Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Alexander Harrison Lowther 1   
       Also known as: Alexander Harrison Lowther 2
                Born: Dec-20-1854          in Wirt Co, (W)VA  1,2
             Resided: 1910                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  3
              Census: 1900                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
             Resided: 1882                 in Jackson Co, WV  1
              Father: Elias J. Lowther   (1801 - 1877) 
              Mother: Salina McWhorter   (1811 - 1881) 
Notes 
                Wife: Matilda Roxie Day     
       Also known as: Matilda Roxy 4
             Married: Jul-  -1882          in Lewis Co, WV  5
                Born: Nov-  -1858          in Braxton Co, (W)VA  1,6
                Died: 1953                 in Orange Co, FL  4
              Census: 1930                 in Orlando, Orange Co, FL  
              Census: 1910, 1920           in East Liverpool, Columbiana Co, OH  
              Census: 1900                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
             Resided: 1882                 in Lewis Co, WV  1
          Occupation: 1910, 1920           grocery store owner  7,8
              Father: Sandford Day 
              Mother: Eliza ___ 
Other spouse 2
           M Child 1: Mordaunt M. Lowther      
                Born: Oct-  -1884           6
              Census: 1900                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
           F Child 2: Alberta L. Lowther      
                Born: Apr-  -1887           6
              Census: 1900                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
           F Child 3: Lula G. Lowther      
                Born: Dec-  -1889           6
              Census: 1900                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
           M Child 4: Robert E. Lowther      
                Born: Oct-10-1891          in West Virginia  9,6
                Died: Dec-15-1966           9
             Resided:                      in Buffalo, Erie Co, NY  9
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Buffalo, Erie Co, NY  
              Census: 1910                 in East Liverpool, Columbiana Co, OH  
              Census: 1900                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1920                 accountant  8
          Occupation: 1930                 investment banker  10
                Wife: Fern Leora ___  b. Mar-13-1905  d. Nov-  -1981  
             Married: ca 1927               10
            Divorced: Jan-  -1960          in Lee Co, FL  11

Sources:
(1) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994) 
(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. 446. 
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com). Identified as W. H. H. Lowther. p. 17. 
(4) Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Florida Dept of Health, Office of Vital Records. 
(5) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994), Identified as 
William Alexander Harrison Lowther, divorced, 27, b. Wirt Co, res. Jackson Co, son of Elias J. & Selina; and Matilda 
Roxie Day, 23, b. Braxton Co, res. Lewis Co, dau of Sandford & Eliza.  Married July 1882 (day not 
given). 
(6) 1900 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(7) 1910 Census. 
(8) 1920 Census. 
(9) Social Security Death Index. 
(10) 1930 Census. 
(11) Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001 [database online], Ancestry.com and Florida Dept of Health. 







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