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Amanda Columbia BURTON

Amanda Columbia BURTON

Female 1849 - 1937  (88 years)


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  • Name Amanda Columbia BURTON
    Birth 8 Feb 1849  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1874  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920, 1930  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Rush Fork, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 16 Dec 1937  Rush Fork, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • Obituary reports death date as Dec 16 1937, while death record states Dec 17 1937. Obituary specifies funeral services as "10:30 a.m. Saturday." She was the youngest of ten children.
    Burial Hurst Cemetery, Rush Fork, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I40616  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2018

    Father James BURTON,   b. CA 1801
    Mother Mariah RICHARDS,   b. 31 Aug 1805   d. 6 Nov 1890, Leopold, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F16244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George W. LOWTHER,   b. 2 Mar 1849   d. 7 May 1931, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [6]
    Marriage 17 Dec 1874  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District), enumerated on Apr 17 1930:
      George W. Lowther, 81, farmer; wife Manda C, 81; dau Mary L, 44, single; boarder Roy Lowther, 20, single.
    Children 
     1. Emma Lura LOWTHER,   b. 26 Apr 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
    +2. Sarah A. LOWTHER,   b. May 1879   d. 3 Nov 1959 (Age ~ 80 years)
    +3. Clara B. LOWTHER,   b. CA 1882
     4. Verna Lou LOWTHER,   b. 26 Jun 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1965, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     5. John Wesley LOWTHER   d. Bef Dec 1937
    +6. Francis Charlotte "Lottie" LOWTHER,   b. 26 Feb 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1967, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F16243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.
      She was the youngest of ten children, and had lived all her life within a few miles of her birthplace.

    2. [S1739] Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989)).

    3. [S14] Obituary.

    4. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    5. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    6. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    7. [S1739] Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989)).
      Identified as G. W. Lowther, 25, b. Doddridge Co, res. Gilmer Co; and A. C. Burton, 25, b. Doddridge Co, res. Gilmer Co. Married Dec 17 1874.