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Samuel Preston SWIGER

Samuel Preston SWIGER

Male 1849 - Bef 1915  (~ 66 years)

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  • Name Samuel Preston SWIGER 
    Born CA 1849  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  [2] 
    farmer 
    Residence 1898  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Bef Feb 1915  [3] 
    Person ID I48481  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2017 

    Father Thomas George SWIGER,   b. 1808,   d. 11 Aug 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Nancy ASH,   b. 1808,   d. 19 May 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F23740  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Missouri DAVIS,   b. 28 Apr 1850, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1897, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)  [4] 
    Married 24 Jan 1869  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 22 1880:
      Samuel P. Swigger [sic], 31, farmer; wife Mary M, 30; dau Sarah A C, 9; son Stephen E, 7; son Christian C, 5; son Benjamin R, 3. [6]
    Children 
     1. Sarah Ann P. SWIGER,   b. 26 Feb 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
    +2. Stephen Ellsworth SWIGER,   b. 1873,   d. 1926  (Age 53 years)
    +3. Columbus Christopher SWIGER,   b. 7 Mar 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1926, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    +4. Benjamin Rufus SWIGER,   b. 4 May 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1967, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    +5. John Milton SWIGER,   b. 27 Sep 1880, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1940, Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     6. Jessie May SWIGER,   b. 22 Mar 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    +7. Giula SWIGER,   b. 25 Mar 1889, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1921  (Age 31 years)
    Family ID F19932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rosetta BATES,   b. May 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1933, Winfield District, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Married 6 Sep 1898  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
      Samuel P. Swiger, 51, b. Aug 1848, married 1 yr; wife Rosetta, 33, b. May 1867, mother of one child (still living); stepson Granville H. Baker, 7, b. Apr 1893.

      1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on May 5 1910 at Shinnston & Middlebourne Turnpike:
      Rosetta Swiger, 33, widowed; son Harrison H, 15, railroad section hand; dau Dorothy M, 7.
    Children 
     1. Dorothy Mae SWIGER,   b. 30 Nov 1903, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1993  (Age 89 years)
    Documents
    48481_SamuelPrestonSwiger_RosettaBates_MarriageRecord_6Sep1898.jpg    		48481_SamuelPrestonSwiger_RosettaBates_MarriageRecord_6Sep1898.jpg
    Family ID F30187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S2011] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    3. [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.

    4. [S1604] Death record of son.

    5. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)), MR p. 468.
      Identified as S. P. Swiger, 49, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Rosetta Bates, 26, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Sep 6 1898 at the residence of Isaac Ice, the presiding minister. Informants for marriage license: S. P. Swiger & Morgan Gorby.

    6. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979).