Elias LOWTHER

                   Historical information in the notes.


This is from a pedigree on Ancestry World Tree.  It is unkown as to the source, or the title of the book which it came from.  It would seem that it is a book of biographies of prominent families, printed in 1910, as was a common publication at the time.
Elias Lowther (the fifth and youngest son of Col. William) came upon the stage during the din of the American Revolution. He was born in the old cabin, shown in the picture, on September 16, 1776, and married Miss Rebecca Coburn, sister of his brother Thomas wife, and remained in his native county until 1890, when he came to this county and erected the first cabin on the Zimri Flannagan farm, above Berea. He was at one time a member of the Richmond Legislature from Harrison county, and was major in the militia. During the latter part of his life he lost his mind, and his last years were spent in the insane hospital at Staunton, Virginia, where he was laid to rest near the year 1845.His wife, who was born in Harrison county, on December 11, 1779, died a few years later at the home of her son, J. C. Lowther, at the mouth of Otterslide, and on the Glannagan homestead she lies in her last sleep.Their children were as follows:Peggy died in youth; Decatur was drowned in the mill-pond at Berea.Jesse M. married Miss Lucinda Hall, daughter of William Hail, and spent his last hours near Berea. (See Hall family.)William went to Ohio. Sarah was Mrs. George Starkey, of Harrison county. Elizabeth married Robert Hammond and went to Ohio. Mary was the wife of Thomas Pritchard, of Slab creek. (See later chapter.) Dorinda was Mrs. Zibha Davis, of Otterslide; and Jonathan C. Lowther, of Berea, the only survivor of the family, is the youngest son.He is now (1910) ninety-one years of age, and is as active as a boy, being able to jump up and crack his heels together. He enjoys the distinction of being the only surviving grandson of Col. Lowther. (See Otterslide for his family.)

These exact dates for the children's births seem odd, some are several years before the parent's marriage:

Peggy Lowther b: 18 MAY 1798 
Sarah Lowther b: 16 SEP 1800 
William Dark (Reverend) Lowther b: 23 NOV 1802 
Sally (or) Elizabeth Lowther b: 1 DEC 1806 
Jesse Madison Lowther  b: 27 MAY 1809 in 1855 
Mary Lowther b: ABT 1820 
Dorinda Lowther b: 16 JUN 1814 
Decatur Lowther  b: 1 MAR 1817 
Jonathan C. Lowther b: 18 MAR 1819