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John Marshall LOWTHER

John Marshall LOWTHER

Male 1851 - 1930  (78 years)

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  • Name John Marshall LOWTHER  [1] 
    Born 5 Jun 1851  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 3 Apr 1930  Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Buried Auburn Community Cemetery, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6] 
    Person ID I28361  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2016 

    Father Archibald LOWTHER,   b. 17 May 1811, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1874, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Charlotta WILLARD,   b. 29 Jan 1813, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1895, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F10742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia K. AMOS,   b. 18 Aug 1852,   d. 24 May 1905, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 12 Dec 1872  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Murphy District), enumerated on Jun 14 1880:
      John M. Lowther, 28, farmer; wife Lydia K, 27; dau Ida Grace, 5; dau Ivy B, 2; Amelia A. Hardin, hired domestic (no relation), 21, single.
    Children 
     1. Ida Grace LOWTHER,   b. 9 Feb 1875,   d. 24 Mar 1954, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Ivy Byrdie LOWTHER,   b. 22 May 1878,   d. 30 Sep 1890  (Age 12 years)
    +3. Amos Claude LOWTHER,   b. 1882,   d. 1944  (Age 62 years)
     4. Lillie LOWTHER,   b. 2 May 1885,   d. 6 Jan 1903  (Age 17 years)
    Family ID F10743  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Annie E. KERSHNER,   b. CA 1862  [8] 
    Married 26 Mar 1908  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F17692  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 227.

    2. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 235.

    4. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    5. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
      "Ritchie County in History & Romance," p. 235, reports his birth-death dates as Jun 1 1852 - 1931. But death record shows his death date to be Apr 3 1930.

    6. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    7. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as John M. Lowther, 20, of Ritchie Co, son of Archibald & Charlotte; and Lydia K. Amos, 20, of Ritchie Co, dau of Henry H. & Malinda. Married Dec 12 1872.

    8. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 236.

    9. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as John M. Lowther, 55, of Ritchie Co; and Mrs. Annie E. Jones, 46, b. West Virginia, res. Ritchie Co. Married Mar 26 1908.