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Sarah Tabitha "Bitha" SWIGER

Sarah Tabitha "Bitha" SWIGER

Female 1866 - 1944  (77 years)

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  • Name Sarah Tabitha "Bitha" SWIGER 
    Born 23 Jul 1866  Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Age 38 in her 1918 marriage record was understated by 14 years, probably because her husband was so much younger than her. Age 22 in her 1889 marriage record conformed to her actual age. The 1900 Census shows her age as 33, b. July 1866, while her death record states Jul 22 1865,
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870, 1880  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1889  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900, 1910  Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1918  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1920  Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 10 May 1944  Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Buried Cain Cemetery, near Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I74465  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 May 2017 

    Father William Emanuel SWIGER,   b. 28 Feb 1848, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1938, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Alice Ann HOOPER,   b. 1846, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1924, Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F31774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. William Ernest SWIGER,   b. 22 Oct 1884, Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1953, Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F46202  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Henry "Irvin" PRICE,   b. Apr 1875, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef May 1918  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Married 8 Oct 1889  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 21 1900:
      Henry Price, 25, b. Apr 1875, farmer, married 12 yrs; wife Sarah T, 33, b. Jul 1866, married 12 yrs, mother of 6 children (5 still living); son William E, 14, b. Dec 1885; son Benjamin W, 7, b. Feb 1893; dau Clide J, 5, b. Jun 1895; son James D, 3, b. Mar 1897; son Thomas E, 1, b. Mar 1899.

      1910 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 24 1910 at Morgan Run:
      Henry Price, 37, farmer, married 21 yrs; wife Bitha, 44, married 21 yrs, mother of 10 children (9 still living); son William E, 24, pipeline for gas company; son Walter B, 17, laborer on home farm; dau Jane C, 15; son James S, 13; son Thomas E, 9; son Andrew F, 8; dau Alice A, 7; dau Lora S, 4; son Charles M, 9 months. [7]
    Children 
    +1. James Daniel PRICE,   b. 29 Mar 1897, Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1977, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Lora Savilla "Lonie" PRICE,   b. 2 Sep 1906,   d. 30 Jul 1994  (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F31776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Hiram Squire WILLIAMS,   b. 15 Feb 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1954, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 15 May 1918  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Eagle District), enumerated on Mar 24 1920:
      Harm S. Williams, 36, coal miner; wife Tabitha, 46; son Hubert, 14; son Howard, 11; dau Betsey, 10; stepdau Lora Price, 13; stepson Charlie Price, 10; boarder James Price, 22, single, coal miner.

      Hiram and Tabitha apparently divorced or at least separated, as reflected in their separate homes in the 1930 Census.

      1930 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 15 1930:
      James D. Price, 33, farm laborer; wife Myrtle, 26; dau Pearl, 5y 9m; son Wilbert, 4y 3m; son Archie, 3y 2m; dau Anna M, 1y 9m; dau Katherine, under 1 month; mother Bitha, 63, widowed.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on May 12 1930:
      Martha Ash, 50, widowed, farmer; son Carl, 19; son Claud, 18; son Glenn, 16; dau Eva, 10; mother Betsy Williams, 85, widowed; brother Hiram Williams, 44, married, farm laborer.
    Family ID F31773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    74465_WILLIAMS_SarahTabithaSwigerPrice_DeathCertificate_10May1944.jpg    		74465_WILLIAMS_SarahTabithaSwigerPrice_DeathCertificate_10May1944.jpg
    70369_HiramSquireWilliams_BithaSwigerPrice_MarriageRecord_15May1918.jpg    		70369_HiramSquireWilliams_BithaSwigerPrice_MarriageRecord_15May1918.jpg
    74470_HenryPrice_SarahSwiger_MarriageRecord_8Oct1889.jpg    		74470_HenryPrice_SarahSwiger_MarriageRecord_8Oct1889.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2291] 1900 Census, Wetzel County, WV.

    3. [S2060] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan Twp).

    4. [S2292] Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV.

    5. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    6. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

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

    8. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 491.
      Identified as Hiram Squire Williams, single, 33, b. Doddridge Co, res. Lumberport WV, son of Squire & Betsy Williams; and Bitha Price, widow, 38, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of W. E. & Ann A. Swiger. Married May 15 1918 in Clarksburg.