Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Doss Swiger    
         Census name: J. D. Swager 
                Born: Apr-15-1877          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,2,3 (see note 1)
                Died: May-27-1952          in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV  4,5
              Buried:                      in Lumberport Lions Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV  6 (see note 2)
              Census: 1920                 in Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Holly District, Braxton Co, WV  
              Census: 1880, 1900           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1920                 coal company worker  7
          Occupation: 1910                 farmer  8
              Father: Jessie Swiger   (1854 - 1899) 
              Mother: Lydia Margaret "Liddie" Lyons   (1860 - 1929) 
                Wife: Myrtle Emma Prunty   9  
         Census name: Myrtle E. 
             Married: Sep-20-1906          in Heldreth, Doddridge Co, WV  3
                Born: May-31-1878          in Doddridge Co, WV  6,5,3
                Died: Mar- 2-1932          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  6,10,5
              Buried:                      in Lions Cemetery, Wallace, Harrison Co, WV  11
      Cause of death:                      typhoid fever  10
              Census: 1920                 in Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Holly District, Braxton Co, WV  
             Resided: 1906                 in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880, 1900           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Nicholas Prunty   (1842 - 1915) 
              Mother: Rachel Underwood   (1846 - 1912) 
           F Child 1: Icie M. Swiger      
         Census name: Icy M. Swiger 
                Born: ca 1907               8
              Census: 1920                 in Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Holly District, Braxton Co, WV  
           M Child 2: Morrison H. Swiger      
                Born: ca 1909               8
              Census: 1920                 in Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Holly District, Braxton Co, WV  
           M Child 3: Bonard Leon Swiger      
                Born: May-16-1910          in Braxton Co, WV  12
                Died: Aug-  -1978           13
             Resided: 1938                 in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  12
              Census: 1920                 in Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV  
                Wife: Anna Mildred Barker  b. Apr- 5-1921  d. Apr- 5-2004  
             Married: May- 6-1938          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  12
           M Child 4: Ralph D. Swiger      
                Born: 1915                  7
              Census: 1920                 in Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV  
            Military:                      World War II (POW in Phillipines)  
           F Child 5: Ruth R. Swiger      
                Born: 1919                  7
              Census: 1920                 in Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Headstone (year only) 
(6) Findagrave.com. 
(7) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(8) 1910 Census, Braxton County, WV. 
(9) Marriage record of son. 
(10) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(11) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone (flat marker):  Myrtle Swiger. 
(12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(13) Obituary of wife. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in death record as Apr 5 1876, and the date on his headstone
is also 1876.  But his birth record states Apr 15 1877, while his WW I draft
registration states Apr 5 1877.  The 1900 Census also shows it as Apr 1877.
Note (2) Burial location given in death record as Shinnston Masonic Cemetery, but
Findagrave reports his headstone at Lumberport Lions Club Cemetery.







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