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Lydia KNIGHT

Lydia KNIGHT

Female 1811 - 1900  (89 years)

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  • Name Lydia KNIGHT 
    Born 1811  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 12 Jun 1900  West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Buried Old Lowther Cemetery, West Milford-Muttontown Rd, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I32335  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2009 

    Family James K. LOWTHER,   b. 1806,   d. 1902  (Age 96 years)  [6] 
    Married 20 Sep 1834  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Children 
     1. Talitha LOWTHER,   b. CA 1829,   d. 25 Feb 1910, Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)
    +2. James Allen LOWTHER,   b. 24 Jul 1834, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1885  (Age 50 years)
    +3. Gustavus A. LOWTHER,   b. 15 Aug 1838,   d. 22 Sep 1907  (Age 69 years)
     4. Drusilla C. LOWTHER,   b. 27 Sep 1840,   d. 7 Sep 1926, Union District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     5. Harriett V. LOWTHER,   b. 1844,   d. 1917  (Age 73 years)
     6. Mary E. LOWTHER,   b. CA 1848
    Family ID F12561  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.
      There are two entries for this death in two different ledger books. On page 200 of one book: Lydia Lowther, age 89, born in 1811, dau of Augusta & Mary (last names not given), wife of James Lowther; died Jun 12 1900 in Harrison County, cause of death diabetes; informant: D. C. Lowther. On page 115 of another book: Lydia Lowther, age 91, married, b. in Harrison Co; died Jun 12 1900 in West Milford, cause of death paralysis, burial in West Milford.

    4. [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), p. 438.

    5. [S2247] Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990)).

    6. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 11.

    7. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).

    8. [S1823] The Descendants of Robert Lowther, Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm).