Jul-28-2018                   

Husband: William Nelson Swisher Born: Mar-26-1872 1,2,3 (see note 1) Died: Sep-19-1939 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5,2 Buried: in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Resided: in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Census: 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1901 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Father: Napoleon Bonaparte Swisher (1842 - 1898) Mother: Mary Ann Russell (1850 - ) Other spouse 2
Wife: Dollie Prunty 9 Married: Apr-21-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV 10 (see note 3) Born: ca 1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 10 Died: bef Jun 1900 11 Resided: 1897 in Doddridge Co, WV 10 Father: Jerome Prunty (1855 - 1893) Mother: Barbara Melissa "Lessie" Russell (1863 - 1899)
Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Birth record of son. (4) Obituary - At home. (5) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (6) Headstone. (7) Obituary. (8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11536023&Type=Marriage. (9) Obituary of wife's brother. (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793352&Type=Marriage. (11) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as March 1873. Note (2) In 1900, listed as son William N. Swisher, 27, b. Mar 1873, widowed, carpenter, in household of his widowed mother and three of his siblings. His marital status was also given as widowed in his marriage record the following year. Note (3) Husband identified in marriage record as W. M. Swisher, rather than W. N. Swisher. Dollie's mother, Melissa (Russell) Prunty, was listed as an informant for the marriage license. William Nelson Swisher and Dollie Prunty were first cousins, as their mothers were sisters




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