jan-  -1879          in Ohio  10
              Census: 1900                 in Marion, Grant Co, IN  
          Occupation:                      Methodist minister  8
           M Child 2: Oliver Frank Lowther 8     
       Also known as: Frank Lowther 8
                Born: Nov-  -1880          in Ohio  10
             Resided:                      in Ohio  8
              Census: 1910                 in Athens Co, OH  
              Census: 1900                 in Marion, Grant Co, IN  
          Occupation:                      farmer  8
           F Child 3: Virginia May Lowther 8     
       Also known as: May Lowther 8
                Born: Nov-  -1883          in Ohio  10
              Census: 1900                 in Marion, Grant Co, IN  
             Husband: ___ Shanefelt  
           M Child 4: Robert P. Lowther 8     
                Born: Dec-  -1898          in Indiana  10
             Resided:                      in New York  8
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Athens Co, OH  
              Census: 1900                 in Marion, Grant Co, IN  
          Occupation:                      attorney  8

Sources:
(1) 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. 
(2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), pp. 350 & 603. 
(5) Lathrop Russell Charter, The Lowther Family of Doddridge County, West Virginia (self-published Nov 9 1951, on file at 
Doddridge County Library). This paper was found to contain many factual errors. p. 
6. 
(6) 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 603. 
(8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 289. 
(9) 1910 Census. 
(10) 1900 Census. 







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