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Lula Dessel DAVIS

Lula Dessel DAVIS

Female 1906 - 1965  (58 years)

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  • Name Lula Dessel DAVIS 
    Census 1910, 20, 30, 40  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 20 Nov 1906  Harlin (Morgans Run), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birt date on headstone is 1907.
    Gender Female 
    Residence Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Died 17 Jun 1965  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 6] 
    Buried Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    Person ID I81308  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2017 

    Father Lorhemus W. "Low" DAVIS,   b. 28 Apr 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1951, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Talitha Frances FORD,   b. 28 Feb 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1940, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Family ID F24789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Melburn Eugene SWISHER,   b. 21 Feb 1905,   d. Jan 1974  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 27 Oct 1923  Oakland, Garrett Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 9 1930:
      Melburn Swisher, 24, truck driver, ag 18 at time of first marriage; wife Dessel, 21, age 16 at first marriage; son William L, 5; son Edsel, 2; son Max, 6 months. All born in West Virginia.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District, Community of Morgansville), enumerated on Apr 26 1940:
      M. E. Swisher, 36, truck driver for state; wife Dessel, 34; son William L, 15; son Edsel, 13; son (sic) Lyndel, 5.
      NOTE: Lyndel should have been identified as a daughter. [10]
    Children 
    +1. William Low SWISHER,   b. 19 Jan 1925, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 2018, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    +2. Edsel Eugene "Ed" SWISHER,   b. 26 Dec 1927, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 2018  (Age 90 years)
     3. Max Richard SWISHER,   b. 25 Sep 1929, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1932, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     4. Phyllis Martha SWISHER,   b. 6 Jan 1932, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1932, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +5. Lyndel Dessel SWISHER,   b. 24 Aug 1934, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Living
    Family ID F34755  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    81308_SWISHER_DesselLula_1906-1965_DeathCertificate.jpg    		81308_SWISHER_DesselLula_1906-1965_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2621363&Type=Birth.
      This birth is recorded twice, once as reported by the doctor (Line 1002, no given name entered) and once as reported by the assessor.(Line 1011, entered as Lula D. Davis).

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

    3. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    4. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S643] Obituary of father.

    6. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    7. [S2550] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    8. [S1569] Family Bible.

    9. [S2041] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    10. [S1567] Marriage record of son.