Husband: Edwin Swisher
Born: Aug-22-1848 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 1,2
Died: Nov-20-1923 in Berlin, Lewis Co, WV 1
Buried: in Friendship Cemetery (Fairview IOOF), Berlin Rd (CR 7), Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV 1
Census: 1880, 1900, 1920 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV
Occupation: farmer, dry goods merchant 1,3,2
Father: George Washington Swisher (1818 - 1888)
Mother: Mary Ann Boram (1820 - 1879)
Wife: Cecelia Columbia Lawson 4 Also known as: Columbia C. Lawson Married: Sep-15-1870 in Lewis Co, WV 5
Born: Nov- -1849 2 Census: 1880, 1900, 1920 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Wirt Swisher Born: Apr- 2-1874 6 Died: Dec-31-1959 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 6 Buried: in Friendship Cemetery (Fairview IOOF), Berlin Rd (CR 7), Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV 6 Resided: in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 7,6 Occupation: Bell Telephone Company 8,6 Wife: Mary Adeline Beeghley b. ca 1873 d. Jun-14-1940 Married: Jun-24-1897 in Lewis Co, WV 9
F Child 2: Ardelia Maud Swisher Born: Mar- 8-1876 10,3,9 Died: Jul- -1973 10 Resided: in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 10 Husband: Edward Oliver Taylor b. ca 1865 Married: Sep- 2-1897 in Lewis Co, WV 11
F Child 3: Stella Swisher Born: ca 1879 3 Husband: Louis Madison Allman b. ca 1870 Married: Aug-10-1898 in Lewis Co, WV 9
M Child 4: Hanson Swisher Born: Dec- -1880 2 Census: 1900 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV
M Child 5: Edwin Clay Swisher Born: Oct-26-1883 in Lewis Co, WV 10,2,9 Died: Mar- -1971 10 Resided: in Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC 12 Census: 1900 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV Wife: Mae Hall b. ca 1893 Married: Sep-16-1922 in Lewis Co, WV 13
M Child 6: Fred Swisher Born: May- 7-1888 10,2 Died: Oct- -1984 10 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 14 Census: 1900 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV
M Child 7: Wilkie C. Swisher Born: Jan-23-1892 10,2 Died: Dec- 1-1983 in Twiggs Co, GA 15,10 Resided: in Allentown, Wilkinson Co, GA 10 Resided: formerly in Ohio 16 Census: 1900 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV
M Child 8: Albert Pearee Swisher Born: May-15-1894 10,2 Died: Feb-15-1990 10 Resided: in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 14 Census: 1900, 1920, 1940 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV Wife: Iza May Ramsburg b. Oct-16-1896 d. Jan- -1974 Married: Oct-18-1919 in Lewis Co, WV 9
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV. (3) 1880 Census, Lewis County, WV. (4) Death record of son. (5) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as Ervin [sic] Swisher & Cecelia C. Lawson. Married Sep 15 1870. This is the only reference to him by the name Ervin that we have found; all other references, including his death record, show his name as Edwin. (6) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV. (7) Obituary of wife. (8) Joy Gilchrist Stalnaker (editor), Lewis County West Virginia: Her People and Places, Hackers Creek Pioneers Descendants, Horner, WV 26372 (2000), p. 202. (9) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994) (10) Social Security Death Index. (11) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994), Identified as Edward Oliver Taylor, 32, of Lewis Co, son of Francis & Prudy; and Ardelia Maud Swisher, 21, of Lewis Co, dau of Edward [sic] & Columbia C. Married Sep 2 1897. (12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in North Carolina before 1951. (13) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994), Identified as Edwin Clay Swisher, widowed, 39, of Lewis Co, son of Edwin & Cecelia; and Mae Hall, 29, b. North Carolina, res. Lewis Co, dau of Morgan & Olive. Married Sep 16 1922. (14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (15) Death Record - Online. (16) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio 1951-1952.