Jul-28-2018
Husband: Peter S. Swisher III
Born: Mar-11-1779 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
Died: Sep-27-1830 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
Buried: in Harmony Cemetery, near Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 1
Father: Peter Swisher II (1746 - 1832)
Mother: Mary Waggoner (1757 - )
Wife: Susannah Rinehart
Married: Feb-25-1801 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 1
Born: Dec- 1-1779 in Hagerstown, Washington Co, MD 1
Died: Aug- 3-1856 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
Buried: in Harmony Cemetery, near Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 1
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3
Father: Thomas Rinehart (1741 - 1833)
Mother: Eva Elizabeth Whitehair (1748 - 1788)
Other spouse 2
F Child 1: Mary "Polly" Swisher
Born: Dec- 4-1801 in Rockford (Lost Creek), Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
Died: May-25-1879 in Centerville, Tyler Co, WV 1
Husband: John Smith b. Oct-24-1796 d. Oct-12-1880
Married: Jan-31-1819 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 4,1
M Child 2: Isaac R. Swisher
Also known as: Isaac Switzen 5
Born: Oct-27-1805 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
Died: Oct-20-1839 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
Wife: Jane Gaston b. Nov-14-1802 d. May- 9-1876
Married: Oct-20-1829 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 6,5
F Child 3: Charlotte "Lottie" Swisher
Also known as: Charlotte Switzen 5
Born: Jun-10-1807 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 7,1
Died: Aug-31-1875 8
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 7
Census: 1870 in Lewis Co, WV 9
Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3,10
Husband: James Gaston b. 1804 d. bef Sep 1870
Married: Apr-26-1829 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 11,5
M Child 4: Lewis D. Swisher
Born: May-12-1809 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 12,13
Died: Apr- -1896 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
Occupation: farmer 14
Wife: Martha Margaretta Smith b. Oct-25-1813 d. Jun-17-1899
Also known as: Margaret Smith 5,15,12
Married: Oct-18-1832 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 16,1
F Child 5: Catherine Swisher
Also known as: Katherine Swisher 1
Born: Jul-12-1812 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
Died: May- 4-1843 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
Husband: Thomas Ervin Law
Married: Mar-24-1832 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
F Child 6: Susanna Swisher
Born: Jun-16-1813 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
Died: Jan-23-1887 in Harrison Co, WV 1
Husband: Joseph Burnside b. Apr- 2-1815 d. Apr-21-1857
Married: Feb- 8-1838 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 17,1
F Child 7: Juliana Swisher
Also known as: Julia Ann Swisher 18
Born: Jan-11-1816 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
Died: Dec- 2-1865 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
Husband: John Starcher b. Jan- 6-1812 d. Nov- 4-1889
Married: Oct-17-1834 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
M Child 8: George Washington Swisher
Born: May-28-1818 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
Died: Dec-20-1888 in Buckhannon Run, Upshur Co, WV 1
Wife: Mary Ann Boram b. Apr-13-1820 d. Sep-13-1879
Married: Sep-26-1839 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 19,1
M Child 9: John Rinehart Swisher
Also known as: Rinehart Swisher 20,18
Born: May-30-1821 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
Died: May-13-1885 in Johnson Fork, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 1
Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Wife: Jane Turner b. 1815 d. 1862
Married: Feb- -1842 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 21
Wife: Amanda Melvenia "Mandy" Nicholson b. Nov- -1842
Census name: Manda M.
Married: Dec-10-1868 in Doddridge Co, WV 22
M Child 10: Jacob S. Swisher
Born: 1824 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
Died: 1909 1
Wife: Elizabeth Morgan b. 1828
Sources:
(1) Jeffrey Wood (Ancestry World Tree, http://awt.ancestry.com)
(2) Jeffrey Wood (Ancestry World Tree, http://awt.ancestry.com). Place of death in
Harrison County specified as the home of her son-in-law, James Gaston.
(3) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.
(4) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as John Smith and
Polly Swisher. Married Jan 31 1819.
(5) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(6) Lewis County Court House, Weston, WV, His name appears in the marriage record as Isaac Switzen. MR Bk 1, p. 56.
(7) Headstone.
(8) Headstone, age at death as 68y 2m 2d.
(9) 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Lincoln Township).
(10) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.
(11) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Her name appears in the marriage record as Charlotte Switzen. MR Bk 1/1829,
p. 51.
(12) Joy Gilchrist Stalnaker (editor), Lewis County West Virginia: Her People and Places, Hackers Creek Pioneers
Descendants, Horner, WV 26372 (2000), p. 203.
(13) Jeffrey Wood (Ancestry World Tree, http://awt.ancestry.com). Conflicting birth
dates of May 1 1809 and May 12 1809 are reported.
(14) 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA.
(15) Marriage record of daughter.
(16) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as Lewis D. Swisher
and Margaret Smith. Married Oct 18 1832.
(17) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as Joseph Burnsides
[sic] and Susanna Swisher. Married Feb 8 1838.
(18) Death record of son.
(19) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as George W.
Swisher and Mary M. Boram. Other sources provide her middle name as Ann.
(20) Taylor County Historical & Genealogical Society, Grafton, WV, A History of Taylor County West Virginia, McClain
Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1986), p. 408.
(21) Jeffrey Wood (Ancestry World Tree, http://awt.ancestry.com). Conflicting
marriage dates of Feb 7 1842 and Feb 17 1842 are reported.
(22) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John R. Swisher, widowed, age 47, b. in Lewis Co, son
of Peter & Susannah Swisher; and Mandy M. Dennison, widowed, age 26, b. Madison Co, dau of Lewis & Susanna Nicholson.
Married Dec 10 1868. MR Bk 1-A, p. 158.
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