Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George Washington Swiger    
                Born: Apr-  -1832           1
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  2
              Father: Thomas George Swiger   (1808 - 1871) 
              Mother: Nancy Ash   (1808 - 1893) 
                Wife: Sarah Cain   3  
             Married: ca 1851               1
                Born: Oct-  -1834           1
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Thomas V. Cain   (1806 -     ) 
              Mother: Anna Glover   (1811 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Thomas E. Swiger      
                Born: 1852                  4
                Died: Apr- 6-1854          at Franks Run, near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  5
      Cause of death:                      killed  5
           F Child 2: Nancy Jane Swiger      
                Born: Oct- 6-1853          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  6 (see note 1)
                Died: Mar- 2-1938          in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV  6,7
              Buried:                      in Lazear Chapel Cemetery, Kidwell, Tyler Co, WV  6
             Husband: Luke B. Kile  b. ca 1851  d. Sep-21-1931  
       Also known as: Luke B. Kyle 
           M Child 3: Benjamin Franklin Swiger      
                Born: Feb-27-1866          in Doddridge Co, WV  8,9 (see note 2)
                Died: Mar- 4-1908           9
              Buried:                      in Mt. Zion (aka Morgan) Cemetery, head of Franks Run, Doddridge Co, WV  6
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1887                 in Wetzel Co, WV  10
          Occupation:                      farmer  1
                Wife: Elizabeth Jane Beverlin  b. Dec-  -1867  d. Apr-10-1953  
       Also known as: Elizabeth J. Bevlin 10
             Married: Sep-18-1887          in Wetzel Co, WV  10
           M Child 4: Hiram Nelson Swiger      
                Born: ca 1868              in Doddridge Co, WV  11
             Resided: 1888                 in Wetzel Co, WV  11
                Wife: Serena George  b. Oct-10-1865  d. Feb-12-1920  
       Also known as: Cerena George 11
             Married: Nov-25-1888          at Franks Run, near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  11
           F Child 5: Mary M. Swiger      
                Born: ca 1872              in Wetzel Co, WV  12
                Died: Jan-19-1893          in Harrison Co, WV  13
              Buried:                      in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  14
             Resided: 1888                 in Wetzel Co, WV  12
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV  
             Husband: Solomon B. Lyons  b. Aug- 5-1867  
       Also known as: Solomon B. Lyon 8
             Married: Feb-23-1888          in Wetzel Co, WV  15

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(2) 1880 Census, Wetzel County, WV. 
(3) Birth record of son. 
(4) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(5) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(6) Findagrave.com. 
(7) Headstone (year only) 
(8) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) Headstone. 
(10) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV. 
(11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790110&Type=Marriage. 
(12) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV, 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11595470&Type=Marriage. 
(13) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, There are two conflicting entries for this death on the same page of the 
death record. 
(1) Line 54, report filed Jan 31 1893 - Mary M. Lyons, white female, married, 20, b. Doddridge Co; died Jan 19 1893 in 
Harrison County, cause of death inflammatory rheumatism with neuralgia of heart, buried in Doddridge Co on Jan 20 1893.  
Informant:  Hiram Wilson, undertaker, Salem. 
(2) Line 57, report filed Feb 9 1893 - Mary Lyons, white female, married, 20, b. Webster Co; died Jan 19 1893 in 
Harrison County, buried in Center Point on Jan 20 1893.  Informant:  Hiram Wilson, undertaker, Salem. DR p. 44 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=113919&Type=Death. 
(14) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR p. 44 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=113919&Type=Death. 
(15) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV, Identified as Solomon B. Lyons, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and 
Mary M. Swiger, 15 (consent), b. & res. in Wetzel Co.  Married Feb 23 1888 "at George Swiger's in Wetzel Co, W.Va.," 
officiated by Jesse F. Snodgrass, a Minister of the Gospel.  Informant for marriage license:  George W. (?) Swiger. 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11595470&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date on headstone is 1847.
Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1865, but birth record and headstone
show it as Feb 27 1866.  Birthplace given in marriage record as Wetzel County,
but birth record shows it as Doddridge County.







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