Jul-28-2018
Husband: Abraham Hinzman
Born: Jun-29-1795 in Simpson Creek, Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2,3
Died: Jan-12-1870 in Laurel Lick Run (Berlin), Lewis Co, WV 4,2
Father: Henry Hinzman (1762 - 1827)
Mother: Charity Coon (1773 - 1872)
Other spouse 2
Wife: Rebecca Means
Married: Aug-12-1817 in Lewis Co, WV 5,2,1,3
Born: Jul-29-1796 1,3
Died: Oct-29-1852 1,3
Father: Robert Means (1762 - 1835)
Mother: Margaret "Mary" Henry (1770 - 1850)
M Child 1: Isaac M. Hinzman
Born: ca 1818 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 6,7
Died: Sep- 8-1861 in Upshur Co, (W)VA 6
Cause of death: measles and cholera 6
Census: 1860 in Upshur Co, (W)VA
Wife: Matilda Bonnett b. ca 1823
M Child 2: William Hinzman
Born: Jun-28-1820 in Lewis Co, (W)VA
Died: Sep-19-1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA
Wife: Mary Ann Wetzel b. Dec- 4-1815 d. Mar- 9-1869
M Child 3: Jacob Hinzman
Born: Jan-11-1824 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 8
Died: Mar- 8-1863 in Laurel Lick Run (Berlin), Lewis Co, WV 8
Buried: in Hinzman Hill Cemetery, Berlin, Lewis Co, WV 8
Wife: Elizabeth "Betty" Starcher b. May-28-1830 d. Jul- 2-1912
Married: 1851 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 9
F Child 4: Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Hinzman
Born: ca 1829 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
Died: May-12-1856 in Berlin, Lewis Co, WV 1
Husband: William Boram b. Mar- 2-1819 d. Mar- 2-1863
Married: Aug-21-1845 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 5
M Child 5: Perry Green Hinzman 1
Census name: P. G. Hinzman 10
Born: May- -1830 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 11
Died: Mar-26-1907 in Lewis Co, WV 2,1
Census: 1880, 1900 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV
Wife: Sarah Jane Swisher b. May- -1834 d. Jan- 2-1913
Married: Nov-28-1850 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 12
F Child 6: Margaret Mary Hinzman
Born: Feb-22-1832 in Berlin, Lewis Co, WV 1,11
Died: Feb- 2-1902 in Laurel Lick Run (Berlin), Lewis Co, WV 1
Census: 1900 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV
Husband: Peter Gaston Swisher b. Oct-28-1830 d. Aug- 7-1913
Married: Dec- -1850 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 13,1,2 (see note 1)
Sources:
(1) Jeffrey Wood (Ancestry World Tree, http://awt.ancestry.com)
(2) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related
Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 522.
(3) Morris Braum, Marietta, GA 30066 , Hinzman Braum (WV) Genealogy (Ancestry World Tree Project,
http://awt.ancestry.com)
(4) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Abraham Hinzman, 75, b. Harrison Co, son of H. & C. Hinzman,
farmer, husband of Elizabeth Hinzman, died Jan 12 1870 at Laurel Lick Run, cause of death cancer. DR p.
63.
(5) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(6) Upshur County Death Records, Buckhannon, WV.
(7) Death record of daughter.
(8) Findagrave.com.
(9) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(10) 1880 Census, Lewis County, WV.
(11) 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV.
(12) Lewis County Court House, Weston, WV, Wes Cochran's "Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880" reports two conflicting
entries for this couple: (1) Perry G. Hinzman & Sarah J. Swisher, married Nov 25 1850; and (2) Berry H. Hinzman & Sarah
J. Swisher, married Dec 9 1850. But according to Lewis County Marriage Record Book 3, page 28, the marriage occurred on
Nov 28 1850. MR Bk 3, p. 28.
(13) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101, The records contain two
entries for the marriage of Peter G. Swisher & Margaret Hinzman, one showing a marriage date of Dec 9 1850, and the
other showing a date of Dec 12 1850.
Event Notes
Note (1) Lewis County marriage records contain two entries for this marriage, one
showing a marriage date of Dec 9 1850, and the other showing a date of Dec 12
1850.
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