Apr-24-2012                   

             Husband: Isaac Swisher    

                Born: Jul-15-1793          in Brown's Creek, Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Feb-19-1854          in Rockford (Lost Creek), Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,2
              Buried:                      in Rockford Methodist Cemetery, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  1
            Military:                      War of 1812  3
              Father: Peter Swisher II 
              Mother: Mary Waggoner 

                Wife: Mariah Jett   4  

                Born: Jan-21-1797          in Fauquier Co, VA  5,2
                Died: Aug-18-1863          in Rockford (Lost Creek), Harrison Co, WV  6,2
              Buried:                      in Rockford Methodist Cemetery, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Father: Francis Jett 
              Mother: Polly Jett 

Notes 

           F Child 1: Sarah Ann Swisher 3     
                Born: 1817                 in   3,7
                Died: 1894                 in   7

           M Child 2: Owen Swisher      
                Born: ca 1826              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  8

           M Child 3: Simonton Swisher      
                Born: Jul-30-1840          in   5
                Died: May-17-1863          in   6

           F Child 4: Emma V. Swisher      
       Also known as: Emily Swisher 8
                Born: 1845                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  8,9
                Died: Sep-20-1918          at Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  10,11,9


Sources:
(1) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical 
Society, Clarksburg, WV. 
(2) Jeffrey Wood   (Ancestry World Tree, 
http://awt.ancestry.com) 
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing 
Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 244. 
(4) Bernard L. Butcher, Genealogical & Personal History of Upper Monongahela Valley WV 
(1912, reprinted 1978 by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD), p. 1138. 
(5) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(6) Headstone. 
(7) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West 
Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(11) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon 
Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm 
>, p. 84. 

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