Husband: James Edwin Swisher
Born: Nov- 6-1864 1,2,3,4
Died: Jun-29-1922 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5,2
Buried: in Friendship Cemetery (Fairview IOOF), Berlin Rd (CR 7), Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV 6,1
Resided: in Berlin, Lewis Co, WV 1
Occupation: farmer 1
Census: 1900 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV
Father: Peter Gaston Swisher (1830 - 1913)
Mother: Margaret Mary Hinzman (1832 - 1902)
Other spouse 2
Wife: Annie Gertrude "Gertie" Reger Married: Oct-15-1891 in Lewis Co, WV 7
Born: Aug-14-1871 2,3 Died: Mar-29-1911 2 Buried: in Friendship Cemetery (Fairview IOOF), Berlin Rd (CR 7), Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV 6 Census: 1900 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Father: William Reger Mother: Mary E. Jones
F Child 1: Grace Leslie Swisher Born: Nov-24-1892 8 (see note 1) Died: Jan- 4-1980 8 Buried: in Friendship Cemetery (Fairview IOOF), Berlin Rd (CR 7), Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV 6 Resided: in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 8 Census: 1900 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Husband: Nathan Goff Boram b. Nov-23-1886 d. Dec- -1978 Married: Nov-24-1915 in Lewis Co, WV 3,9
M Child 2: Carl Brent Swisher Born: Apr-28-1897 8,4 Died: Jun- -1968 8 Resided: in Baltimore, MD 10 Census: 1900 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Wife: Idella Ford Gwatkin b. Aug-23-1904 d. Jan-18-2001 Married: Aug-23-1929
F Child 3: Margaret Elizabeth Swisher Born: Dec-11-1898 8 Died: Aug- -1979 8 Resided: in Madison, Lake Co, OH 11 Census: 1900 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Husband: Arley Kyle Gould b. Jan-20-1898 d. Mar- -1971 Married: Jan-31-1920 in Lewis Co, WV 3
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Headstone. (3) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994) (4) 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV. (5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Middle name given as Edward, at variance with both of his marriage records, which identify him as James Edwin Swisher. (6) Findagrave.com. (7) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994), Identified as James Edwin Swisher, 26, of Lewis Co, son of Peter G. & Margaret; and Annie Gertrude Reger, 20, of Lewis Co, dau of William & Mary E. Married Oct 15 1891. (8) Social Security Death Index. (9) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 331. (10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Maryland before 1951. (11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia in 1960. Event Notes Note (1) 1900 Census gives birth date as Oct 1892, but SSDI shows it as Nov 24 1892.