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Jesse LOWTHER

Jesse LOWTHER

Male 1829 -


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  • Name Jesse LOWTHER
    Birth 9 Apr 1829  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  [3] 
    laborer 
    Residence 1910  Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I46526  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Feb 2012

    Father Elias J. LOWTHER,   b. 1 Jan 1801, Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1877, Palestine, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Mother Salina MCWHORTER,   b. 22 Oct 1811, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1881, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F12579  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann MAXWELL,   b. CA 1829   d. Bef Jun 1880 (Age ~ 51 years)
    Marriage 15 Aug 1855  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • As grandchildren of Jesse Lowther & Mary Ann Ragan, Jesse Lowther & Mary Ann Maxwell were first cousins.

      1860 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      Jesse Louther, 31, laborer; Mary A, 31; Amelia, 4; Clara, 2; John Irvin, 1. [6]
    Children 
    >1. Amelia LOWTHER,   b. CA 1856   d. 8 Feb 1918, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years)
     2. Clara LOWTHER,   b. CA 1858   d. 20 Sep 1868, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 10 years)
    +3. John Irwin LOWTHER,   b. CA 1859, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Sep 1924 (Age ~ 65 years)
     4. William J. LOWTHER,   b. CA 1861   d. 3 Sep 1868, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 7 years)
     5. Lloyd J. LOWTHER,   b. CA 1863   d. 10 Sep 1868, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 5 years)
    >6. Mittie Alice LOWTHER,   b. CA 1866   d. 6 Apr 1912, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 46 years)
    Family ID F19011  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S340] Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991), p. 445.

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

    3. [S2056] 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Grant District).

    4. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 17.

    5. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Jesse Lowther, 26, of Harrison Co, son of Elias J. & Mary A.; and Mary A. Maxwell, of Harrison Co, dau of A. Married Aug 15 1855.

    6. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 16.