Husband: Oral Duncan Swisher
Born: Sep- 1-1910 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3,4
Died: May- 8-2002 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2,4,3
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 2
Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 5,6
Resided: 1943 in Arizona 7
Census: 1940 in Pima Co, AZ (see note 1)
Resided: 1935 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 8
Occupation: mail carrier 4
Occupation: 1940 salesman in grocery store 8
Military: Pfc, U.S. Army, World War II (Europe) 7,9,10,2
Father: John Emery Swisher (1881 - 1966)
Mother: Iva Agnes Snider (1886 - 1957)
Notes 5
Wife: Gail Leoan Whitehair 11 Also known as: Leoan Whitehair 12,13,14,15 Married: Dec-22-1947 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16
Born: Jan- 4-1921 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 17,18,11,19 Resided: 1981, 2002, 07, 14 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 20,21,13,14 Census: 1940 at Wilson Ridge, Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: teacher Education: Glenville State College and Salem College 5 Father: Boyd Guy Whitehair (1895 - 1981) Mother: Minerva Ella Gregg (1895 - 1994)
M Child 1: Living Wife: Living
M Child 2: Living Wife: Living
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, There are two birth records on file, the usual entry and a delayed entry. The first, BR 4-158, shows Oral Duncan Swisher b. Sep 1 1910 in New Milton, son of Emory & Ivy Swisher. The delayed entry, BR Del 1-166B, filed by father on Aug 30 1941, shows Oral Duncan Swisher b. Sep 1 1910 in New Milton, son of John Emery Swisher (age 29, b. Doddridge) and Ivy Agnes Snider (age 24, b. Doddridge), this being the mother's fifth child. BR Bk 4, p. 158, and BR Del Bk 1, p. 166-B. (2) Obituary. (3) Social Security Death Index. (4) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Outside County Bk 2, p. 842. (5) Newspaper wedding announcement. (6) Obituary of mother. (7) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (8) 1940 Census. (9) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (10) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) (11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 16, p. 74. (12) Death record of husband. (13) Pennsboro News, 3/21/2007. (14) Obituary of sister. (15) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (16) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Marriage record on file in Doddridge Co despite ceremony having been held in Wood Co. MR Bk 16, p. 74. (17) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. (18) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (19) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (20) Obituary of father. (21) Obituary of husband. Event Notes Note (1) Listed as a cousin in household of Henry H. & Madge (Davis) Snider, but the actual relationship has not been determined. All household members were born in West Virginia.