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William Dark LOWTHER

William Dark LOWTHER

Male 1802 - 1850  (47 years)


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  • Name William Dark LOWTHER  [1]
    Birth 23 Nov 1802  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Occupation minister  [3] 
    Residence (SETTLED)  Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Residence FORMERLY  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 27 Mar 1850  Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Barber Ridge Cemetery, Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I32405  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2018

    Father Major Elias LOWTHER,   b. 16 Sep 1776, West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1845, Staunton, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Mother Rebecca COBURN,   b. 11 Dec 1779, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1850, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F11106  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth DOTSON,   b. CA 1805, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1867 (Age ~ 62 years)  [2]
    Marriage 25 Feb 1825  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Notes 
    • Don Norman's "The Descendants of Robert Lowther" reports the marriage of William Dark Lowther and Elizabeth Dotson on Feb 25 1825, which is confirmed through marriage records. But the only issue of that marriage is reported as daughters Mary J. (b. ca 1839) and Phebe (b. ca 1843), for which no basis has been found. This was likely the result of confusion with the family of William H. Lowther (b. ca 1805, son of Jesse C. Lowther & Phebe Cunningham) and Elizabeth Reese, who were married in 1837. The only known children of that William & Elizabeth Lowther, from census records, are Mary J. (b. ca 1839) and Phebe (b. ca 1843).

      Some researchers have reported the birthplace of William Dark Lowther as New York, but that is inconsistent with the records. His father is known to have been born in present-day West Virginia and to have raised his family there. William Dark Lowther is known from Family Bible records to have been born on Nov-23-1802, is known to have moved to Ohio not long after his 1825 marriage, and is known from his gravestone in Monroe County, Ohio to have died on Mar-27-1850. The confusion of his birthplace most likely arises from another William Lowther, born ca 1802 in New York, who appeared in the 1850 Census of Mercer County, Illinois with the following family members: Eliza, 43, b. NY; Henry, 17, b. Ohio; Julia, 13, b. Illinois; Salinda, 4. b. Illinois. In 1860, the same family was found in the village of Moline, Rock Island Co, Illinois: Wm. H. Lather [sic], 52, b. NY, shingle packer; wife Eliza A, 47, b. NY; Augusta A, 18, seamstress; Salinda L, 15; Henry J, 28, b. Ohio, and his wife Cyrithia, 20, b. Missouri; Ira Waterman, 32, and his wife Inlia F, 22. The relationship of that William H. Lowther with the Lowthers of this genealogy is not known. His son Henry is known from his death record to have been born May-10-1833 in Ohio, and to have died on Oct-19-1910 in Kirksville, Missouri.

      1850 Census, Monroe Co, Ohio (Wayne Twp), enumerated on Sep 26 1850:
      Elizabeth Louther, 45; Johnathan, 19; Mary, 15; William, 11; Elias, 7; Sarah, 6. All born in Ohio except for Elizabeth, born in Virginia.

      No census record for Elizabeth was found for 1860. Their son Elias Luther [sic] was found in the household of Henry Winland, 22.
    Children 
     1. Johnathan LOWTHER,   b. CA 1831, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Mary Ann LOWTHER,   b. CA 1835
     3. William LOWTHER,   b. CA 1839, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Elias LOWTHER,   b. CA 1843, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Sarah LOWTHER,   b. CA 1844, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F19119  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Barber Ridge Cemetery, Monroe Co, Ohio    		Barber Ridge Cemetery, Monroe Co, Ohio
    Barber Ridge Cemetery, Monroe Co, Ohio    		Barber Ridge Cemetery, Monroe Co, Ohio

    Documents
    Harrison County (W)VA Marriage Record, Feb 25 1825    		Harrison County (W)VA Marriage Record, Feb 25 1825

  • Sources 
    1. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 249.

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

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    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. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=41117&Type=Marriage.

    7. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).
      Identified as William D. Lowther and Elizabeth Dotson. Married Feb 25 1825.