Rachel (Lynch) Lowry (abt. 1815 - 1885)

Born about 20 Feb 1815 in Monroe, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Lowry — married 16 Jan 1845 in Greenbrier, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Jun 1885 at about age 70 in Walton, Roane, West Virginia, United States

Biography

Rachel was born in 1815. She was the daughter of William Lynch and Rachel Dolan. She passed away in 1885.

Rachel suffered from poor mental health. She appears in the census twice in 1860 - once living at home with her family and once living as a patient in hospital. In the 1870 census she is not living with her family but is living as a patient in an asylum. In the 1880 census she is living in the care of her family.

Sources

1845 Marriage Record: http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10970492&Type=Marriage Marriage to Thomas Lowery. Thomas Lowery’s name is difficult to decipher but she is the only Rachel Lynch of her age living in the area at the time and her oldest child John Allen Lowery was born later in the year.

1850 US Census Record: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D6-2YM?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LHSC-DH6 Living with husband Thomas Lowery and children John A, Margaret A, Robert A and James A Lowery.

1860 US Census Record: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMS-3SB?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LHSC-DH6 Living with husband Thomas Lowery, children John A, Margaret A, Robert A, James A, Hannah J and George W Lowery, and sister Hannah Lynch.

1860 US Census Record: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/KNYG-Z3Y Living as patient in hospital in Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, United States.

1870 US Census Record: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4L-27G?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=KNYG-Z3Y Living as patient in asylum in Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, United States.

1880 US Census Record: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6T4-9KS?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LHSC-DH6 Living with husband Thomas Lowery and son John A Lowery and family.

1885 Death Record: http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4854799&Type=Death

Find A Grave Index Name Rachael Dolan Lynch Lowry Maiden Name Lynch Event Type Burial Event Date 1885 Event Place Walton, Roane, West Virginia, United States of America Photograph Included N Birth Date 20 Feb 1815 Death Date 27 Jun 1885 Affiliate Record Identifier Find A Grave: Memorial #128982169 Cemetery Lowry Citing this Record "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG5-HB6M : 11 July 2016), Rachael Dolan Lynch Lowry, 1885; Burial, Walton, Roane, West Virginia, United States of America, Lowry; citing record ID 128982169, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.