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Mary Athalia "Mollie" LOWTHER

Mary Athalia "Mollie" LOWTHER

Female 1860 - 1911  (51 years)

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  • Name Mary Athalia "Mollie" LOWTHER  [1
    Born 6 Feb 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation teacher  [1
    Residence Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Died 24 Mar 1911  Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Cause: cancer 
    Buried Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8
    Notes 
    • In 1887, Mollie Lowther went to be with her parents, Andrew Jackson and Margaret Lowther, who lived in Sumner, Missouri. Afther three years, Mollie returned to Parkersburg, WV, where she and Floyd Childers were married. [9]
    Person ID I20821  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Jun 2017 

    Father Andrew Jackson LOWTHER,   b. 29 Jun 1833, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1889, Cunningham, Chariton Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Margaret Jane HICKMAN,   b. 24 Nov 1836, Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1918, Portland, Multnomah Co, OR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F17519  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Floyd Neely CHILDERS,   b. 22 Aug 1860,   d. 3 Jul 1918  (Age 57 years)  [10, 11
    Married 12 Mar 1890  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 12
    Children 
     1. Muriel F. CHILDERS,   b. 3 Oct 1892,   d. 10 Oct 1896, Toms Fork, Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
    +2. Margaret Pearl CHILDERS,   b. 17 Oct 1899, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1951, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F7673  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Mollie Lowther & Floyd N. Childers on their wedding day
    Mollie Lowther & Floyd N. Childers on their wedding day

    Documents
    20821_CHILDERS_MollieLowther_1860-1911_Obit.jpg
    20821_CHILDERS_MollieLowther_1860-1911_Obit.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 101.

    2. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/doddridge/vitals/birth.txt.

    3. [S14] Obituary.

    4. [S2077] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    5. [S1981] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV.

    6. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    7. [S1752] Obituary - At home.
      Location and date of death specified as "at her home near Market Friday evening March 25 1911." But March 25th in 1911 fell on a Saturday. Doddridge County death records show the death date as March 24 1911, which would have been the Friday mentioned in the obituary.

    8. [S2550] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    9. [S2092] Ellen Lowther Filler, Pollock, ID .

    10. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    11. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    12. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, MR p. 221.
      Identified as Floyd Neeley (sic) Childers, 29, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Mary A. Lowther, 30, b. Doddridge Co, res. Sheridan Co Missouri. Married Mar 12 1890 by minister J. S. Sims at "Mr. Johnston's in Parkersburg, W. Va."