Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Elias Jacob Swiger    
                Born: 1799                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: 1856                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Christopher Swiger   (1750 - 1848) 
              Mother: Eleanor Bacus   (     - 1860) 
                Wife: Permilla Sarah "Millie" Marsh   2,3  
                Born: Sep-  -1807          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Absalom C. Swiger      
       Also known as: Abner C. Swiger 4
                Born: Jun- 1-1822          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  5
                Died: Dec-18-1887          in Doddridge Co, WV  6
              Census: 1870, 1880           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
            Military: Feb-18-1865 - Jun-10-1865 Pvt, Co I, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  7,8,9
                Wife: Rachael Bachus  b. ca 1830  d. bef Sep 1865  
             Married: Jan-12-1846          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  10
                Wife: Louisa Jane Williams  b. ca 1833  d. May-12-1877  
             Married: Sep-17-1865          in Doddridge Co, WV  11
                Wife: Margaret Jane Haught  b. ca 1846  
             Married: Mar- 9-1879          in Doddridge Co, WV  12
           M Child 2: Alfred Swiger      
         Census name: Alferd Swiger 
                Born: Nov-  -1825           13 (see note 1)
                Died: 1912                  1
              Buried:                      in Cedarville Cemetery, Gilmer Co, WV  1
              Census: 1870, 1880, 1900     in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
                Wife: Elizabeth Underwood  b. Jan-  -1830  d. 1904  
             Married: ca 1850               14

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) Marriage record of son. 
(3) Death record of son. 
(4) Birth record of daughter. 
(5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(6) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(8) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National 
Archives & Records Administration. 
(9) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Absalom C. Swiger, widowed, 42, farmer, b. Harrison Co, 
res. Doddridge Co, son of Elias & Milla Swiger; and Louisa Jane Morgan, widowed, 32, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau 
of Thomas & Sally Williams.  Married Sep 17 1865 in Doddridge County. MR p. 250 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792069&Type=Marriage. 
(12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Absalom C. Swiger, widowed, 56, b. Harrison Co, res. 
Doddridge Co, son of Elias & Millie Swiger; and Margaret Jane Haught, single, 32, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co, 
dau of John A & Rachel Haught.  Married Mar 9 1879 in Doddridge County. MR p. 232 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792371&Type=Marriage. 
(13) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). 
(14) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date reported by Findagrave as Jan 26 1826, but 1900 Census shows it as
Nov 1825.  Headstone is unreadable.







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