Jul-28-2018
Husband: John D. S. "Dick" Lowther
Born: ca 1856 in Miami Co, OH 1 Died: Jul- 2-1943 2 Buried: in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2 Resided: 1917, 1920 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3,4 Census: 1910 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: 1910 nursing with private family 5 Father: Henderson B. Lowther (1814 - ) Mother: Rebecca Stout (1815 - 1909)
Wife: Ida E. Kelley 1,6 Married: ca 1880 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5
Born: Mar-30-1861 7 (see note 1) Died: Sep-23-1926 7 Buried: in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 7,2 Census: 1920 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1910 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Asa Kelley (1826 - 1900) Mother: Emily Ford (1827 - 1889) Notes Notes
M Child 1: A. C. Lowther Born: Jul- 3-1880 8 Died: Oct- 1-1900 8 Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 9
F Child 2: Lettie L. Lowther Born: Apr-16-1882 8 Died: Mar-19-1981 8 Buried: in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10 Husband: Harvey L. Mitchell b. 1873 d. 1943
F Child 3: Martha M. "Mattie" Lowther Census name: Mattie M. Lowther Born: Mar- 4-1884 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Died: Oct-25-1983 in Wichita Co, TX 11,12 Resided: in Wichita Falls, Wichita Co, TX 12 Census: 1930 in Electra, Wichita Co, TX Census: 1910 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: 1910 selector in glass house 5 Husband: Frank M. Baker b. ca 1887
M Child 4: Charles W. Lowther Born: 1886 13,5 Died: 1960 13 Buried: in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10 Census: 1910 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: 1910 gatherer in glass house
F Child 5: Clotina "Cloe" Lowther Also known as: Chloe Lowther 14 Born: Dec-16-1888 in Doddridge Co, WV 15 (see note 2) Died: Apr-22-1923 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 16 Buried: in Boring Cemetery (aka Bethlehem Church), Davisson Run, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 16,17 Census: 1920 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1910 in Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1907 in Harrison Co, WV 15 Husband: William Cleveland Bussey b. Oct-30-1887 d. Nov-10-1959 Also known as: Willie Cleveland Bussey Married: Jul- 4-1907 in Harrison Co, WV 18
F Child 6: Ella Ethel Lowther Born: Jan-28-1891 in Doddridge Co, WV 19 Census: 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Boyd Goff b. ca 1887 Also known as: Boyd Gough 20 Married: Feb-15-1908 at North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 21
M Child 7: Pearl William Lowther Census name: William P. Lowther Born: Jan-12-1898 22,23 Died: Sep-19-1964 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 22,23 Buried: in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV 22,24 Census: 1940 in Despard (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Census: 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1910 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: salesman 22 Occupation: 1940 trucker (huckster) 25 Occupation: 1930 farmer (fruit farm) 26 Wife: Rosalee Boone b. ca 1903 d. Mar- -1972 Also known as: Rosalie Boone 27 Married: ca 1917 26
F Child 8: Pauline Lowther Born: ca 1900 5 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1910 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: 1930 selector in glass plant 26 Husband: Virgil William Moore b. ca 1896 Married: Jun-26-1920 in Harrison Co, WV 28
F Child 9: Georgia Lowther Census name: Georgie Lowther Born: Jul-21-1902 in Harrison Co, WV 29,12,5 Died: Aug- 1-1999 12 Resided: in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 12 Census: 1930 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Census: 1920 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1910 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Fred Roe Gall b. Jul-17-1903 d. Jul-25-1970 Married: May-16-1925 in Harrison Co, WV 28
Sources: (1) Birth record of daughter. (2) Cemeteries of Coal District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (3) Obituary of sister. (4) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. (5) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. (6) 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. 358. (7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (8) Headstone. (9) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (10) Cemeteries of Clark District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. (11) Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Texas Dept of Health, Vital Statistics Unit. (12) Social Security Death Index. (13) Headstone (year only) (14) Birth record of son. (15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=18598&Type=Marriage. (16) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (17) Findagrave.com. (18) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as William Cleveland Bussey, 19, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Edward & Jane Bussey; and Chlotina Lowther, 19, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of John D. S. & Ida E. Lowther. Married Jul 4 1907 "at the home of John D. S. Lowther," officiated by D. W. Cunningham, a minister of the U. B. Church. Informants for marriage license: William C. Bussey & Parents' Consent. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=18598&Type=Marriage. (19) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Ella Ethel Lowther, b. Jan 28 1891 in Doddridge Co, dau of J. D. S. Lowther (farmer, age 34, b. Miami Co Ohio) & Ida D. Kelley Lowther (age 29, b. Doddridge Co), this being the mother's seventh child. BR p. 198. (20) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (21) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Boyd Gough, 21, b. & res. in Gilmer Co, son of Emory & Ella Gough; and Ella Ethel Lowther, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of John & Ida Lowther. Married Feb 15 1908 "at the home of Wm Bussey, North View.", MR p. 266. (22) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (23) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (24) Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell WV, Cemetery Records, Harrison County Genealogical Society (Aug 1998), Last Supper. (25) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. (26) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (27) Obituary of son. (28) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (29) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date reported as Apr 29 1862 in "Davis - the Settlers of Salem WV," p. 358. But death record states Mar 30 1861. Note (2) Birthplace given in marriage record as Doddridge County, but birth record shows it to be Harrison County.Name Index