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Leona Blanche LOWTHER

Leona Blanche LOWTHER

Female 1885 - 1918  (32 years)

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  • Name Leona Blanche LOWTHER  [1, 2] 
    Born 2 Jul 1885  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1910  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 26 Mar 1918  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Cause: tuberculosis 
    Buried Michael (aka Oxford M.P.) Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I41294  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2014 

    Father Wilson B. LOWTHER,   b. 22 Aug 1857, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1897, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Lucia Helen Hale GRAY,   b. 9 Apr 1859, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1944, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F15626  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John George MICHAEL,   b. 10 Jul 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1967, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 27 Oct 1904  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • Local news item, front page of the "West Union Record," Thursday, Apr 18 1918, in its entirety:
      "The wells drilled by the West Virginia Gas company on the farms of F. O. Nutter and John G. Michaels near Oxford, have both come in dry, and have given a black eye to drilling in that vicinity."

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jan 24 1920:
      John G. Michael, 36, farmer, widowed; son Kenneth L, 14; dau Brice I, 7; mother Angeline, 74, widowed.
    Children 
    +1. Kenneth Lowther MICHAEL,   b. 8 Aug 1905, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1982, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +2. Brice Irene MICHAEL,   b. 17 Jul 1912, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 2002, Upper St. Clair, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F16571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

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

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    5. [S5] Headstone.

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