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Lena Ruth CUTRIGHT

Lena Ruth CUTRIGHT

Female 1905 - 1987  (81 years)

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  • Name Lena Ruth CUTRIGHT 
    Born 9 Sep 1905  Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1910  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1920  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1930  Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Died 15 Jan 1987  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6] 
    Buried K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I50509  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Jun 2014 

    Father William E. "Wiley" CUTRIGHT,   b. 4 Apr 1866, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1923, Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Virginia Burd "Genie" ASH,   b. Dec 1865, Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1942, Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Family ID F33352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 James Harrison "Harry" CUNNINGHAM,   b. 3 Aug 1888, Lonaconing, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1964, Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)  [8, 9] 
    Married 4 Oct 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Divorced Y  [10] 
    Children 
    +1. James Harrison CUNNINGHAM, Jr.,   b. 9 Aug 1921, Wallace, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 2017  (Age 95 years)
    Family ID F20857  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Henry Floyd SWIGER,   b. 3 Oct 1900, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1983  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 6 Feb 1925  [9, 11] 
    Married 23 Dec 1949  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Eagle District), enumerated on Apr 5 1930 at Shinnston-Middlebourne Pike:
      Henry F. Swiger, 27, coal miner, age 23 at time of first marriage; wife Lena R, 23, age 14 at first marriage; son Junior F, 4; dau Emmajean V, 2 yr 1 mo; stepson James H. Cunningham, 8.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District, City of Salem), enumerated on Apr 16 1940 at 118 Caroline Ave:
      Henry F. Swiger, 38, handyman for State Roads; wife Lena R, 33; son Floyd Jr, 13; dau Emmajean V, 12; son William L, 7; mother-in-law Virginia B. Swiger, 75, widow.
    Children 
    +1. Floyd SWIGER, Jr.,   b. 13 Nov 1925, Dogtown, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 2008, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Emmajean Virginia "Jean" SWIGER,   b. 29 Feb 1928,   d. 9 Nov 2017, Monongah, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     3. William Leonard SWIGER,   b. 6 May 1932, Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 2018, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F20985  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    50509_SWIGER_LenaRuthCutrightCunningham_1905-1987_Obit.jpg    		50509_SWIGER_LenaRuthCutrightCunningham_1905-1987_Obit.jpg
    50508_JamesHarrisonCunningham_LenaRuthCutright_MarriageRecord_4Oct1920.jpg    		50508_JamesHarrisonCunningham_LenaRuthCutright_MarriageRecord_4Oct1920.jpg
    50784_HenryFSwiger_LenaRuthCutrightCunningham_MarriageRecord_23Dec1949.jpg    		50784_HenryFSwiger_LenaRuthCutrightCunningham_MarriageRecord_23Dec1949.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    6. [S1700] Obituary - Nursing home.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    9. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    10. [S1966] Record of husband's remarriage.

    11. [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    12. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 222 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797506&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Henry F. Swiger, 49, b. Ashley WV, res. Salem WV, son of William H. (sic) & Amey Swiger; and Lena Ruth Cutright Cunningham, 44, b. Cascara, Doddridge Co, res. Salem, Doddridge Co, dau of William E. Cutright & Virginia Ash. Married Dec 23 1949 in West Union by C. S. DeBarr, Minister of the Gospel. A handwritten notation in the upper margin of the marriage record states "Do not publish." (NOTE: Census records indicate that this couple was married in about 1925, and wife's obituary states that they were married on Feb 6 1925. No record of that marriage has been found.)