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James Edwin SWISHER

James Edwin SWISHER

Male 1864 - 1922  (57 years)

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  • Name James Edwin SWISHER 
    Born 6 Nov 1864  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Residence Berlin, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 29 Jun 1922  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Buried Friendship Cemetery (Fairview IOOF), Berlin Rd (CR 7), Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Person ID I6473  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2018 

    Father Peter Gaston SWISHER,   b. 28 Oct 1830, Laurel Lick Run (Berlin), Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 1913  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Margaret Mary HINZMAN,   b. 22 Feb 1832, Berlin, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1902, Laurel Lick Run (Berlin), Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Family ID F2271  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Annie Gertrude "Gertie" REGER,   b. 14 Aug 1871,   d. 29 Mar 1911  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 15 Oct 1891  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Grace Leslie SWISHER,   b. 24 Nov 1892,   d. 4 Jan 1980  (Age 87 years)
     2. Carl Brent SWISHER,   b. 28 Apr 1897,   d. Jun 1968  (Age 71 years)
     3. Margaret Elizabeth SWISHER,   b. 11 Dec 1898,   d. Aug 1979  (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F2279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eva Elizabeth BORAM,   b. 24 Jan 1874 
    Married 25 Oct 1913  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Family ID F2280  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S1788] Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994)).

    4. [S2150] 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV.

    5. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
      Middle name given as Edward, at variance with both of his marriage records, which identify him as James Edwin Swisher.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1788] Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994)).
      Identified as James Edwin Swisher, 26, of Lewis Co, son of Peter G. & Margaret; and Annie Gertrude Reger, 20, of Lewis Co, dau of William & Mary E. Married Oct 15 1891.

    8. [S1788] Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994)).
      Identified as James Edwin Swisher, widowed, 48, of Lewis Co, son of Peter G. & Margaret; and Eva Elizabeth Boram, 39, of Lewis Co, dau of Francis M. & Annie R. Married Oct 25 1913.

    9. [S340] The Gibson and Related Families, Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991), p. 331.