Husband: John Allender
Born: Apr-21-1842 at Little Capon, VA 1 (see note 1)
Died: Jul-30-1937 at Lynn Camp (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV 1
Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 1
Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: farmer and stockman 1
Father: Jacob Allender (1813 - 1878)
Mother: Elizabeth Vanderfit (1820 - 1861)
Wife: Sarah "Sallie" Lowther 2,3
Born: Sep-31-1842 4
Died: Sep- 8-1920 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 6
Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 7,8
Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Alexander "Sauney" Lowther (1816 - 1903)
Mother: Emily Prunty (1819 - 1892)
M Child 1: Milton Wirt Allender Also known as: M. W. "Dock" Allender 6 Born: Oct-12-1864 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 4,9 (see note 2) Died: Nov-14-1923 in Ritchie Co, WV 10,9 Buried: in Michael (aka Oxford M.P.) Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 11,6 Resided: 1896 in Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Jessie Lee Michael b. Apr-30-1869 d. Dec-29-1951 Married: Nov-25-1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 12
F Child 2: Hattie Ann Allender Born: ca 1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 13,14 Resided: 1887 in Ritchie Co, WV 14 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Ishmael Sylvanus Hall b. Mar- 2-1862 d. May-23-1943 Married: Sep-29-1887 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
M Child 3: Claude Dural Allender Born: Oct- 4-1869 in Ritchie Co, WV 6,14 Died: Oct-13-1943 6 Buried: in Pleasant Grove Methodist Cemetery, Brunswick Co, VA 11 Resided: 1908 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 14 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Mary Margaret "Maggie" Murphy b. May-26-1888 d. Aug- 5-1968 Census name: Margarett M. Murphy Married: May-27-1908 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 15
F Child 4: Clara Bird Allender Also known as: Byrd Allender 16 Born: Apr- -1874 4,11,9 (see note 3) Died: Jan- 8-1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV 16,9 Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Never married: 16
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Obituary of wife's father. (3) Death record of husband. (4) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (5) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998), There are two entries for this death. In the first, she is identified as Sallie Lowther Allender, b. in Ritchie Co, d. Sep 8 1920, age 77y 11m 8d, parents Sammy [sic] Lowther. In the second, she is identified as Sarah Allender, b. in Ritchie Co, d. Sep 8 1920, age 76y 11m, parents not given. She was identified in her father's obituary as Mrs. Sallie Allender, and in her husband's death record as Sally Lowther. (6) Headstone. (7) Obituary of father. (8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 119. (9) Headstone (year only) (10) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (11) Findagrave.com. (12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (13) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District) (14) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (15) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 259 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537018&Type=Marriage. (16) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given as 1843 on headstone, but death record states Apr 21 1842. Note (2) Birthplace given in marriage record as Ritchie County. Oxford is on the county line between Doddridge and Ritchie counties. Note (3) Age in death record calculates to a birth date of Apr 25 1874, but Findagrave reports it as Apr 14 1874. Headstone has only the year.