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Hester Ellen Asenith SWIGER

Hester Ellen Asenith SWIGER

Female 1832 - 1913  (80 years)

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  • Name Hester Ellen Asenith SWIGER 
    Born 13 Dec 1832  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1913  [2] 
    Buried Sardis Cemetery, Sardis, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Person ID I63807  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Oct 2020 

    Father Christopher Columbus Stuffield SWIGER,   b. 4 Sep 1804, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1882, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Susannah BLACK,   b. 27 May 1810, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1856, Sardis, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Family ID F53178  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hamilton G. HUSTEAD,   b. CA 1822, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1856, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years)  [4] 
    Married 6 Jan 1848  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. Harriet Elen HUSTEAD,   b. 25 Jan 1849, Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1935, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F53179  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Frederick Lawson SWIGER,   b. 15 Jun 1832, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1915, Olive, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 14 Dec 1857  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • As grandchildren of Jacob Swiger and Nancy Backus, Frederick L. Swiger and Hester Ellen Asenith "Cena" Swiger were first cousins. They married in 1857.

      1860 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumeration date not given:
      Frederick L. Swiger, 28, farm laborer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $100; Lena E, 27; William A, 2; Harriet E, 11 months. All born in Virginia.

      1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis Twp), enumeration date not given:
      Frederick L. Swiger, 37, farmer, value of real estate $700, value of personal estate $535, cannot write; Sena E, 37; Malissa C, 6; George W, 1.

      1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV, enumerated on Jun 25 1880:
      Frederic L. Swiger, 48, farmer; wife Sena E, 47, cannot read/write; dau Malissa C, 16, works at home; son George W, 11, works on farm; son Flavious T, 8; dau Amanda J, 5; dau Margaret B, 2.

      1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on 21-22 Apr 1910:
      Frederick L. Swiger, 77, farmer, married 52 yrs (1st marriage); wife Cenia L, 77, married 52 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 12 children (6 still living); grandson Arthur A. Hardman, 9; dau Malissa C. Swiger, 45, single; granddau Lexie B. Swiger, 14. [7]
    Children 
    +1. Malissa C. SWIGER,   b. 11 Jun 1864, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1945, Sardis, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +2. George Willis SWIGER,   b. 12 Jan 1869, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1948, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +3. Flavius Tillman SWIGER,   b. 18 Mar 1872, Olive, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1947, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    +4. Amanda Ruletta "Lettie" SWIGER,   b. 12 Feb 1875, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1962, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +5. Margaret Belle "Maggie" SWIGER,   b. 13 Feb 1878, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1964, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F26600  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2335] Cemeteries of Sardis District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1993)).

    4. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    5. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=36739&Type=Marriage.

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR - F. L. Swiger, mid-page : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=38344&Type=Marriage.

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.