Husband: John Marshall Swann
Also known as: John Marshall Swan 1
Born: Oct- 8-1879 in Upshur Co, WV 1
Died: May- 8-1942 at Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 1
Buried: in Eddy Cemetery, Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2
Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Thomas P. Swann (1813 - 1880)
Mother: Sophia Davis (1827 - 1911)
Wife: Faynetta Adams 3
Also known as: Fay Nettie Adams 4,5
Married: Feb-27-1910 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Born: Oct- -1883 6
Died: Dec- -1972 6
Resided: in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 3,6
Resided: 1942 at Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 7
Father: Lewis A. Adams (1855 - 1920)
Mother: Margaret Clevenger (1849 - 1932)
Notes
M Child 1: Cecil Thomas Swann Also known as: Thomas Cecil Swann 8 Born: Feb-13-1912 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,9,10 Died: Aug- -1968 9,10 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 11,12 Census: 1940 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1933 in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1920 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 road construction worker (W.P.A.) 13 Wife: Bertha Leona Olivia Fortney b. Apr- -1900 d. Dec-25-1971 Census name: Bertha O. Fortney 14,15 Married: May- 3-1933 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8
F Child 2: Margaret Saphira Swann Also known as: Marguerite Saphira Swann 4 (see note 1) Born: May-11-1913 6 Died: Oct-25-1990 6 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Resided: in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 16,6 Census: 1920 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Lot Thomas Bowen b. May-25-1911 d. Mar-14-1983 Married: Mar-20-1935 in Doddridge Co, WV 17
M Child 3: Lewis Marshall Swann Born: Apr-10-1916 in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 18,19 Died: Feb- 6-1971 in Doddridge Co, WV 20,18,19,21 Buried: in Eddy Cemetery, Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV 18,2,12 Resided: in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 18 Census: 1920 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: construction worker, Garbart Construction Co of Haywood 18 Wife: Mary Lucille "Lucy" Morgan b. Nov-27-1917 d. Oct-16-2004 Also known as: Lucille Morgan 22,23 Married: Dec-17-1934 24,21
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (3) Obituary of son. (4) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (5) Obituary of mother. (6) Social Security Death Index. (7) Death record of husband. (8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (9) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (10) Headstone (year only) (11) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (12) Findagrave.com. (13) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (14) 1900 Census. (15) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. (16) Obituary of brother. (17) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Lot Thomas Bowen, 23, of Doddridge Co; and Marguerite Saphira Swann, 21, of Doddridge Co. Married Mar 20 1935. (18) Obituary. (19) Headstone. (20) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (21) Obituary of wife. (22) Obituary of sister. (23) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 198. (24) Obituary of husband. Event Notes Note (1) middle name has also been reported as Sophiah and Sophia