Jul-28-2018
Husband: Peter Swisher II
Born: Oct-28-1746 in Switzerland 1
Died: Jan-18-1832 at Rockford (Lost Creek), Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
Buried: in Rockford Methodist Cemetery, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 2
Resided: at Rockford (Lost Creek), Harrison Co, (W)VA 3
Father: Peter Schweitzer
Wife: Mary Waggoner
Born: ca 1757 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1: Jacob Swisher
Born: Jun- 9-1777 1
Died: bef Nov-16-1818 in Pleasant Twp, Clark Co, OH 1
Wife: Rachel Curle
Married: Aug-20-1799 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
M Child 2: Peter S. Swisher III
Born: Mar-11-1779 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
Died: Sep-27-1830 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
Buried: in Harmony Cemetery, near Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 1
Wife: Susannah Rinehart b. Dec- 1-1779 d. Aug- 3-1856
Married: Feb-25-1801 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 1
F Child 3: Margaret Swisher
Born: Jan-31-1781 1
Died: Sep-14-1859 in Pleasant Twp, Clark Co, OH 1
Husband: Jeremiah Curle
Married: Aug- -1799 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 1
F Child 4: Dorothy Swisher
Born: Dec-15-1783 1
Died: Jan- 4-1861 in Preston Co, (W)VA 1
Husband: John Waggoner
Married: Sep-14-1800 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 1
M Child 5: Frederick H. Swisher
Born: Oct-15-1784 in York Co, PA 1
Died: May-20-1855 in Hoodsville, Marion Co, (W)VA 1
Wife: Hannah Morris b. 1793 d. Nov- 3-1853
Married: Jun-20-1812 1
M Child 6: Franklin Swisher
Born: ca 1786 1
Died: ca 1810 1
M Child 7: Christopher Swisher
Born: 1791 1
Wife: Mary Madden
Married: Nov- 9-1815 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4
M Child 8: Isaac Swisher
Born: Jul-15-1793 in Brown's Creek, Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV 2,1
Died: Feb-19-1854 in Rockford (Lost Creek), Harrison Co, (W)VA 2,1
Buried: in Rockford Methodist Cemetery, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 2
Military: War of 1812 5
Wife: Mariah Jett b. Jan-21-1797 d. Aug-18-1863
Married: Apr-11-1813 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 1
F Child 9: Susannah Swisher
Born: 1794 1
Died: Nov-16-1877 in Rockford (Lost Creek), Harrison Co, WV 1
Husband: John D. Dawson
Married: 1813 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
M Child 10: John Swisher
Born: ca 1794 1
Died: bef 1830 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1
Wife: Mary Maxwell
Married: 1813 1
Sources:
(1) Jeffrey Wood (Ancestry World Tree, http://awt.ancestry.com)
(2) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV.
(3) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore
MD, 1997, p. 30.
(4) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
(5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 244.
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