Nancy "Nannie" Welker (Lowther)

"When (father) Jesse and family lived in W. Va., he stored gunpowder behind the fireplace. Some of the children threw gunpowder into the fire, which caused a bad fire, and Nancy ended up with a number of bad scars." - from The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, Jane Lowther Bolster, (Daamen, Inc. (1982)), p. 39.

Married Joseph M Welker in 1896.

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Nancy “Nannie” Lowther Welker BIRTH 23 Jan 1853 West Virginia, USA DEATH 27 May 1934 (aged 81) Chrisman, Edgar County, Illinois, USA BURIAL Woodland Cemetery Chrisman, Edgar County, Illinois, USA MEMORIAL ID 132224952

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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Nancy Lowther Welker: Name: Nancy Lowther Welker Birth Date: 23 Jan 1853 Birth Place: West Virginia Death Date: 27 May 1934 Death Place: Chrisman, Edgar, Illinois Burial Date: 29 May 1934 Cemetery Name: Woodland Death Age: 81 Occupation: Housewife Race: White Marital Status: W Gender: Female Father Name: Jessie Lowther Father Birth Place: West Virginia Mother Name: Hannah Lowther Mother Birth Place: West Virginia FHL Film Number: 1711614

The death record for Nancy Lowther Welker states her burial as Woodland Cemetery, where most of her immediate Lowther family is buried. Find a Grave reports her burial plot there as 16-4-4, but has no photo. However, her husband Joseph Welker, who died six years before, is buried at Newman Cemetery, as indicated by his headstone (flat marker) showing his dates as 1855-1926. A matching marker is for "Nannie his Wife" with birth date 1853 and death date blank.