Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Seymore Norton Lowther  1  
         Census name: Norton Lowther 2
                Born: Aug-21-1885          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  3
                Died: Jan-15-1952          in Ramsey, Fayette Co, IL  3
              Buried:                      in Milton, Rock Co, WI  3
             Resided:                      in Milton, Rock Co, WI  4
              Census: 1900                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: Stillman Forest Lowther   (1849 - 1932) 
              Mother: Sarah Victoria Davis   (1851 - 1934) 
                Wife: Lola Grace Rood   4  
             Married: Oct-10-1907           3
                Born: Sep-23-1885          in Milton, Rock Co, WI  3
                Died: Jan-22-1970          in Upland, San Bernardino Co, CA  3
              Buried:                      in Milton, Rock Co, WI  3
              Father: Hosea Whitford Rood 
              Mother: Ann Elizabeth Monroe 
           F Child 1: (Baby girl) Lowther      
                Born: Aug-30-1908          in Milton, Rock Co, WI  3
                Died: Aug-30-1908          in Milton, Rock Co, WI  3
           F Child 2: Sarah Elizabeth Lowther      
       Also known as: Elizabeth Lowther 5,6
                Born: Oct- 6-1909          in Milton, Rock Co, WI  7,6
                Died: Oct-  -1980           5
             Resided:                      in Ontario, San Bernardino Co, CA  6
             Resided: formerly             in Wisconsin  8
             Husband: Robert Mead Durkee  b. Oct- 4-1911  d. Jul-29-2007  
             Married: Oct- 7-1933          in Rockford, Winnebago Co, IL  7
           F Child 3: Margaret Alice Lowther      
                Born: Apr-28-1915          in Milton, Rock Co, WI  7,6
                Died: Jan-27-2004           6
             Resided:                      in Milton, Rock Co, WI  8
             Husband: Chester Job Smitley  b. Jun-27-1915  d. Nov-16-1948  
             Married: Apr- 4-1942          in Milton, Rock Co, WI  7
             Husband: Roger Malcolm Burdick  b. Aug- 8-1917  
             Married: Feb-16-1968          in Milton, Rock Co, WI  7

Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 250. 
(2) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(3) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 152. 
(4) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 93. 
(5) Obituary of husband. 
(6) Social Security Death Index. 
(7) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 212. 
(8) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Wisconsin before 1951. 







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