Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Luther H. Swisher    
                Born: Apr-  -1880          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,2
                Died: bef Apr 1940          3
              Census: 1920                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: John Rinehart Swisher   (1821 - 1885) 
              Mother: Amanda Melvenia "Mandy" Nicholson   (1842 -     ) 
                Wife: Ola B. Sherwood     
             Married: Sep-27-1903          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
                Born: Dec-  -1884          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,2
              Census: 1940                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Clark District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: William Columbia Sherwood   (1853 - 1935) 
              Mother: Mariah Louella "Lulu" Gibson   (1855 - 1944) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: Melvin Blair Swisher      
                Born: Aug-28-1917          in Lewis Co, WV  4,5
                Died: Dec- 7-1984          in Cook Co, IL  6,4
             Resided:                      in Burbank, Cook Co, IL  7
             Resided:                      in Oak Lawn, Cook Co, IL  8
              Census: 1940                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Clark District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
            Military: Jan- 6-1941 - Oct- 2-1945 U.S. Army, World War II  9,10
           F Child 2: Edith E. Swisher      
                Born: Oct-19-1919           11
                Died: Feb-28-1963          in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH  12,13,11
             Resided:                      in Trumbull Co, OH  12
              Census: 1940                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Clark District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
             Husband: Quentin Roosevelt "Joe" Britton  b. Mar-31-1919  d. Jun-27-1999  
             Married: Jan-12-1938          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  14
           F Child 3: Edna N. Swisher      
                Born: Feb- 8-1922          in West Virginia  15
                Died: Dec- 5-1971          in Warren, Trumbull Co, OH  12,15
              Buried:                      in Champion Township Cemetery, Trumbull Co, OH  16
             Resided:                      in Niles, Trumbull Co, OH  12
              Census: 1940                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Clark District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Husband: Jeffory Ray Sutton  b. Dec-31-1910  d. Jul- 4-1967  
       Also known as: Ray Sutton 17
             Married: Jun-21-1943           18

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(3) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(4) Social Security Death Index. 
(5) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988 (online database), Ancestry.com and Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, 
IL. 
(7) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(8) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com. 
(9) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(10) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. 
(12) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(13) Obituary of husband. 
(14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Husband's obituary in West Union Herald Record, Jul 6 1999, reports 
marriage date as Jan 20 1938. MR Bk 14, p. 83. 
(15) Headstone. 
(16) Findagrave.com. 
(17) Obituary of sister. 
(18) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 206. 







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