Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Isaac Swisher    
                Born: Jul-15-1793          in Brown's Creek, Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Feb-19-1854          in Rockford (Lost Creek), Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,2
              Buried:                      in Rockford Methodist Cemetery, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  1
            Military:                      War of 1812  3
              Father: Peter Swisher II   (1746 - 1832) 
              Mother: Mary Waggoner   (1757 -     ) 
                Wife: Mariah Jett   4  
             Married: Apr-11-1813          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  2
                Born: Jan-21-1797          in Fauquier Co, VA  5,2
                Died: Aug-18-1863          in Rockford (Lost Creek), Harrison Co, WV  6,2
              Buried:                      in Rockford Methodist Cemetery, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Father: Francis Jett   (     - 1803) 
              Mother: Polly Jett   (     - 1841) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Sarah Ann Swisher 3     
                Born: 1817                  3,7
                Died: 1894                  7
              Buried:                      in Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV  3,7
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Christopher N. Nutter  b. 1806  d. Nov-18-1883  
             Married: 1839                  3
           M Child 2: Owen Thomas Swisher      
                Born: May-11-1826          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  6,8
                Died: Feb-10-1889           6
              Buried:                      in Rockford Methodist Cemetery, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  9
                Wife: Mary A. Ward  b. ca 1833  
             Married: Mar- 8-1882          in Harrison Co, WV  8
           M Child 3: Isaac Francis Swisher      
       Also known as: Francis Swisher 10
                Born: Mar- 6-1837           9
                Died: Feb-24-1896          in Harrison Co, WV  9
              Buried:                      in Rockford Methodist Cemetery, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  9
                Wife: Adaline Smith  b. Jun-24-1839  d. Apr-10-1930  
             Married: May- 8-1860          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 4: Simonton Swisher      
                Born: Jul-30-1840           5
                Died: May-17-1863           6
              Buried:                      in Rockford Methodist Cemetery, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
           F Child 5: Emma V. Swisher      
       Also known as: Emily Swisher 8
                Born: 1845                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  8,11
                Died: Sep-20-1918          at Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  12,13,11
              Buried:                      in Lost Creek 7th Day Baptist (Brick Church) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV  14
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Moses Hoffman Davis  b. Feb-27-1833  d. Jul-16-1891  
       Also known as: M. H. Davis 15,6
             Married: Nov- 3-1863          in Harrison Co, WV  16
             Husband: Benjamin Wilson Bee  b. Jan-22-1826  d. Apr-15-1911  
       Also known as: Wilson Bee 10,17,18
             Married: Dec-26-1893          at Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  19

Sources:
(1) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. 
(2) Jeffrey Wood   (Ancestry World Tree, http://awt.ancestry.com) 
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 244. 
(4) Bernard L. Butcher, Genealogical & Personal History of Upper Monongahela Valley WV (1912, reprinted 1978 by 
Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD), p. 1138. 
(5) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(6) Headstone. 
(7) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(9) Findagrave.com. 
(10) Marriage record of son. 
(11) Headstone (year only) 
(12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(13) 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. 84. 
(14) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV, Headstone 
reads:  Emma V. Davis, 1845-1918, wife of M. H. Davis. p. 46. 
(15) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(16) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Moses H. Davis, widowed, age 30y 8m 5d, b. & res. in 
Harrison Co, son of Jesse M & Abigail Davis; and Emily Swisher, single, 18, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Isaac & 
Maria Swisher.  Married Nov 3 1863. MR p. 30. 
(17) Death record of daughter. 
(18) Death record of son. 
(19) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Benjamin W. Bee, widowed, 60, b. Harrison Co, res. Lewis 
Co, son of Ezekiel & Elizabeth Bee; and Mrs. Emma Davis, widowed, 49, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Isaac & Burgley 
Davis (sic).  Married Dec 26 1893 at Lost Creek, West Virginia.  Informants for marriage license:  C. H. Davis & B. W. 
Bee of Harrison & Lewis Counties. MR p. 191 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=23296&Type=Marriage. 







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