Jul-28-2018                   
                      Daniel Ayers    
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Sarah Ann Ayers 1     
                Born: Aug- 9-1824          in Rockbridge Co, VA  2,3
                Died: Sep- 6-1891           4
              Buried:                      in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  5,6
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Barbour Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: William Robert Lowther  b. Feb-14-1809  d. Oct- 7-1881  
             Married: Apr-20-1843          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  7,8 (see note 1)
           M Child 2: John B. Ayers 1     

Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 104. 
(2) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(3) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. 
(4) Headstone. 
(5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 105. 
(6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 269. 
(8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
William R. Lowther and Sarah Ann Ayers.  Married Apr 20 1843. 

Event Notes
Note (1) The wedding service was conducted by the Reverend A. C. Holden.  "This was
the first marriage solemnized in what is now Ritchie County, as it took place
shortly after the organization of the county.  The groom was the first clerk of
the county court and doubtless wrote this license."







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