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Benjamin Franklin LOWTHER

Benjamin Franklin LOWTHER

Male 1843 - 1914  (71 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Franklin LOWTHER
    Birth 8 Jan 1843  Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Jasper Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 29 Apr 1914  Granby, Newton Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial Granby, Newton Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • "Descendants of Robert Lowther," by Don Norman reports Ida Mae Morton as the second wife of Benjamin F. Lowther. But 1910 Census of Newton Co, MO, shows Ida (age 34) as the wife of William Lowther, b. ca 1874 in Texas, and the mother of Charley Lowther, b. ca 1898. Death record of Charles Hugh Lowther, b. Jan 14 1898 in Granby MO, d. Apr 8 1950 in Kansas City MO, identifies his parents as William Lowther and Ida Morton.
    Person ID I46809  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2009

    Father Robert Allen LOWTHER,   b. 1786, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1854 (Age 68 years)
    Mother Melissa ROBERTS,   b. CA 1815, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F19115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clarissa LEWIS,   b. 11 Nov 1844, Granby, Newton Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1926, Granby, Newton Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [1, 4]
    Children 
     1. Barbara LOWTHER,   b. CA 1866
     2. James LOWTHER,   b. CA 1871
     3. William Washington LOWTHER,   b. 14 Dec 1872   d. 16 Oct 1957 (Age 84 years)
    >4. Truly L. LOWTHER,   b. 8 Apr 1878, Granby, Newton Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1922, Granby, Newton Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     5. John LOWTHER,   b. CA 1879
    Family ID F19125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1823] Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm).

    2. [S184] 1850 Census.

    3. [S87] Death record.

    4. [S1604] Death record of son.