Person:Stillman Lowther (1)

Stillman F. Lowther
 
Facts and Events
Name[1] Stillman F. Lowther
Gender Male
Birth? Ritchie, West Virginia, United States
Marriage to Sarah Davis
References
  1. Stillman F Lowther, in Lowther, Minnie Kendall. History of Ritchie County: with biographical sketches of its pioneers and their ancestors, and with interesting reminiscences of Revolutionary and Indian times. (Wheeling, W. Va.: Wheeling News Litho Co., c1911).

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    ... Lucinda married Jesse M. Lowther, son of Elias Lowther, senior, and lived and died in this county. She was the mother of Johnson J., Stillman F., Mrs. Mandane (Hiram) Wilson, and Mrs. Similda Randolph, of Salem; Mansfield and Sylvanus Lowther and Mrs. Salina Bee, of the West; Thomas, of Harrison county; Lucinda - and the late Mrs. Dorinda (Eli) McKinley, of Harrisville mother of the late lamented Homer McKinley. ...

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    HIRAM H. HARDESTRY WROTE IN HIS Doddridge County History: 'Stillman F. Lowther - who combines the profession of teaching with the avocations of farm life in Grant district is a lineal descendant from Col. William Lowther, of whom mention is often made in these pages as one of the frontier heroes of early settlement. He was the great-grandfather of Stillman F. His grandfather was Elias Lowther, born in Harrison county, a soldier of 1812, and twice a member of the Virginia legislature. 'His great-grandfather on his mother's side was a brother to his paternal grandfather, William Hall, was one of the first settlers in this locality, coming from Loudoun County, Virginia. Cyrus, son of William Hall, and uncle of Stillman F. Lowther was many years prosecuting attorney of Ritchie county, and was a member of the Virginia convention that passed the ordiance of secession. Stillman F. Lowther was born while his parents were residing in Ritchie county. 'His wife's father was one of the first settlers of Grant district, and was a magistrate of the county, and agent of the Northwestern Turnpike State Company. 'Mr. Lowther served from September, 1879 for two years as county superintendent of the Doddridge county free schools. His address is Long Run, Doddridge county, West Virginia.'