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Elizabeth "Betsy" LOWTHER

Elizabeth "Betsy" LOWTHER

Female 1810 - 1859  (48 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth "Betsy" LOWTHER 
    Born 8 Oct 1810  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Don Norman has birth date ca 1805, but Linder (p. 447) has it ca 1810. Age 40 in 1850 Census puts it at about 1810.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 10 Apr 1859  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I32376  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2011 

    Father Jesse LOWTHER,   b. 21 Jul 1773, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1854, West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann RAGAN,   b. 25 Dec 1770, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1857, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F11101  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Conrad KESTER,   b. 1803, Rockingham Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1892  (Age 89 years)  [3, 5, 6] 
    Married 20 Jun 1830  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
    +1. Marcellus J. KESTER,   b. Nov 1830, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1913  (Age ~ 82 years)
     2. Mary A. KESTER,   b. CA 1833
     3. Jerome KESTER,   b. 10 Apr 1834,   d. 26 Jun 1920  (Age 86 years)
     4. Amanda E. KESTER,   b. CA 1836,   d. 1920  (Age ~ 84 years)
    +5. Newton C. KESTER,   b. 31 May 1841,   d. 13 Oct 1922  (Age 81 years)
     6. Eliza A. (Lyda) KESTER,   b. 1844,   d. 1909  (Age 65 years)
     7. Helen Olivia KESTER,   b. 1847, Weston, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1923, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     8. Dora Virginia KESTER,   b. CA 1849
     9. Wilmot KESTER
     10. (Unnamed child) KESTER,   b. 16 Feb 1856,   d. 22 Dec 1856, Weston, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F12576  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2122] 1850 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA.

    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. 447.

    3. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    4. [S1631] Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, DR p. 29.
      Identified as Betsey Kester, white female, wife of C. Kester, born in Harrison County, dau of Jesse & Mary Louther; died Apr 10 1859 in Lewis County, age 48y 6m 2d, cause of death unknown. Informant: C. Kester, husband. (Note: Don Norman's "Descendants of Robert Lowther" incorrectly reports death date as Jun 12 1902.)

    5. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 16.

    6. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

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