Rachel Ann LOWTHER

1858 - 1939  (80 years)

• Name	Rachel Ann LOWTHER
  Born	16 Nov 1858	Gilmer Co, (W)VA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1880	Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Census	1910	New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Census	1920	West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
  	In home of daughter Mary and son-in-law William C. Reed.
  Residence	Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV   [1]
  Died	4 Jan 1939	Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV   [1, 2]
  Buried	Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   [2]
  Person ID	I8461	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Robert LOWTHER,   b. CA 1810, Harrison Co, (W)VA ,   d. 13 Apr 1867, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann SPURGEON,   b. May 1824, Preston Co, (W)VA ,   d. 17 Mar 1916, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Family ID	F5745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William REED,   b. CA 1852, Barbour Co, (W)VA ,   d. 12 Nov 1932, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	21 Sep 1876	Doddridge Co, WV   [3, 4]
  Notes	Survivors listed in obituary of Rachel Lowther Reed included brother Sylvester Lowther and children Mrs. Sarah Husk of Oxford, Mrs. Mae Reed and Nora Price of West Union, Mrs. Zannie Reed, Mrs. Rebecca Deams of Charleston, John Reed of Central Station, and Henry Reed of West Union. [West Union Herald, 1/12/1939] 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 23 1880: William Reed, 27, farm laborer, cannot read/write; wife Rachel A, 24, cannot write; dau Sarah C, 6; dau Mary E, 4; dau Arrena C, 2. 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 9 1900: Rachel Ann Reed, head of household, 44, b. Nov 1855, married 24 yrs, mother of 12 children (10 still living); dau Irena C, 21, b. Oct 1878; dau Rebecca J, 19, b. Nov 1880; dau Nora Gay, 15, b. Jan 1885; dau Flossy L, 10, b. Feb 1890; son John S, 13, b. May 1887; dau Zona A, 8, b. Aug 1891; son William Amos, 5, b. Apr 1895, dau Melissa A, 3, b. Jan 1897; granddaughter Minnie Jane, 1, b. Mar 1899. 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on May 2 1910: William Reed, 63, farmer, married 33 yrs; wife Rachel, 55, mother of 12 children (10 still living); dau Lozinau (?) Reed, 21, married 3 yrs, mother of one child (still living), son Henry Reed, 16; son-in-law Isaac Reed, 25, farmer; grandson Curtis, 2. [5]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Columbia Lowther REED,   b. 9 Dec 1873,   d. 28 May 1947  (Age 73 years)  [Stepchild] + 2. Mary Elizabeth REED,   b. 21 Aug 1877,   d. 29 Jun 1958, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 80 years) + 3. Irena Catherine REED,   b. Oct 1878, Horn Creek, Ritchie Co, WV ,   d. 1918  (Age ~ 39 years) + 4. Rebecca Jane REED,   b. 9 Nov 1880, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 22 Jun 1947, Institute, Kanawha Co, WV  (Age 66 years) + 5. Nora Gay REED,   b. 5 Jan 1885, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 31 Jul 1968, Gore, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 83 years) + 6. John Sylvester REED,   b. 14 May 1887, Gilmer Co, WV ,   d. 26 Aug 1967, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 80 years) + 7. Flossie Luzana "Zannie" REED,   b. 4 Feb 1889, Rush Fork, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV   8. Zona A. REED,   b. Aug 1891 + 9. Henry REED,   b. 2 Apr 1894, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 22 Feb 1979  (Age 84 years)   10. William Amos REED,   b. Apr 1895   11. Melissa A. REED,   b. Jan 1897
  Family ID	F3022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

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• Sources

  [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). [S14] Obituary. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk Del 1-A, p. 214. Groom described as age 24 (i.e., b. ca 1852), b. in Barbour Co, (W)VA, resident of Ritchie Co, WV, occup: miller, son of Marcus & Elizabeth Reed. Bride described as age 20, b. in & resident of Doddridge Co, dau of Robert & Mary Anne Lowther. Marital status for both bride & groom listed as "widowed." Married Sep 21 1876; ceremony performed by Eli M. Gaston. (No other marriage record for either was found in Doddridge County, but Ritchie County marriage records show that this William Reed married Mary Ball on May 4 1875, and that she subsequently remarried on Feb 17 1877.) [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)). [S1588] Death record of wife.