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Lydia K. AMOS

Lydia K. AMOS

Female 1852 - 1905  (52 years)


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  • Name Lydia K. AMOS
    Birth 18 Aug 1852  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 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  [4] 
    Death 24 May 1905  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6] 
    Burial Auburn Community Cemetery, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Person ID I28362  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Jul 2010

    Father Henry H. AMOS,   b. Jul 1817   d. 24 Jul 1889, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
    Mother Malinda REX,   b. 14 Jul 1822   d. 7 Oct 1891, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F10744  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Marshall LOWTHER,   b. 5 Jun 1851, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Apr 1930, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Marriage 12 Dec 1872  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    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

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    4. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 320.

    5. [S1736] Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV.

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

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

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

    9. [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.