Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Henry Dorsey Booher    
       Also known as: Dorsey Booher 1
                Born: ca 1846               2,3 (see note 1)
                Died: Nov-15-1895          in Doddridge Co, WV  1
      Cause of death:                      dropsy  1
              Census: 1870, 1880           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  1,3
            Military: (enlisted 7/28/1864) Pvt, Co G, 6th WVa Cav, and Co H, 4th WVa Cav, Civil War (held POW 11/28/1864 - 2/5/1865)  4,5
              Mother: Catharine Booher 
                Wife: Sarah Matilda Swiger     
             Married: Nov-19-1865          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
                Born: ca 1847              in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  2,6
              Census: 1870, 80, 1910, 20   in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Absalom C. Swiger   (1822 - 1887) 
              Mother: Rachael Bachus   (1830 - 1865) 
           M Child 1: John H. Booher      
                Born: ca 1866               7
              Census: 1870, 1880           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 2: Ruth M. Booher      
         Census name: Rutha M. Booher 
                Born: ca 1869               7
              Census: 1870, 1880           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 3: Rachel D. Booher      
                Born: ca 1871               3
              Census: 1880, 1920           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 4: Mary M. Booher      
                Born: ca 1873               3
              Census: 1880                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 5: Rebecca C. Booher      
                Born: ca 1876               3
              Census: 1880                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 6: Lewis Frederick "Fred" Booher      
       Also known as: Fred Booher 8,9
                Born: Aug-27-1877          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
                Died: Nov-26-1951          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  10
              Census: 1940                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1880, 1910, 1920     in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
                Wife: Bertha Emalene Stark  b. Apr-22-1889  d. Jul-24-1965  

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(3) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). 
(4) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(6) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(7) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan Twp) 
(8) Birth record of son. 
(9) Marriage record of son. 
(10) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 56 in death record would put birth in about  1839, but age in marriage
and census record put it in about 1846.  Birthplace given as Doddridge County in
marriage record, but as Harrison County in death record.







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