Doddridge County Roots


A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
William George LOWTHER

William George LOWTHER

Male 1839 - 1921  (82 years)


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  • Name William George LOWTHER  [1]
    Birth 11 Feb 1839  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • headstone reads 1838
    Gender Male
    Military Co G, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  [1, 4] 
    Census 1850, 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Residence Fonzo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 24 May 1921  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6, 7] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Person ID I29709  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2016

    Father Archibald LOWTHER,   b. 17 May 1811, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1874, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Mother Charlotta WILLARD,   b. 29 Jan 1813, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1895, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F10742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Emma Jane "Jennie" KENDALL,   b. 22 Nov 1847, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1875, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)  [8]
    Marriage 17 Dec 1866  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    >1. Gertrude "Gertie" LOWTHER,   b. 19 Sep 1867, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1938, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     2. Minnie Kendall LOWTHER,   b. 19 Mar 1869, Fonzo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1947, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    >3. Herbert Stanford LOWTHER,   b. 8 Oct 1871, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1944, Orlando, Orange Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +4. Louie Maude LOWTHER,   b. 3 Nov 1872, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1935, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F11368  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Eleanor MEREDITH,   b. 11 Jan 1848, Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1934, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Marriage 24 Jun 1877  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F16073  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    29709_LOWTHER_WilliamGeorge_1839-1921_DeathCertificate.jpg
    29709_LOWTHER_WilliamGeorge_1839-1921_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 227.

    2. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

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

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

    5. [S1781] Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998)).

    6. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 234.

    7. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    8. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 421.