Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Alvin Franklin Swentzel 1   
       Also known as: Frank A. Swentzel 2
                Born: ca 1856              in Center Co, PA  3,2
                Died: Feb- 9-1935          in Doddridge Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1920                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  2
             Resided: 1884                 in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Father: Jacob Swentzel 
              Mother: Mary Huntington 
                Wife: Susan Barker   1,2  
             Married: Jul-13-1884          in Ritchie Co, WV  3
                Born: ca 1855              in Tyler Co, (W)VA  2 (see note 1)
             Resided: 1920                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  2
             Resided: 1884                 in Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Father: Zachariah Barker 
              Mother: Mary Ankrom 
           M Child 1: Walter Blaine Swentzel      
                Born: Jun-24-1886           5
                Died: Feb-15-1968          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  6,5
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  6,7
              Census: 1930                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer, school teacher  6
          Occupation: 1916                 co-owner (with Charles H. Pigott) of grocery & meat market  8
                Wife: Lovie Lucretia Pigott  b. May-28-1888  d. Oct-17-1967  
           M Child 2: Earl O. Swentzel      
                Born: Mar-15-1892          in Ritchie Co, WV  9,10
                Died: Sep- 2-1958          in Doddridge Co, WV  4,10
              Census: 1940                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  2,11
          Occupation:                      farmer  11,12
                Wife: Nettie M. Smith  b. Oct-16-1902  d. Oct-22-1996  
             Married: Jan- 8-1925          at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  13,9

Sources:
(1) Death record of son. 
(2) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(3) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(4) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(5) Headstone (year only) 
(6) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(7) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(8) Doddridge County Republican, 9/21/1916. 
(9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(10) Social Security Death Index. 
(11) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(12) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Earl O. Swentzel, 32, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co; 
and Nettie M. Smith, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Jan 8 1925 at Center Point.  (Note:  Wife's obituary 
incorrectly states marriage date as Jan 25 1925.), MR p. 383. 

Event Notes
Note (1) 1920 Census gives her birthplace as Pennsylvania, but marriage record shows
is as Tyler County.
Note (2) Pike Fork







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