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Jesse LOWTHER

Jesse LOWTHER

Male 1823 - 1909  (86 years)


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  • Name Jesse LOWTHER
    Birth 29 Mar 1823  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence UNTIL 1865  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1880  Edgar Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Residence Chrisman, Edgar Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 12 Oct 1909 
    Burial Woodland Cemetery, Chrisman, Edgar Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • From "The History of Edgar County, Illinois," published in 1879, p. 631:
      "Jesse Lowther, farmer, S. 30; P.O. Cherry Point City; born in Harrison, now known as Ritchie Co., West Va., March 29 1823, where he lived and engaged in farming until 1865, when, selling his farm in West Virginia, he emigrated West and located on Cec. 30, Ross Tp., Edgar Co., Ill., where he has since continued to live; he owns 160 acres of well-improved land in his home farm, and has an interest in eighty acres more, which he has secured by his own hard labor and industry; living in West Virginia during the late rebellion, and being a strong Union man, the inconveniences and persecutions which he suffered from his outspoken sympathies and heartfelt interest in the success of the Union army, led him to look for a new location, where he could settle quietly, free from the above persecutions; coming West, he selected his present place, which at that time was unimproved; he has improved it since that time until it is second to none in the township. He was married Dec. 25, 1845, to Hannah Leeson; she was born in West Virginia March 27 1827; they are the parents of eleven children now living, viz., Granville, Mary J., Elizabeth, Nancy, Rosetta, Charles L., Sarah A., Rachel, William A., Virginia and Arminta."

      His son, the Rev. Granville Lowther, D.D., wrote in 1907:
      "My father, Jesse Lowther, was a man of smaller stature, about five feet ten inches high, but very quick and muscular. He is now living at the age of eighty-four years and is still strong. He, too, was of the pioneer type, who knew no defeat and acknowledged no superior. He was captain of Virginia Militia upon the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. Excitement ran high and many reports of raids and invasions from the Confederates were rife. The colonel had ordered his regiment to West Union, West Virginia to meet a supposed enemy and to guard the town. My father mounted a horse and rode it down, gathering his company. He rode a second horse down getting equipment and necessary preparations for the journey and camp. Then they started on a forced march of eight miles across the hills to West Union. When about half-way, they were met by the colonel on horseback, who in anger and excitement commanded: 'Quick step. Run into town.' My father retorted 'Run yourself. We will be there to assist in any fight you may have on hand when we arrive.' This was insubordination, but he had inherited the spirit of his ancestors and brooked no intolerance, even from his commandant."
      (Above quote from "Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia from 1768 to 1795 ... " by Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, 1915, page 271.)
    Person ID I36099  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2009

    Father Alexander J. LOWTHER,   b. 14 Jan 1791, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1864, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Mother Sarah IRELAND,   b. 13 Aug 1796   d. 23 May 1841 (Age 44 years)
    Family ID F12065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah LEESON,   b. 27 Mar 1827, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1911, Chrisman, Edgar Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Marriage 25 Dec 1845  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Children 
    +1. Granville LOWTHER,   b. 19 Jan 1848, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1933, Seattle, King Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    +2. Mary Jane "Molly" LOWTHER,   b. 20 Dec 1849, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1928, El Campo, Wharton Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    >3. Elizabeth "Lib" LOWTHER,   b. 22 May 1851, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1916, Allerton, Vermilion Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    >4. Nancy "Nannie" LOWTHER,   b. 15 Jan 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1934, Chrisman, Edgar Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     5. Marion LOWTHER,   b. 10 Jul 1855, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1860 (Age 5 years)
    >6. Rosetta LOWTHER,   b. 1 Apr 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1929, Danville, Vermilion Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    >7. Charles Lewis LOWTHER,   b. 1 Oct 1857, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1927, Madras, Jefferson Co, OR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +8. Sarah Ann LOWTHER,   b. 5 May 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1904 (Age 43 years)
    >9. Rachel LOWTHER,   b. 16 Dec 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1950, Madras, Jefferson Co, OR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    +10. William Alexander LOWTHER,   b. 8 Nov 1865, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1895 (Age 29 years)
    >11. Virginia "Jenny" LOWTHER,   b. 27 Jan 1868, Edgar Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1958 (Age 90 years)
    >12. Arminta "Mintie" LOWTHER,   b. 8 Mar 1872, Chrisman, Edgar Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1942, Chrisman, Edgar Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F17626  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S2133] The History of Edgar County, Illinois, (Wm. LeBaron Jr. & Co, Chicago IL (1879)), p. 631.

    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. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    4. [S1710] 1880 Census.

    5. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 583.

    6. [S145] Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, (Daamen, Inc. (1982)), p. 30.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1, p. 1.

    8. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).