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John C. LOWTHER

John C. LOWTHER

Male 1804 - 1858  (53 years)

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  • Name John C. LOWTHER 
    Born 21 Aug 1804  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation physician  [4] 
    Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 4 Feb 1858  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Buried Jackson Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Person ID I32331  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2009 

    Father Robert LOWTHER,   b. 1 Oct 1765, Hardy Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1832, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Catherine CAIN,   b. 27 Oct 1766, Albemarle Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1851, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F11103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth PRITCHARD,   b. 5 Jul 1810,   d. 10 Jun 1886  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 10 Feb 1833  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 15 1850:
      John C. Lowther, 46, physician; Elizabeth, 40; Evan, 16; Catharine, 13; Susan, 12; Columbia, 10; Ellen B, 7; India E, 2.

      1860 Census, Harrison Co, (W)VA, city of Clarksburg:
      Elizabeth Lowther, 48, seamstress; Susan A. Lowther, 21, schoolteacher; Mary C. Lowther, 19; Ellen B. Lowther, 16; India E. Lowther, 11; Daniel James, 27, druggist; George Earnest, 27, gunsmith; James J. Pritchard, 26; William Johnson, 22, cooper; Rebecca Cain, 25.
      (Note: It is unclear who this Rebecca Cain (b. ca 1835) might be. Rebecca Lowther Cain (b. 1824), the first cousin once removed of Elizabeth Pritchard Lowther's husband, was enumerated in this census with her husband Edmund in Doddridge County. Regarding George Earnest, this is the George H. Ernest (1832-1905) who moved to Ohio, married Louisa Bevitt and is buried at Ferncliff Cemetery in Springfield, Ohio. It is likely, but not proven, that he was related to the noted gunsmith William H. Earnest (b. ca 1833) of Doddridge County who settled in Parkersburg.) [7]
    Children 
     1. Evan F. LOWTHER,   b. CA 1833, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Dec 1906  (Age ~ 73 years)
     2. William Leonidas LOWTHER,   b. 24 Oct 1835,   d. 9 Oct 1847  (Age 11 years)
     3. Catherine V. LOWTHER,   b. CA 1836, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Susan A. LOWTHER,   b. CA 1838, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Mary Columbia LOWTHER,   b. 28 May 1840, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1919, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     6. Ellen B. LOWTHER,   b. 9 Sep 1843,   d. 11 Sep 1871  (Age 28 years)
     7. India E. LOWTHER,   b. CA 1847
    Family ID F12560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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. [S340] The Gibson and Related Families, Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991), p. 437.

    3. [S2269] Cemeteries of Clark District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV).

    4. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 10.

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

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

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