Husband: James Harrison Lowther
Also known as: Harrison Lowther 1
Born: Nov-20-1820 2
Died: Jul-18-1889 in Braxton Co, WV 3
Census: 1860, 1870, 1880 in Lewis Co, WV
Resided: 1868 in Lewis Co, WV 4
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 4
Father: Jesse G. Lowther (1790 - 1870)
Mother: Nancy Swisher (1794 - 1840)
Other spouse 2
Notes
Wife: Margaret B. Hardway 5,6,7
Married: Nov-21-1847 2
Born: ca 1824 in Pendleton Co, (W)VA 8
Died: Jun-12-1867 in Harrison Co, WV 9
Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
F Child 1: Sarah Genette Lowther Born: Nov-21-1848 2 Died: Nov-24-1848 2
F Child 2: Melvina Lowther Census name: Malinda Lowther 10 Born: May-18-1850 2,10 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
M Child 3: Melville H. Lowther Born: Dec-13-1851 2,11 Died: Feb-21-1942 in Hettie, Braxton Co, WV 12,2 Buried: in Green Hill Church Cemetery, near Hettie, Braxton Co, WV 12,13 Resided: in Hettie, Braxton Co, WV 12 Census: 1870, 1880 in Lewis Co, WV Occupation: farmer 14 Wife: Permelia Cunningham b. ca 1849 Census name: Pammelia 14
F Child 4: Mary Alice Lowther Born: Mar-29-1853 12 Died: Jan- 9-1941 in Hettie, Braxton Co, WV 12 Buried: in Green Hill Church Cemetery, near Hettie, Braxton Co, WV 12 Resided: in Hettie, Braxton Co, WV 12 Husband: Marcellus Skinner b. Jul-27-1861 d. Nov-24-1943
M Child 5: Lloyd Lowther Born: Jun- 5-1854 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 2,15,11 Resided: 1886 in Braxton Co, WV 15 Wife: Mary E. Buchanan b. ca 1867 Married: Jun- 3-1886 at French Creek, Upshur Co, WV 15
M Child 6: Jacob P. Lowther Born: Jan-27-1856 in Braxton Co, (W)VA 2,11 Died: Feb- 2-1943 2 Census: 1900 in Collins Settlement District, Lewis Co, WV Occupation: farmer 16 Wife: Sarah Catherine Boggs b. Mar-19-1866 d. Apr-25-1950 Married: Jan-11-1883 in Lewis Co, WV 17
M Child 7: Jesse Minter Lowther 1 Born: Feb- 4-1858 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 2,11,4 Died: Jun- 4-1937 in Hettie, Braxton Co, WV 18 Census: 1910, 1930 in Braxton Co, WV Resided: 1879 in Braxton Co, WV 4 Occupation: farmer 4,1 Wife: Sarah Ann Malcomb b. Dec-27-1861 d. Jul-23-1920 Married: Apr- 3-1879 in Braxton Co, WV 19,20 Wife: Carrie A. McNemar b. 1870 d. Mar-18-1962 Married: Jul- 1-1923 in Braxton Co, WV 21
F Child 8: Emily Susan Lowther Census name: Susan Lowther 11 Born: ca 1859 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 22,11,23 Census: 1860, 1870 in Lewis Co, WV Husband: Jasper Newton Louden b. ca 1854 Married: Dec-27-1877 in Lewis Co, WV 24
F Child 9: Margaret Lowther Born: ca 1861 11 Census: 1870, 1880 in Lewis Co, WV
F Child 10: Amanda J. Lowther Census name: Manda J. Lowther 14 Born: ca 1864 11 Census: 1870, 1880 in Lewis Co, WV 11
M Child 11: Charles Vernon Lowther Born: Mar-21-1867 in Lewis Co, WV 23,2,11 Died: Sep- 3-1955 2 Census: 1870, 80, 1900 in Lewis Co, WV Wife: Virdie Florence Forinash b. Sep- -1872 Census name: Florence V. 16 Married: May-24-1892 in Lewis Co, WV 23
Sources: (1) Braxton County Death Records, Sutton, WV. (2) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (3) Braxton County Death Records, Sutton, WV, Identified as Harrison Lowther, age 68, d. Jul 19 1889, cause of death "cholera morbus," informant M. Skinner, son-in-law. (4) Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV. (5) Death record of wife. (6) Death record of daughter. (7) Death record of son. (8) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (9) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Margaret Louther (sic), 43, born in Pendleton County, parents (blank), died Jun 12 1867, cause of death scrofula (a form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes of the neck). Informant: Harrison Louther, husband. (10) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (11) 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV. (12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (13) Marion County Historical Society, Fairmont, WV, A History of Marion County, West Virginia, 1985, Walsworth Publishing Co, Marceline, MO, 1986/87, p. 229. (14) 1880 Census, Lewis County, WV. (15) Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV. (16) 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV. (17) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994) (18) Braxton County Death Records, Sutton, WV, Identified as Jesse Minter Lowther, 79, son of Harrison Lowther & Margaret Hardway, occupation farmer, died Jun 4 1937 at Hettie. (19) Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV, Identified as Jesse Lawther (sic), 21, b. Lewis Co, res. Braxton Co; and S. A. Malcam (sic), 18, b. & res. in Braxton Co. Married Apr 3 1879. MR p. 29. (20) Obituary of wife. (21) Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV, Identified as Jessie M. Lowther, 61, b. & res. Braxton Co; and Mrs. Carrie A. Slaughter, 51, b. & res. Braxton Co. Married Jul 1 1923. (22) 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. (23) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (24) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Jasper Newton Louden, 23, b. & res. in Upshur Co; and Emily Susan Lowther, 18, b. & res. in Lewis Co. Married Dec 27 1877 in Lewis County. MR p. 77.