Husband: John Franklin Lowther
Born: Sep-14-1854 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1 Died: Dec-22-1924 in Ritchie Co, WV 2 Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Archibald Lowther (1826 - 1899) Mother: Frances Jane Maxwell (1828 - 1902)
Wife: Bessie E. Corbin
Married: May-31-1888 in Ritchie Co, WV 4
Born: Jul- -1855 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 5 (see note 1)
Died: Oct-20-1937 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 6
Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 6
Resided: in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 7
Father: George W. Corbin
Mother: Rhoda Weekley
M Child 1: Minter L. Lowther Born: Oct- -1889 5
M Child 2: Arlington B. Lowther Born: Jun- -1891 5
M Child 3: Jessie R. Lowther Born: Nov- -1893 5
Sources: (1) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (2) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 602. (4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (5) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (7) Death record of daughter. Event Notes Note (1) Age 84 recorded at time of death would put birth in about 1853, but 1900 Census specifies birth date as July 1855.