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Chester Willis LOWTHER

Chester Willis LOWTHER

Male 1894 - 1983  (89 years)

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  • Name Chester Willis LOWTHER 
    Born 1 Jan 1894  Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Military World War I  [4] 
    Occupation 1919  [4] 
    Bell Telephone Co. 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [5] 
    foreman for telephone company 
    Occupation 1942  [1] 
    Monongahela Railway Co, Brownsville, PA 
    Residence Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Residence 1942  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    Died Mar 1983  [3] 
    Person ID I47498  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2012 

    Father Varnum Bailey LOWTHER,   b. 5 Aug 1867, Freeborn Co, MN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1950, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Eva Elizabeth WILLIS,   b. 12 Mar 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1952, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F16657  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ella M. KING,   b. 3 May 1892,   d. 10 Aug 1942, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Ruth E. LOWTHER,   b. CA 1923
    Family ID F19422  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Jan 1894 - Market, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1942 - Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2508] World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 185.

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S2601] Doddridge County Republican, 3/13/1919.

    5. [S2153] 1930 Census, Taylor County, WV.

    6. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    7. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    8. [S1588] Death record of wife.