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Perdilla Ann "Delia" LOWTHER

Perdilla Ann "Delia" LOWTHER

Female 1846 - 1917  (70 years)


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  • Name Perdilla Ann "Delia" LOWTHER  [1]
    Birth 5 Nov 1846  [2, 3] 
    • 1900 Census states birth date as Nov 1845, but death record and obituary show it as Nov 5 1846.
    Gender Female
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 21 Jul 1917  Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7] 
    Burial Blandville Cemetery, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I30325  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2011

    Father Henderson B. LOWTHER,   b. CA 1814, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Rebecca STOUT,   b. CA 1815   d. 17 Apr 1909, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 94 years)
    Family ID F7766  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Richard C. BLAND,   b. 22 Dec 1848, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1926, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Marriage 28 Jan 1867  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton Twp):
      Richard C. Bland, 21, farmer; Perdilia A. Bland, 24; Harvey S. Bland, 2; Sarah R. Bland, 1; Rebecca Lowther, 53; James Bland, 16; John D. S. Bland, 13, b. Ohio.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District):
      Richard C. Bland, 31, farmer; wife Verdilla, 32; son Harvey, 12; dau Sarah, 10; son Clarence, 8; son William, 6; son Harry, 4; son Okey, 3; dau Iva, 7 mo, b. Oct.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District):
      Richard C. Bland, 52, b. May 1848, married 32 yrs; wife Perdilla, 54, b. Nov 1845, mother of 13 children (11 still living); dau Iva, 20, b. Sep 1879; dau Myrtle, 18, b. Aug 1881; son Clay, 13, b. Oct 1886; son Clyde, 11, b. Apr 1889; son Oakey, 22, b. Aug 1877, married under one year; dau-in-law Lucy, 21, b. Sep 1878, no children.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated in Apr 1910:
      Richard C. Bland, 61, farmer, b. W.Va, father b. Pa, mother b. U.S, married 43 yrs; wife Perdilla A, 63, mother of 13 children (8 (9?) still living); dau Ivy, 29, single; son Clay J, 22, single.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co WV (Greenbrier District):
      Myrtle Greathouse, 38, widowed; father Richard C. Bland, 72, widowed; niece Bertie, 13.
    Children 
     1. Harvey BLAND,   b. 1 Aug 1867   d. 29 Mar 1896 (Age 28 years)
    +2. Sarah Rebecca BLAND,   b. 15 Aug 1869, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1947, Belpre, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +3. Clarence Todd BLAND,   b. 9 Jun 1871   d. 22 Sep 1911, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     4. William BLAND,   b. CA 1874
    +5. Harry Silas BLAND,   b. 9 Nov 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jul 1908 (Age 33 years)
    >6. Okey BLAND,   b. 17 Aug 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1951, Indian River Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    +7. Iva BLAND,   b. 16 Sep 1879   d. 9 Oct 1955, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    >8. Myrtle G. BLAND,   b. Aug 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1965, Torrance, Westmoreland Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 84 years)
     9. Lola BLAND,   b. CA 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 2 years)
     10. Mollie BLAND,   b. Feb 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
    +11. Clay John BLAND,   b. 13 Oct 1886, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1961, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    +12. Clyde Cecil BLAND,   b. 30 Apr 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1967 (Age 78 years)
     13. Ray BLAND,   b. 5 Nov 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F11668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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    30325_BLAND_PerdillaLowther_1846-1917_DeathCertificate.jpg    		30325_BLAND_PerdillaLowther_1846-1917_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S340] Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991), p. 456.

    2. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    3. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    4. [S14] Obituary.

    5. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    6. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.
      There are two entries for this death on the same ledger page: (1) Perdillia A. Bland, white female, married, age 70y 8m 16d, occupation farmer's wife, d. Jul 21 1917 in Blandville, cause of death dropsy; informant: A. J. Osborne, undertaker. (2) Perdilla A. Bland, white female, married, age 70y 8m 16d, occupation house keeper, d. Jul 21 1917 in New Milton, cause of death necrosis of liver; informant: H. E. Hutson, M.D.

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

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 148 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791626&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Richard C. Bland, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of William & Sarah, occup farmer; and Perdilla A. Lowther, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Henderson B. & Rebecca. Married Jan 28 1867. (Note: Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as October 1866. Wes Cochran's "Doddridge County Marriages" incorrectly reports bride's stated age as 26.)