Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Jefferson Swiger    
                Born: Oct- 5-1829           1,2
                Died: Jan-31-1897          in Doddridge Co, WV  3 (see note 1)
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  2,3
             Resided: 1890                 at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Census: 1870, 1880           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  5
            Military: Feb-18-1865 - Jun-10-1865 Pvt, Co I, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  6,7,4,8
              Father: Barnes Swiger   (1808 - 1859) 
              Mother: Mary Marsh   (1805 - 1885) 
                Wife: Margaret Ellen "Maggie" Underwood   9  
             Married: May-20-1852          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1
                Born: Apr-22-1838          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  10,3
                Died: Sep-12-1887          in Doddridge Co, WV  3,10
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  11,12,10
              Census: 1870, 1880           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Dixon Underwood   (1803 - 1887) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Keziah "Kizzie" Baker   (1803 - 1880) 
           M Child 1: Jessie Swiger      
         Census name: Jesse Swiger 
                Born: Apr-11-1854          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  13,14
                Died: May-29-1899          in Doddridge Co, WV  13
              Census: 1870, 1880           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Lydia Margaret "Liddie" Lyons  b. Jun-  -1860  d. Jun-21-1929  
             Married: Jul- 5-1876          in Doddridge Co, WV  15
           M Child 2: Reason Adam Swiger      
                Born: Sep-24-1856           16,1,17
                Died: Sep-10-1940          in Harrison Co, WV  18,17
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  12
              Census: 1940                 in Jacobs Run (Salem), Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1870, 1900           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Loverna Shields  b. ca 1859  
             Married: Apr-29-1880          in Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Wife: Mary Jane Watts  b. Jan- 9-1856  d. Apr-30-1937  
             Married: May-12-1887          in Doddridge Co, WV  1
           M Child 3: Caleb Lafayette Swiger      
                Born: Aug- 4-1861          in Doddridge Co, WV  19 (see note 3)
                Died: Aug- 3-1937          in Paden City, Wetzel Co, WV  19
              Buried:                      in Underwood Cemetery, near Ashley (Rt 23), Doddridge Co, WV  13
             Resided:                      in Paden City, Wetzel Co, WV  19
              Census: 1880, 1900, 10, 30   in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
                Wife: Mary E. Gain  b. Jun-24-1876  d. Apr-22-1920  
             Married: ca 1895               20
           F Child 4: Mary E. Swiger      
         Census name: Mary A. Swiger 
                Born: ca 1864               1
                Died: Mar-10-1886          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
      Cause of death:                      dropsy  3
              Census: 1880                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Caldwell Martin  b. Jul- 4-1862  d. Apr-20-1940  
       Also known as: Colwell Martin 21
             Married: Apr-19-1883          in Doddridge Co, WV  1
           F Child 5: Abigal V. Swiger      
         Census name: Abagil Swiger 
                Born: May-20-1867          in Doddridge Co, WV  22,5 (see note 4)
                Died: May-25-1957          at Elk Lick, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  22
              Buried:                      in Underwood Cemetery, near Ashley (Rt 23), Doddridge Co, WV  13
              Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 30   in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
       Never married:                        22
           F Child 6: Kizzie L. Swiger      
         Census name: Kiziah Swiger 
                Born: Jun- 6-1869          in Doddridge Co, WV  23,5
                Died: Apr-24-1887          in Doddridge Co, WV  24
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  12
      Cause of death:                      consumption (tuberculosis)  3
              Census: 1870                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 7: Sarah Jane Swiger      
       Also known as: Jane Swiger 25
                Born: Jul- 7-1872          in Doddridge Co, WV  13,26,27
                Died: Sep-16-1926          in Doddridge Co, WV  13
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  28
              Census: 1880                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Jesse Obediah Kelley  b. Feb- 6-1876  d. 1951  
       Also known as: Jessie O. Kelley 27
             Married: Jul-17-1898          in Doddridge Co, WV  27
           F Child 8: Rachel B. Swiger      
                Born: Aug-  -1875          in Doddridge Co, WV  20,14
              Census: 1880, 1900, 1930     in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: George W. Anderson  b. Oct-  -1874  d. bef Apr 1930  
             Married: Jul-14-1898          in Doddridge Co, WV  14

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(2) Grave marker. 
(3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(4) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(5) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan Twp) 
(6) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(7) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National 
Archives & Records Administration. 
(8) Military Grave Marker. 
(9) Marriage record of son. 
(10) Headstone. 
(11) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone:  M. E. - wife of Jefferson Swiger. 
(12) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(13) Findagrave.com. 
(14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(15) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Jesse Swiger, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of 
Jefferson & Margaret E. Swiger; and Lydia M. Lyons, 16, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Elias & Levina (or Levira) 
Lyons.  Married Jul 5 1876 in Doddridge County, officiated by T. F. Kemper. MR p. 212, Line 33 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792280&Type=Marriage. 
(16) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 260. 
(17) Headstone (year only) 
(18) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(19) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(20) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(21) Death record of wife. 
(22) Obituary. 
(23) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(24) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Kizzie Swiger, white female, single, born in Doddridge Co, 
dau of Jefferson & Margaret E; died Apr 24 1887 in Doddridge Co, age 17y 10m 18d, cause of death consumption.  
Informant:  Jefferson, father.  (Note:  Age at death calculates to a birth date of Jun 6 1869, but "Doddridge County 
Cemeteries" reports date on headstone as Jun 16 1869, and death date as Apr 3 1887, with name given as K. L. Swiger.  
The reading was done by WPA in 1932, and the marker is no longer legible.), DR p. 
47. 
(25) Marriage record of daughter. 
(26) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). 
(27) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(28) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone:  Jane Kelley. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Death date on military grave marker is Jan 29 1897, but death record shows it
as Jan 31 1897.  Age 68y 3m 26d in death record calculates to a birth date of
Oct 5 1828, but grave marker shows it as Oct 5 1829.
Note (2) In household of daughter and son-in-law Fannie & Lloyd W. Cain.
Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Aug 1857, age 42.  But birth record and
death record show it as Aug 4 1861.  He was age 8 in 1870 Census.
Note (4) Birth date given in 1900 Census (enumerated in household of sister &
brother-in-law Rachel & George Anderson) as May 1866, age 34.  But age 2 in 1870
Census puts it in about 1868.







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