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Husband: James Allen Lowther 1 Also known as: Allen Lowther 2,3,4,5,1 Born: Jul-24-1834 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 5,4,6 Died: Mar-25-1885 5 Buried: in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Census: 1880 in Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: James K. Lowther (1806 - 1902) Mother: Lydia Knight (1811 - 1900)
Wife: Rebecca Waldron 1 Also known as: Rebecca Waldern 1
Born: ca 1839 3,4 Census: 1880 in Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Sarah A. Lowther Born: ca 1857 3 Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
F Child 2: Hannah B. Lowther Born: ca 1859 3 Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
M Child 3: George H. Lowther Born: ca 1862 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,4 Resided: 1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 9 Census: 1880 in Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Alice Rollins b. Jan- -1870 d. bef Jan 1924 Census name: Alice A. Rollins Married: Sep-16-1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
M Child 4: William Alexander Lowther Born: Jun- -1862 in Harrison Co, WV 10,11,9 Died: Oct-31-1932 in Ritchie Co, WV 12,11 Buried: in Oxbow Catholic Church Cem, Co Rd 47/20, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Census: 1900, 1920 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1883, 1895 in Ritchie Co, WV 9 Occupation: miller, oil business 10,13 Wife: Elizabeth J. Freeland b. Jan-29-1860 d. Jan-31-1892 Married: Mar-25-1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 9 Wife: Margaret "Maggie" Burke b. Sep- -1876 Married: Sep- 4-1895 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
F Child 5: Emma A. Lowther Born: ca 1865 4 Resided: in Ritchie Co, WV 9 Husband: Joseph E. Cross b. ca 1855 Married: Mar- 8-1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
M Child 6: Clarence Eugene Lowther Born: Jan-21-1869 in West Virginia 15,16 (see note 1) Died: Nov- 4-1951 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16 Buried: Fairview Cemetery 16 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16 Census: 1920 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Census: 1910 in Canal Fulton, Stark Co, OH Occupation: jeweller, watch maker 17,18,16 Wife: Lucy ___ Wife: Minnie Riley b. ca 1889 d. Nov-13-1967 Married: Dec-31-1916 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 19
M Child 7: Albert L. Lowther Born: Nov- 4-1870 in Ohio 16,4 Died: Jun- 5-1938 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16 Buried: in St. Xavier (aka 15th Street) Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16 Occupation: retail grocery 16 Wife: Mary Catherine Altman b. Dec-25-1869 d. Sep-18-1947
F Child 8: Bertha L. Lowther Born: ca 1873 4
M Child 9: James A. Lowther Born: Feb-28-1877 20,4 Died: Jun-27-1960 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 20 Buried: in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 20 Occupation: B & O Railroad conductor (retired) 20
Sources: (1) Death record of son. (2) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (3) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (4) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (5) Headstone. (6) 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. 438. (7) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (10) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) (11) Headstone (year only) (12) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (13) Obituary. (14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as William A. Lowther, widowed, 33, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Maggie Burke, 18, of Ritchie Co. Married Sep 4 1895. (15) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (16) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (17) 1910 Census. (18) 1920 Census, Wood County, WV. (19) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as Clarence Eugene Lowther, 40, b. Pleasants Co, res. Parkersburg; and Mrs. Minnie Riley, 27, b. Wood Co, res. Parkersburg. Married Dec 31 1916 in Parkersburg. MR p. 72 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10253358&Type=Marriage. (20) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given as Pleasants County in marriage record, but as Harrison County in death record.




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