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Elias J. LOWTHER

Elias J. LOWTHER

Male 1801 - 1877  (76 years)


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  • Name Elias J. LOWTHER
    Birth 1 Jan 1801  Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Neal's Island
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Wirt Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 27 Feb 1877  Palestine, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Burial Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery, Palestine, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 4 1850:
      Elias Lowther, 49, farmer; Salina, 38; Jesse, 21; Henry, 19; John, 17; McDuffey, 15; Granville, 13; Camilla, 11; Thomas, 8; Columbia, 6; Mary, 3; Elias, 2.
      In the adjacent household were: Jesse Lowther, 77, and Mary Lowther, 79.

      1860 Census, Wirt Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 16 1860:
      Elias J. Lowther, 58, laborer; Salina, 48; McDuff, 25; Hermillus, 20; Thomas S, 18; Columbia, 15; Mary M, 13; Elias E, 11; Sarina, 9; William A, 5.
    Person ID I32382  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2017

    Father Jesse LOWTHER,   b. 21 Jul 1773, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 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 locationd. 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 Salina MCWHORTER,   b. 22 Oct 1811, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1881, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [2, 6]
    Marriage 17 Jul 1828  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
    +1. Jesse LOWTHER,   b. 9 Apr 1829
    +2. Henry Marcellus LOWTHER,   b. 22 Oct 1830   d. Jan 1917 (Age 86 years)
    +3. John McWhorter LOWTHER,   b. 5 Sep 1832   d. 14 May 1863, Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
    +4. McDuffie (twin) LOWTHER,   b. 16 Apr 1834   d. 3 Jul 1873 (Age 39 years)
     5. Calhoun (twin) LOWTHER,   b. 16 Apr 1834   d. 1835 (Age 0 years)
    +6. Granville S. LOWTHER,   b. 6 Nov 1836   d. 20 Mar 1920 (Age 83 years)
    >7. Camillus LOWTHER,   b. 9 Jul 1839, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1902 (Age 62 years)
    >8. Thomas Newton LOWTHER,   b. 24 Dec 1841   d. 10 Feb 1904 (Age 62 years)
    >9. Columbia Virginia LOWTHER,   b. 24 Jul 1844   d. 27 Oct 1906 (Age 62 years)
    >10. Mary Matilda LOWTHER,   b. 17 Sep 1846   d. 1908 (Age 61 years)
    +11. Elias Hughes LOWTHER,   b. 5 Nov 1848, Mason Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1888 (Age 39 years)
    +12. Celina Jane LOWTHER,   b. 28 May 1851, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1923, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +13. William Alexander Harrison LOWTHER,   b. 20 Dec 1854, Wirt Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F12579  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1823] Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm).

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

    3. [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).

    4. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 17.

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    7. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).
      Identified as Elias J. Lowther and Celina McWhorter. Married Jul 17 1828. Don Norman identifies her as Rebecca McWhorter, basis for which is unknown.