Doddridge County Roots


A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
Share Print Bookmark
Silas C. LOWTHER

Silas C. LOWTHER[1]

Male 1858 - 1930  (71 years)


Personal Information    |    Media    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Silas C. LOWTHER
    Birth 4 May 1858  Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  El Dorado Springs, Cedar Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation carpenter  [2, 3] 
    Death 3 Apr 1930  El Dorado Springs, Cedar Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Cause: paresis 
    Burial El Dorado Springs Cemetery, Cedar Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I43839  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2016

    Father Cambysses LOWTHER,   b. Jan 1822   d. 3 Apr 1903 (Age ~ 81 years)
    Mother Sarah SINNETT,   b. 22 Feb 1823   d. 6 May 1908 (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F17536  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Amanda Bell (Sarah) HARTLINE,   b. 16 Jun 1870, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1949, El Dorado Springs, Cedar Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [4]
    Marriage 18 Feb 1888  Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Cedar County, Missouri (City of El Dorado Springs), enumerated on Jun 2 1900 on Martin Street:
      Silas Louther, 42, b. May 1858 in WVa (both parents b. WVa), carpenter, married 12 yrs; wife Bell, 29, b. Jun 1870 in WVa (both parents b. Ohio), married 12 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); son Cammie C, 11, b. Nov 1888 in WVa; dau Maggie, 9, b. Aug 1890 in WVa; son Scafie, 7, b. Jul 1892 in WVa.

      1910 Census, Cedar County, Missouri (City of El Dorado Springs), enumerated on Apr 3 1910 on Walnut Street:
      Silas Louther, 51, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), house carpenter, married 22 yrs (1st marriage); wife Sarah B, 39, b. WVa (both parents b. Ohio), married 22 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Margarette, 19, b. WVa, single, dry goods sales lady; dau Safia, 17, b. WVa, single.
    Children 
     1. Cam William LOWTHER,   b. 30 Nov 1888, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1965, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    >2. Margarette "Maggie" LOWTHER,   b. Aug 1890, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Seaf A. LOWTHER,   b. 25 Jul 1892, Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1973 (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F22840  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    43839_SilasLowther_AmandaBHartline_MarriageRecord_18Feb1888.jpg    		43839_SilasLowther_AmandaBHartline_MarriageRecord_18Feb1888.jpg
    43839_LOWTHER_SilasC_1858-1930_DeathCertificate.jpg    		43839_LOWTHER_SilasC_1858-1930_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 271.

    2. [S87] Death record.

    3. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    4. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    5. [S2279] Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV, MR p. 152 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11459002&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Silas Lowther, 28, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pleasants Co; and Amanda B. Hartline, 17, b. Tyler Co, res. Pleasants Co. Married Feb 18 1888 "at the Residence of William Hartline in Pleasants County, W.Va.," officiated by W. D. Lauck, a Minister of the Christian Church. Informant for marriage license: Wm. Hartline.