Husband: John R. Young
Born: ca 1832 1 (see note 1) Died: Oct-10-1906 2 Resided: 1879 in Ritchie Co, WV 1 Father: Andrew Younge Mother: Agnes Hall
Wife: Rebecca Lowther 3
Married: Jun- 4-1879 in Ritchie Co, WV 4
No children: 3,5 (see note 2)
Born: Sep-15-1832 6,3
Died: Oct-11-1915 3
Resided: in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 7
Father: William W. Lowther (1793 - 1872)
Mother: Melison W. Maxwell (1798 - 1879)
Sources: (1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (2) Obituary of wife. (3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 107. (4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as John R. Young, 47, b. Virginia, res. Ritchie Co; and Rebecca Lowther, 46, b. Virginia, res. Ritchie Co, dau of W. W. Married June 4 1879. (5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 182. (6) Obituary. (7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 499. Event Notes Note (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther describes John Young as "a Scotchman," but marrige record indicates he was born in Virginia. Note (2) A foster son, Frank Fetty, shared in Rebecca's estate.