Jul-28-2018Husband: Wirt Swisher Born: Apr- 2-1874 1 Died: Dec-31-1959 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 1 Buried: in Friendship Cemetery (Fairview IOOF), Berlin Rd (CR 7), Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV 1 Resided: in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 2,1 Occupation: Bell Telephone Company 3,1 Father: Edwin Swisher (1848 - 1923) Mother: Cecelia Columbia Lawson (1849 - )
Wife: Mary Adeline Beeghley Married: Jun-24-1897 in Lewis Co, WV 4
Born: ca 1873 in Lewis Co, WV 4,5 Died: Jun-14-1940 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5,6 Resided: in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 5 Father: John Beeghley Mother: Caroline Norris Hall (1842 - 1931)
M Child 1: John Beeghley Swisher Born: Mar-22-1899 7 Died: May-30-1936 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 7 Buried: IOOF Cemetery 7 Occupation: manager, A&P grocery stores 7 Wife: Olga Laughlin
F Child 2: Ednah Beeghley Swisher Born: Mar- 1-1901 8 Died: Aug- 9-1972 8 Buried: in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 9 Resided: 1940 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV 10 Husband: Rufus Davisson Taylor b. Sep- 1-1900 d. May- 4-1982 Married: Nov-29-1923 in Lewis Co, WV 4
F Child 3: Caroline Columbia Swisher Born: ca 1903 4 Resided: 1940 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV 10 Husband: Charlie Elwood Lawson b. ca 1903 Married: May-12-1923 in Lewis Co, WV 4
M Child 4: Edwin Wirt "June" Swisher 3 Born: Apr-14-1906 in Lewis Co, WV 11,3 Died: Feb- 1-1948 in Baltimore, MD 3 Census: 1940 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Resided: 1930, 1940 in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 11,10 Occupation: Bell Telephone Company 3 Occupation: 1940 laborer for private family 12 Wife: Wilma Katherine Gillispie b. Feb-20-1912 d. Nov- -1983 Also known as: Wilma Kathryn Gillispie 3 Married: May-24-1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11,3
Sources: (1) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV. (2) Obituary of wife. (3) Joy Gilchrist Stalnaker (editor), Lewis County West Virginia: Her People and Places, Hackers Creek Pioneers Descendants, Horner, WV 26372 (2000), p. 202. (4) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994) (5) Betty Mayfield (compiler) & Matha Byrd (editor), Obituaries, Marriage & Births from Weston Independent and/or Weston Democrat, 1939-1940 (Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants, Jane Lew, WV, April 1996), p. 49. (6) Obituary - Hospital. (7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (8) Headstone (year only) (9) Headstone. (10) Obituary of mother. (11) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (12) 1940 Census, Lewis County, WV.Name Index