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Robert L. LOWTHER

Robert L. LOWTHER

Male 1795 - 1856  (60 years)


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  • Name Robert L. LOWTHER
    Birth 24 May 1795  [1] 
    • "History of Ritchie County," p. 13, reports birth date as May 24 1795. But age 60y 10m 2d on headstone calculates to a birth date of Jun-20-1795.
    Gender Male
    Occupation lawyer  [2] 
    Residence From 1830S  Jackson Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Residence UNTIL 1830S  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 22 Apr 1856  Jackson Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Burial Early Settlers (aka Old Ripley) Cemetery, Ripley, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Notes 
    • Robert Lowther was the first resident attorney of Jackson County and helped survey the town of Ripley.
    Person ID I32300  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2011

    Father William LOWTHER,   b. 27 Jan 1769, Moorefield, Hardy Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1857, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Mother Margaret MORRISON,   b. 1 May 1768, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1850 (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F11104  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary "Polly" HATTABAUGH,   b. 2 Nov 1792, Kent Co, DE Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1851 (Age 58 years)  [2]
    Marriage 21 Mar 1815  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • Although Minnie Kendall Lowther in "History of Ritchie County," p. 14, reports their marriage date as about 1809, which would conform to the 1810 birth date that she incorrectly reports for their oldest child Andrew, Harrison County marriage records show that Robert Lowther married Polly Hattabaugh (or Radabaugh or Hallebaugh, the handwritten record being barely legible) on Mar 21 1815. Linder, in "Gibson and Related Families," p. 442, also reports an 1815 marriage date and shows Andrew's birth date as about 1816, conforming to his age 44 given in 1860 Census.
    Children 
    +1. Andrew H. LOWTHER,   b. 1816   d. 1863, Wirt Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    >2. Harriet LOWTHER,   b. 1817   d. 1845 (Age 28 years)
     3. William Wirt LOWTHER,   b. 1820   d. CA 1838, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
     4. Agnes LOWTHER,   b. 1822   d. IN INFANCY
    >5. Minerva LOWTHER,   b. 1823   d. 1901 (Age 78 years)
    >6. Margaret LOWTHER,   b. 1826   d. 1899 (Age 73 years)
     7. Mary LOWTHER,   b. 1828   d. 1899, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     8. Edward Duncan LOWTHER,   b. 1828   d. 1899, Ripley, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F12552  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 13.

    2. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 14.

    3. [S2486] 1850 Census, Jackson County, (W)VA.

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    7. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).