The Parkersburg WV, News Dated Sept 19, 1947
Miss Lowther Dies Thursday at Harrisville
Minnie Kendall Lowther Succumbs Following Extended Illness.
Miss Minnie Kendall Lowther 80, a prominent and highly esteemed resident of Wood and Ritchie Counties, died at 3:30 pm yesterday in Harrisville following an extended illness.
Miss Lowther was for 10 years a Washington columnist and also wrote special articles for The Parkersburg News. She was the author of several historical books, among them 'The History of Blennerhassett Island." and 'The History of Ritchie County." "Mt. Vernon, Woodlawn and Arlington."
She was born in Fonzo, Ritchie County, in March, 1867, the daughter of W.G. and Emma Jane Lowther.
Surviving are a step-sister, Mrs. Mida Walker of Parkersburg, one niece. Mrs. AK Summers of this city: a grand nephew, Willie Lowther of Charleston.
Burial will be in the family plot at Harrisville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
West Virginia Encyclopedia http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1461
Minnie Kendall Lowther
Historian and journalist Minnie Kendall Lowther (March 17, 1869-September 18, 1947) was born near Fonzo, Ritchie County, the descendant of a prominent pioneer family. A horse-riding accident in the early 1890s confined her to a wheelchair for several years, ending her early career as a teacher.
During her recovery Lowther began to write historical articles and a column of social news for the Ritchie Standard. In 1911, she published her book, The History of Ritchie County. Lowther later became the editor of several newspapers, among the first West Virginia women to hold such positions. She successively was editor of the Pennsboro News, the Wetzel Republican, the West Union Record, the Glenville Democrat, and the Methodist Protestant Church Record. Her most significant editorial post was as editor and part owner of the Upshur Record of Buckhannon, for several years prior to 1920.
About 1920, Lowther moved to Washington. Here she gave tours at Mount Vernon; was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution; and resumed her career as a historian with the book Mount Vernon, Arlington and Woodlawn (1922). Later books include Marshall Hall (1925); Friendship Hill, Home of Albert Gallatin (1928); Mount Vernon, Its Children, Its Romances, Its Allied Families and Mansions(1930); and Blennerhassett Island in Romance and Tragedy (1936).
Lowther worked as a newspaper columnist in Washington, and spent her last years as a newspaper writer in Parkersburg. She died in Harrisville, in her native Ritchie County.
This Article was written by Ray Swick
Last Revised on October 07, 2010
Miss Lowther Dies Thursday at Harrisville
Minnie Kendall Lowther Succumbs Following Extended Illness.
Miss Minnie Kendall Lowther 80, a prominent and highly esteemed resident of Wood and Ritchie Counties, died at 3:30 pm yesterday in Harrisville following an extended illness.
Miss Lowther was for 10 years a Washington columnist and also wrote special articles for The Parkersburg News. She was the author of several historical books, among them 'The History of Blennerhassett Island." and 'The History of Ritchie County." "Mt. Vernon, Woodlawn and Arlington."
She was born in Fonzo, Ritchie County, in March, 1867, the daughter of W.G. and Emma Jane Lowther.
Surviving are a step-sister, Mrs. Mida Walker of Parkersburg, one niece. Mrs. AK Summers of this city: a grand nephew, Willie Lowther of Charleston.
Burial will be in the family plot at Harrisville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
West Virginia Encyclopedia http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1461
Minnie Kendall Lowther
Historian and journalist Minnie Kendall Lowther (March 17, 1869-September 18, 1947) was born near Fonzo, Ritchie County, the descendant of a prominent pioneer family. A horse-riding accident in the early 1890s confined her to a wheelchair for several years, ending her early career as a teacher.
During her recovery Lowther began to write historical articles and a column of social news for the Ritchie Standard. In 1911, she published her book, The History of Ritchie County. Lowther later became the editor of several newspapers, among the first West Virginia women to hold such positions. She successively was editor of the Pennsboro News, the Wetzel Republican, the West Union Record, the Glenville Democrat, and the Methodist Protestant Church Record. Her most significant editorial post was as editor and part owner of the Upshur Record of Buckhannon, for several years prior to 1920.
About 1920, Lowther moved to Washington. Here she gave tours at Mount Vernon; was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution; and resumed her career as a historian with the book Mount Vernon, Arlington and Woodlawn (1922). Later books include Marshall Hall (1925); Friendship Hill, Home of Albert Gallatin (1928); Mount Vernon, Its Children, Its Romances, Its Allied Families and Mansions(1930); and Blennerhassett Island in Romance and Tragedy (1936).
Lowther worked as a newspaper columnist in Washington, and spent her last years as a newspaper writer in Parkersburg. She died in Harrisville, in her native Ritchie County.
This Article was written by Ray Swick
Last Revised on October 07, 2010
The Parkersburg WV, News Dated Sept 19, 1947
Miss Lowther Dies Thursday at Harrisville
Minnie Kendall Lowther Succumbs Following Extended Illness.
Miss Minnie Kendall Lowther 80, a prominent and highly esteemed resident of Wood and Ritchie Counties, died at 3:30 pm yesterday in Harrisville following an extended illness.
Miss Lowther was for 10 years a Washington columnist and also wrote special articles for The Parkersburg News. She was the author of several historical books, among them 'The History of Blennerhassett Island." and 'The History of Ritchie County." "Mt. Vernon, Woodlawn and Arlington."
She was born in Fonzo, Ritchie County, in March, 1867, the daughter of W.G. and Emma Jane Lowther.
Surviving are a step-sister, Mrs. Mida Walker of Parkersburg, one niece. Mrs. AK Summers of this city: a grand nephew, Willie Lowther of Charleston.
Burial will be in the family plot at Harrisville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
West Virginia Encyclopedia http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1461
Minnie Kendall Lowther
Historian and journalist Minnie Kendall Lowther (March 17, 1869-September 18, 1947) was born near Fonzo, Ritchie County, the descendant of a prominent pioneer family. A horse-riding accident in the early 1890s confined her to a wheelchair for several years, ending her early career as a teacher.
During her recovery Lowther began to write historical articles and a column of social news for the Ritchie Standard. In 1911, she published her book, The History of Ritchie County. Lowther later became the editor of several newspapers, among the first West Virginia women to hold such positions. She successively was editor of the Pennsboro News, the Wetzel Republican, the West Union Record, the Glenville Democrat, and the Methodist Protestant Church Record. Her most significant editorial post was as editor and part owner of the Upshur Record of Buckhannon, for several years prior to 1920.
About 1920, Lowther moved to Washington. Here she gave tours at Mount Vernon; was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution; and resumed her career as a historian with the book Mount Vernon, Arlington and Woodlawn (1922). Later books include Marshall Hall (1925); Friendship Hill, Home of Albert Gallatin (1928); Mount Vernon, Its Children, Its Romances, Its Allied Families and Mansions(1930); and Blennerhassett Island in Romance and Tragedy (1936).
Lowther worked as a newspaper columnist in Washington, and spent her last years as a newspaper writer in Parkersburg. She died in Harrisville, in her native Ritchie County.
This Article was written by Ray Swick
Last Revised on October 07, 2010
Miss Lowther Dies Thursday at Harrisville
Minnie Kendall Lowther Succumbs Following Extended Illness.
Miss Minnie Kendall Lowther 80, a prominent and highly esteemed resident of Wood and Ritchie Counties, died at 3:30 pm yesterday in Harrisville following an extended illness.
Miss Lowther was for 10 years a Washington columnist and also wrote special articles for The Parkersburg News. She was the author of several historical books, among them 'The History of Blennerhassett Island." and 'The History of Ritchie County." "Mt. Vernon, Woodlawn and Arlington."
She was born in Fonzo, Ritchie County, in March, 1867, the daughter of W.G. and Emma Jane Lowther.
Surviving are a step-sister, Mrs. Mida Walker of Parkersburg, one niece. Mrs. AK Summers of this city: a grand nephew, Willie Lowther of Charleston.
Burial will be in the family plot at Harrisville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
West Virginia Encyclopedia http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1461
Minnie Kendall Lowther
Historian and journalist Minnie Kendall Lowther (March 17, 1869-September 18, 1947) was born near Fonzo, Ritchie County, the descendant of a prominent pioneer family. A horse-riding accident in the early 1890s confined her to a wheelchair for several years, ending her early career as a teacher.
During her recovery Lowther began to write historical articles and a column of social news for the Ritchie Standard. In 1911, she published her book, The History of Ritchie County. Lowther later became the editor of several newspapers, among the first West Virginia women to hold such positions. She successively was editor of the Pennsboro News, the Wetzel Republican, the West Union Record, the Glenville Democrat, and the Methodist Protestant Church Record. Her most significant editorial post was as editor and part owner of the Upshur Record of Buckhannon, for several years prior to 1920.
About 1920, Lowther moved to Washington. Here she gave tours at Mount Vernon; was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution; and resumed her career as a historian with the book Mount Vernon, Arlington and Woodlawn (1922). Later books include Marshall Hall (1925); Friendship Hill, Home of Albert Gallatin (1928); Mount Vernon, Its Children, Its Romances, Its Allied Families and Mansions(1930); and Blennerhassett Island in Romance and Tragedy (1936).
Lowther worked as a newspaper columnist in Washington, and spent her last years as a newspaper writer in Parkersburg. She died in Harrisville, in her native Ritchie County.
This Article was written by Ray Swick
Last Revised on October 07, 2010
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