Notes for: Rachel Ann Lowther

Survivors listed in obituary of Rachel Lowther Reed included brother Sylvester Lowther and children Mrs. Sarah Husk of Oxford, Mrs. Mae Reed and Nora Price of West Union, Mrs. Zannie Reed, Mrs. Rebecca Deams of Charleston, John Reed of Central Station, and Henry Reed of West Union. [West Union Herald, 1/12/1939]

1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 23 1880:
William Reed, 27, farm laborer, cannot read/write; wife Rachel A, 24, cannot write; dau Sarah C, 6; dau Mary E, 4; dau Arrena C, 2.

1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 9 1900:
Rachel Ann Reed, head of household, 44, b. Nov 1855, married 24 yrs, mother of 12 children (10 still living); dau Irena C, 21, b. Oct 1878; dau Rebecca J, 19, b. Nov 1880; dau Nora Gay, 15, b. Jan 1885; dau Flossy L, 10, b. Feb 1890; son John S, 13, b. May 1887; dau Zona A, 8, b. Aug 1891; son William Amos, 5, b. Apr 1895, dau Melissa A, 3, b. Jan 1897; granddaughter Minnie Jane, 1, b. Mar 1899.

1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on May 2 1910:
William Reed, 63, farmer, married 33 yrs; wife Rachel, 55, mother of 12 children (10 still living); dau Lozinau (?) Reed, 21, married 3 yrs, mother of one child (still living), son Henry Reed, 16; son-in-law Isaac Reed, 25, farmer; grandson Curtis, 2.