U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lowther, Alexander (1791-1864) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Pages 582-583 Alexander Lowther, senior, the first settler, in 1822, was its founder [the town of Pullman]. He was born in Harrison county, on January 14, 1791, and was the son of William and Margaret Morrison Lowther, and the grandson of Col. William. He married Miss Sarah Ireland, daughter of Alexander Ireland, who first saw the light of day on August 13, 1796; and near the year 1820, he came to this county and settled on the north bank of Hughes river, just opposite the mouth of the Middle fork, on land that now belongs to G. M. Ireland — the site of this old cabin is said to be marked by an oil well — and from here he went to Oxford, where he erected the old log residence, which, though in a state of dilapidation, still stands, at the western end of the village. Here, in 1841, a great shadow fell upon the home, when the beloved wife and mother "passed from sight." Some time after this sad event, he married Mrs. Rachel Stout Neal, mother of M. A. Neal, of Ellenboro, and the one child of this union died in infancy. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and was one of the earliest justices of the peace of the county. He died at Oxford, on April 20, 1864, and sleeps in the White Oak cemetery. His first wife lies near the M. P. church at this place, and the second, at Pullman. The children of his first marriage were ten in number: Margaret died in youth and was laid at rest by her mother; Alexander, sleeps at Parkersburg; Wm. I., at Pullman; John A., at Oxford; Robert W., at Cairo; A. Jackson, in Missouri; Archibald, on Goose creek; Jesse, at Chrisman, Illinois; Elizabeth (Mrs. Samuel Prunty), resides at Summer, Missouri; and Mrs. Sarah Stout, at Parkersburg. ------------------------------------------------------------------- There's a tombstone in the White Oak Cemetery, Ritchie County, WV Alexander Lowther, Sr. died Apr. 20, 1864 Aged 73 yrs, 3 mos, 6 dys ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------