Husband: Amos Lowther
Census name: Amy Lowther 1
Born: Oct-18-1827 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
Died: Jul-28-1898 in Wirt Co, WV 3
Census: 1880 in Reedy District, Wirt Co, WV
Resided: 1879 in Wirt Co, WV 2
Census: 1870 in Wirt Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Occupation: 1860, 1880 carpenter 4,5
Occupation: 1879 mechanic 2
Father: Jesse G. Lowther (1790 - 1870)
Mother: Nancy Swisher (1794 - 1840)
Other spouse 2
Notes
Wife: Emeline Dearman 4 Married: Dec- -1856 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 6
Born: ca 1838 4 Died: bef Nov 1879 7 Census: 1870 in Wirt Co, WV Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Edgar J. Lowther Born: ca 1859 4 Census: 1870 in Wirt Co, WV Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA
F Child 2: Victory Lowther Born: ca 1862 8 Census: 1870 in Wirt Co, WV
F Child 3: Elizabeth May Lowther Born: Nov-17-1870 in Wirt Co, WV 9,2 (see note 1) Died: Feb-27-1951 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 9 Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling Park, Ohio Co, WV 9 Resided: in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 9 Census: 1920, 1930 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Census: 1880, 1910 in Reedy District, Wirt Co, WV Husband: Charles Franklin Eaton b. Feb-26-1873 d. Jan-10-1935 Also known as: Charles Frank Eaton 9 Married: Aug-21-1889 in Wirt Co, WV 10
Sources: (1) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (2) Wirt County Marriage Records, Elizabeth, WV. (3) Wirt County Death Records, Elizabeth, WV, Identified as Amos Lowther, 70, born (blank), parents (blank), died July 28 1898, cause of death heart trouble. Informant: Wife (not named). (4) 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. (5) 1880 Census, Wirt County, WV. (6) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Handwritten record is for the marriage license only, not for the marriage itself. It is quoted here in its entirety: "Virginia, Lewis County, to wit: These are to license and permit you to join in the Holy Estate of Matrimony Amos Lowther to Emeline Dearman and for so doing this shall be your authority. Given under my hand this 6th day of December 1856 and 80th year of the Commonwealth. John Morrow, Clk.", MR p. 103. (7) Record of husband's remarriage. (8) 1870 Census, Wirt County, WV. (9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (10) Wirt County Marriage Records, Elizabeth, WV, Identified as Chas. F. Eaton, 19, b. Wood Co, res. Wirt Co, son of J. Y. & Mary E. Eaton; and Elizabeth Lowther, 17, b. & res. in Wirt Co, dau of Amos & Jane Lowther. Married Aug 21 1889 in Wirt Co by Thomas H. Cain, with consent of both fathers in person. Event Notes Note (1) Age 17 at time of Aug 1889 marriage would put birth in about 1872, but death record states Nov 17 1870.