Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Archibald LOWTHER / Charlotta WILLARD (F10742)

m. 26 Dec 1834


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  • Archibald LOWTHERFather | Male
    Archibald LOWTHER

    Born  17 May 1811  West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  29 Oct 1874  Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  26 Dec 1834  [1]  Monongalia Co, (W)VA  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  William LOWTHER | F11104 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Margaret MORRISON | F11104 Group Sheet 

    Charlotta WILLARDMother | Female
    Charlotta WILLARD

    Born  29 Jan 1813  Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Apr 1895  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  George WILLARD | F17423 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth HUME | F17423 Group Sheet 

    Elizabeth Jane LOWTHERChild 1 | Female
    Elizabeth Jane LOWTHER

    Born  16 Aug 1836   
    Died  19 Jan 1853   
    Buried    Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    William George LOWTHERChild 2 | Male
    William George LOWTHER

    Born  11 Feb 1839  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 May 1921  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Emma Jane "Jennie" KENDALL | F11368 
    Married  17 Dec 1866  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Eleanor MEREDITH | F16073 
    Married  24 Jun 1877  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Margaret Clarissa LOWTHERChild 3 | Female
    Margaret Clarissa LOWTHER

    Born  1840  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1905   
    Buried  (UNMARKED)  Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Thomas Emmett NUTTER | F12068 
    Married  15 Nov 1864  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Alexander S. LOWTHERChild 4 | Male
    Alexander S. LOWTHER

    Born  1 Jun 1842  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  4 Jun 1917   
    Buried    Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Peabody, Marion Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Ann NUTTER | F12273 
    Married  2 Nov 1865  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Robert LOWTHERChild 5 | Male
    Robert LOWTHER

    Born  3 Apr 1844   
    Died  7 Feb 1850   
    Buried    Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    John Marshall LOWTHERChild 6 | Male
    John Marshall LOWTHER

    Born  5 Jun 1851  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  3 Apr 1930  Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Lydia K. AMOS | F10743 
    Married  12 Dec 1872  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Annie E. KERSHNER | F17692 
    Married  26 Mar 1908  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Sarah Ann LOWTHERChild 7 | Female
    Sarah Ann LOWTHER

    Born  23 Feb 1854   
    Died  9 Sep 1917  Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Charles W. LEGGETT | F10036 
    Married  8 Jun 1876  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia) (Western District), enumerated on Sep 5 1850:
      Archo Lowther, 39, farmer, value of real estate $1500; Charlotte, 27 (sic); Eliz. J., 14; Wm. G., 11; Margaret, 10; Alex, 8; Wm., 81, farmer; Rebecca, 48. All born in Virginia except for Charlotte, born in Pennsylvania.

      1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 20 1860:
      Archibald Lowther, 49, farmer, value of real estate $3000, value of personal estate $982; Charlotte, 49; Wm. G., 21; Margaret, 20; Alexr, 18; John M, 8; Sarah A, 6; Rebecca, 57.

      1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union Twp, Harrisville Post Office), enumerated on Jun 30 1870:
      Archibald Lowther, 59, farmer, value of real estate $3000, value of personal estate $675; Charlotte, 58, cannot write; John M, 17, attended school within the year; Sarah A, 16, attended school within the year; Rebecca, 67, cannot write. Birthplaces of all given as "Virginia now W.Va.," except for Charlotte, born in Pennsylvania. [2]

    Married:
    • Don Norman reports marriage as Sep 23 1834 in Ritchie Co.

  • Sources 
    1. [S340] The Gibson and Related Families, Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991).
      citing Monongalia County Marriage Book 2, p. 585. Bond date Dec 19 1834, marriage date Dec 23 1834. Minnie Kendall Lowther, in "History of Ritchie County," p. 227, gives marriage date as Sep 23 1834.

    2. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.