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Sarah E. LOWTHER

Sarah E. LOWTHER

Female 1845 - 1891  (46 years)

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  • Name Sarah E. LOWTHER 
    Born 2 Jun 1845  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 20 Jul 1891  [1] 
    Buried Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • Headstone reads: Sarah E., wife of A. B. Sommerville, and wife of W. S. Chapman.
    Person ID I36086  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2011 

    Father William Ireland "Willie" LOWTHER,   b. 27 Aug 1818, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1904, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Caroline Virginia MITCHELL,   b. 20 Oct 1820,   d. 15 Sep 1885  (Age 64 years) 
    Family ID F12568  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ambrose Bray SOMMERVILLE,   b. 17 Nov 1838,   d. 13 Jan 1887  (Age 48 years)  [3] 
    Married 23 Jun 1869  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F14297  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Winfield Scott CHAPMAN,   b. 12 Oct 1849, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1927, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 6 May 1888  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F27912  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    3. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 350.

    4. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    5. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Ambrose B. Sommerville, 28, of Doddridge Co, son of Alexander & Mary W.; and Sarah E. Lowther, 24, of Ritchie Co, dau of William J. [sic] & Caroline V. Married Jun 23 1869.

    6. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as W. S. Chapman, widowed, 38, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Sarah E. Sommerville, widowed, 42, of Ritchie Co. Married May 6 1888.