Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Silas Amdon Swiger    
       Also known as: Amden S. Swiger 1,2,3
                Born: Jan-  -1888           4
                Died: Mar- 9-1958           4
              Buried:                      in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: Sherman Grant Swiger   (1866 -     ) 
              Mother: Cora Byrd Harbert   (1868 - 1907) 
                Wife: Edith E. Gabbert   1  
                Born: 1890                  4
                Died: 1984                  4
              Buried:                      in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: ___ Gabbert   (     - 1940) 
              Mother: Nancy ___   (1855 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Travis Lionel Swiger      
                Born: Mar-27-1914          in Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV  6,7,8
                Died: Aug-  -1991           8
             Resided:                      in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  7
              Census: 1930                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
            Military: (enlisted 12/6/1943) U.S. Army, World War II  9
                Wife: Regina Pearl Lowther  b. Mar-10-1914  d. Jan-  -1999  
             Married: Dec-15-1946          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  10
           M Child 2: Kenneth Amdon Swiger      
                Born: Dec-17-1916          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  11,12,10 (see note 1)
                Died: Jul- 8-1977           11,12
              Buried:                      in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5
             Resided:                      in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  8
             Resided: 1937                 in North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV  10
              Census: 1930                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
            Military:                      Tec 5, US Army, World War II  11
                Wife: Alma Katherine Hileman  b. Feb-11-1922  
       Also known as: Alma Kathleen Hileman 10
             Married: Oct-18-1937          in Harrison Co, WV  13
           M Child 3: Herbert Arthur Swiger      
                Born: Jan-24-1921          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  8,14
                Died: May-18-1990           8
              Buried:                      in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5
             Resided: 1965                 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  14
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
            Military:                      Coxswain, US Navy, World War II  11
                Wife: Waveline Marion Steele  b. Feb-24-1925  d. Sep-17-2015  
         Census name: Marion W. Steele 
             Married: Jul-16-1965          in Elkins, Randolph Co, WV  14

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of son. 
(2) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(3) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(4) Headstone (year only) 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. 
(8) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(9) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(11) Military Grave Marker. 
(12) Social Security Death Index. 
(13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Kenneth Amden Swiger, 21, b. Dec 17 1915 in Clarksburg, 
res. of North View (Clarksburg), son of Amden & Edith (Gabbert) Swiger; and Alma Kathleen Hileman, 21, b. Nov 12 1915 in 
Smithfield (Wetzel Co), res. at Station A (Clarksburg), dau of William & Lucy (Davis) Hileman.  Married Oc 18 1937 at 
the residence of the presiding minister, Rev. C. Stalnaker. MR p. 429. 
(14) Randolph County Marriage Records, Elkins, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in marriage record as Dec 17 1915, but SSDI and military
grave marker show it as Dec 17 1916.







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