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Andrew Jackson LOWTHER

Andrew Jackson LOWTHER

Male 1833 - 1889  (55 years)

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  • Name Andrew Jackson LOWTHER 
    Born 29 Jun 1833  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Marriage record states birthplace as Wood County, but birth record shows it as Doddridge County.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Residence (SETTLED)  Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Residence ORIGINALLY  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 5 Feb 1889  Cunningham, Chariton Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    Buried Lakeside (formerly ME) Cemetery, Sumner, Chariton Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I36098  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2011 

    Father Alexander J. LOWTHER,   b. 14 Jan 1791, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1864, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Sarah IRELAND,   b. 13 Aug 1796,   d. 23 May 1841  (Age 44 years) 
    Family ID F12065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    Married 9 Aug 1853  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, WV:
      A. J. Lowther, 36; M. J. (female), 24; M. J. (female), 6; S. E. (female), 2; M. A. (female), 1.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Aug 5 1870:
      Andrew J. Lowther, 36, farmer; Margaret J, 33; Martha J, 16; Mary A, 10; Richard A, 8; John A, 6; Willis R, 4; Elizabeth A, 2; Clara L, 9 days.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 29 1880:
      Andrew J. Lowther, 46; wife Margaret J., 43; dau Mary A., 20; son Richard A., 18; son John A., 16; son Willie E., 14; dau Elisabeth A., 12; dau Clara L., 10; son Archibald J., 8; dau Maggie M., 6; son Robert F., 2; son Luther A, one month.

      1900 Census, Linn Co, Missouri (Clay Twp, community of Eversonville), enumerated on Jun 1 1900:
      Margaret J. Lauther, 63, b. Nov 1836 in Va, farmer, widowed, mother of 12 children (10 still living); son Robbert F, 21, b. Jun 1878 in Va, farm laborer, single; son Luther A, 20, b. May 1880 in Va, farm laborer, married under one year; dau-in-law Ella M, 15, b. Oct 1884 in Missouri, married under one year, no children.

      1910 Census, Yamhill Co, Oregon (city of Yamhill), enumerated on Apr 15 1910:
      Margaret J. Louther, 73, b. Va, widowed, mother of 13 children (10 still living); son Luther A, 29, b. WVa, widowed, carpenter (house & barn); granddau Noma (or Nonia), 7, b. Missouri. [5, 11]
    Children 
     1. Martha Jane LOWTHER,   b. 23 Mar 1854, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Samuel Boyd LOWTHER,   b. 12 Oct 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1858  (Age 1 years)
     3. Sarah Amelia LOWTHER,   b. 10 May 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1864  (Age 6 years)
    +4. Mary Athalia "Mollie" LOWTHER,   b. 6 Feb 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1911, Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    +5. Richard Alexander LOWTHER,   b. 16 Jan 1862, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1927, Portland, Multnomah Co, OR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    +6. John A. LOWTHER,   b. 22 Sep 1863, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1949, McMinnville, Yamhill Co, OR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +7. Willie Err LOWTHER,   b. 4 Feb 1866, Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1926, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     8. Elizabeth Alice LOWTHER,   b. 3 Mar 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +9. Clara Luverna LOWTHER,   b. 22 May 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +10. Archibald Jackson LOWTHER,   b. 18 Jul 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1945, Sumner, Chariton Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     11. Margaret "Maggie" May LOWTHER,   b. 26 Sep 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1934, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    +12. Robert Franklin LOWTHER,   b. 23 Jun 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1949, Philomath, Benton Co, OR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +13. Luther Ardenne "Ard" LOWTHER,   b. 6 May 1880, Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1940, Merlin, Josephine Co, OR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
    Family ID F17519  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [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. 456.

    3. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 583.

    4. [S313] The History of Ritchie County, West Virginia to 1980, Lorna Reese Overberg, (Ritchie County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Co, 1980), p. 179.

    5. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

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

    7. [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. 441.

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

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1, p. 37.

    10. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Andrew Jackson Lowther, 20, b. Wood Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Alexander; and Margerite (or Margarett) J. Hickman, 17, b. Wood Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Richard. Married Aug 9 1853.

    11. [S1604] Death record of son.