When Edward Riley Louden was born on 20 November 1872, in Grafton, Taylor, West Virginia, United States, his father, William Riley Louden, was 33 and his mother, Margaret Missouri Glenn, was 22. He married Mary Maude Peer on 19 August 1896, in Taylor, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1910 and Union District, Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 1 December 1950, in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States.
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Scottish: possibly a variant of Lothian .
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