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James Harrison LOWTHER

James Harrison LOWTHER

Male 1820 - 1889  (68 years)

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  • Name James Harrison LOWTHER 
    Born 20 Nov 1820  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1868  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1860, 1870, 1880  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Died 18 Jul 1889  Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Lewis Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 3 1860:
      James H. Lowther, 39, farmer; Margaret B, 36; Melvina, 10; Melville, 8; Mary A, 7; Lloyd, 6; Jacob, 4; Jesse, 2; Emily S, 5 months.

      1870 Census, Lewis Co, WV:
      Harrison Lowther, 48; Dorcas, 42; Melvil, 19; Mary A., 17; Loyd, 15; Jacob, 14; Jesse, 12; Susan, 11; Margaret, 9; Amanda J., 6; Charlie, 3; and Mahala Hevner, 52.

      1880 Census, Lewis Co, WV (Collins Settlement District), enumerated in June 1880:
      Harrison Lowther, 60, farmer; wife Dorcas, 51; dau Margret H, 17; dau Manda J, 16; son Charles, 13.
    Person ID I46524  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Jun 2010 

    Father Jesse G. LOWTHER,   b. 27 Feb 1790,   d. 25 Aug 1870, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Nancy SWISHER,   b. 10 Feb 1794,   d. 6 Apr 1840  (Age 46 years) 
    Family ID F12557  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret B. HARDWAY,   b. CA 1824, Pendleton Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1867, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years)  [4, 5, 6] 
    Married 21 Nov 1847  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Genette LOWTHER,   b. 21 Nov 1848,   d. 24 Nov 1848  (Age 0 years)
     2. Melvina LOWTHER,   b. 18 May 1850
    +3. Melville H. LOWTHER,   b. 13 Dec 1851,   d. 21 Feb 1942, Hettie, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     4. Mary Alice LOWTHER,   b. 29 Mar 1853,   d. 9 Jan 1941, Hettie, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. Lloyd LOWTHER,   b. 5 Jun 1854, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Jacob P. LOWTHER,   b. 27 Jan 1856, Braxton Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1943  (Age 87 years)
    +7. Jesse Minter LOWTHER,   b. 4 Feb 1858, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1937, Hettie, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     8. Emily Susan LOWTHER,   b. CA 1859, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Margaret LOWTHER,   b. CA 1861
     10. Amanda J. LOWTHER,   b. CA 1864
    +11. Charles Vernon LOWTHER,   b. 21 Mar 1867, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1955  (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F19010  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Dorcas LOUGH,   b. CA 1827, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1891, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Married 22 May 1868  Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Family ID F19072  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    1870 Census, Lewis Co WV    		1870 Census, Lewis Co WV
    999999_LOWTHER_1850Census_HarrisonCoVA.jpg    		1850 Census, Harrison Co, (W)VA

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

    2. [S1985] Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV.

    3. [S2046] Braxton County Death Records, Sutton, WV.
      Identified as Harrison Lowther, age 68, d. Jul 19 1889, cause of death "cholera morbus," informant M. Skinner, son-in-law.

    4. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    5. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    6. [S1604] Death record of son.

    7. [S1985] Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV.
      Identified as Harrison Lowther, widowed, farmer, 46, b. Harrison Co, res. Lewis Co, son of Jesse G. & Nancy; and Dorcas Lough, single, 41, b. Lewis Co, res. Braxton Co, dau of Adam & Mary. Married May 22 1868.

    8. [S2069] Braxton County WV Marriages 1836-1875, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101).