John Milton SWIGER

1880 - 1940  (59 years)

• Name	John Milton SWIGER
  Born	27 Sep 1880	Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1901	Doddridge Co, WV   [4]
  Census	1910	Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV
  Occupation	1910  [5]
  	oil field worker
  Occupation	1918  [1]
  	oil well worker for South Penn Oil Co.
  Residence	1918	Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV   [1]
  Census	1920	Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV
  Occupation	1920  [6]
  	oil well pumper
  Census	1930	Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV
  Died	27 Apr 1940	Wallace, Harrison Co, WV   [2, 3]
  Buried	Lions Cemetery, Wallace, Harrison Co, WV   [3, 7]
  Person ID	I103588	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Samuel Preston SWIGER,   b. CA 1849, Doddridge Co, (W)VA ,   d. Bef Feb 1915  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Mary Missouri DAVIS,   b. 28 Apr 1850, Harrison Co, (W)VA ,   d. 7 Apr 1897, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F19932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Jane LYON,   b. May 1882, Harrison Co, WV ,   d. 9 Jan 1938, Harrison Co, WV  (Age ~ 55 years)  [8]
  Married	6 Apr 1901	Salem, Harrison Co, WV   [4]
  Notes	1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on Apr 27 1910 at Middle Run Road: George W. Lyon, 64 (annotated to read 72), farmer, married 43 yrs; wife Emily Lyon, 68, married 43 yrs, mother of 10 children (4 still living); dau Emily Swiger, 26, married 9 yrs, mother of 4 children (all still living); son-in-law John M. Swiger, 29, laborer in oil field, married 9 yrs; grandson Orval Swiger, 8; granddau Lena Swiger, 6; granddau Laura Swiger, 3; granddau Bertha, 4 months. 1920 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Feb 6 1920: John M. Swiger, 39, oil well pumper; wife Emma J, 37; son Orvill B, 18; dau Lena M, 16; dau Lora B, 13; dau Bertha W, 10; dau Opal B, 6; dau (sic) Audie R, 2; dau Ruby M, 1 month; roomer Selesta L. Edgell, 54, widowed. 1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on Apr 14 1930 at Middle Run: John M. Swiger, 49, pumper in oil industry; wife Emily J, 48; dau Monna, 26, single, cook in private home; dau Lara L, 23, single, waitress in restaurant; dau Bertha, 21, single, waitress in restaurant; dau Opal B, 17, single, waitress in restaurant; son Ottie R, 13; dau Ruby M, 11; dau Eva J, 6. NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of John and Emily's son Orville and his family. 1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on May 7 1940 at Wallace: Audie B. Swiger, 22, pumper for oil companyl; wife Waneta, 19; dau Lula L, 9 months; sister Lena, 36, single; sister Eva J, 16; sister Lura B, 34, cook in restaurant.
  Children	1. Lena Monie SWIGER,   b. 1 Jun 1903, Rock Camp (Wallace), Harrison Co, WV ,   d. 25 Jun 1993  (Age 90 years)   2. Opal Byrl SWIGER,   b. 28 Apr 1913, Harrison Co, WV ,   d. 17 Jan 1986  (Age 72 years)
  Documents		101548_1910Census_SardisDist-HarrisonCoWV_GeorgeWLyon_JohnMSwiger.jpg
  Family ID	F43162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database). [S638] Headstone (year only). [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com). [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. [S2113] 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. [S2199] 1920 Census, Wetzel County, WV. [S934] Findagrave.com. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.