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1840 Jackson, VA
1m 5-10 Ed
1m 40-50
2f 10-15 Mary, Marg
1f 15-20 other Mary?
1f 40-50
1850 Jackson, VA # 967-973
Lowther Robt 55 M Lawyer Va
Lowther Mary 58 F Del
Lowther Margaret 24 F Va
Lowther Mary 22 F Va
Lowther Edwin D 20 M Farmer Va
"Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section"Lower Mill Creek".
Lowther Family
Robert Lowther, probably connected with Col. William Lowther, came from Harrison County to Ripley about 1831.
He was one of the first members of the Ripley bar, and for several years, postmaster of the place.
He was born March 24th, 1795, and died April 22nd, 1856.
His wife, Mary Lowther, was three years his senior, and died five years earlier, or in 1851. They both sleep in the old cemetery at Ripley.
By them lies a son, E. D. (Dunck) Lowther, born in 1830, died in 1897. Over his grave waves a faded American flag, showing that in "the times that tried men's souls", his rang true. Honor to all the graves, the flag waves over, be they never so lowly and peace to the ashes that sleep beneath.
Andrew Lowther was another son.
Mary Lowther, a daughter, died in Baltimore.
Major Henry Harpold's wife was also a daughter, and the last of the family to cross the bar was Mrs. Minerva Smith, widow of the late Judge Joe Smith. She died a few years ago.
Robert Lowther, as surveyor, first laid off the town of Ripley, in 1832, and for a quarter of a century, he was a distinguished and progressive citizen.
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