Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Lewis D. Swisher    
                Born: May-12-1809          in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Apr-  -1896          in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA  3
          Occupation:                      farmer  4
              Father: Peter S. Swisher III   (1779 - 1830) 
              Mother: Susannah Rinehart   (1779 - 1856) 
                Wife: Martha Margaretta Smith     
       Also known as: Margaret Smith 5,6,1
             Married: Oct-18-1832          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  7,3
                Born: Oct-25-1813          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  3
                Died: Jun-17-1899          in Lewis Co, WV  3
              Father: David Smith   (1773 - 1864) 
              Mother: Sarah Hacker   (1775 - 1855) 
           F Child 1: Sarah Ann Swisher      
                Born:     ca 1834          in Lewis Co, WV  8
             Husband: Andrew Davisson Gaston  b. ca 1836  d. 186_  
             Married: Feb- 5-1859          in Lewis Co, WV  9,10
           M Child 2: David R. Swisher      
                Born: Jul-  -1840           11
              Census: 1860, 1900           in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Martha C. Allman  b. Sep-  -1846  
             Married: Mar-16-1865           5

Sources:
(1) Joy Gilchrist Stalnaker (editor), Lewis County West Virginia: Her People and Places, Hackers Creek Pioneers 
Descendants, Horner, WV 26372 (2000), p. 203. 
(2) Jeffrey Wood   (Ancestry World Tree, http://awt.ancestry.com). Conflicting birth 
dates of May 1 1809 and May 12 1809 are reported. 
(3) Jeffrey Wood   (Ancestry World Tree, http://awt.ancestry.com) 
(4) 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. 
(5) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(6) Marriage record of daughter. 
(7) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as Lewis D. Swisher 
and Margaret Smith.  Married Oct 18 1832. 
(8) Lewis County Court House, Weston, WV, MR Bk 5, p. 12. 
(9) Lewis County Court House, Weston, WV, She was identified as age 24, born & residing in Lewis Co, the daughter of Lewis 
D. and Margaret Swisher.  He was identified as age 23, born & residing in Harrison Co, the son of John and Elizabeth 
Gaston. MR Bk 5, p. 12. 
(10) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as Andrew A. [sic] 
Gaston & Sarah A. Swisher.  Married Feb 5 1859. 
(11) 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV. 







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