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Nancy Victoria SWIGER

Nancy Victoria SWIGER

Female 1852 - 1914  (~ 62 years)

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  • Name Nancy Victoria SWIGER 
    Occupation 1891-92 
    proprietor of Valley Hotel on Blockhouse Hill 
    Born Jan 1852  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date 1855 on headstone is at variance with census records, which put it in about 1850 or 1851. Age 62 in her 1914 death record also puts it in about 1852, as does age 41 in an 1893 court case deposition. The 1900 Census specifies Jan 1852.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on Jun 23 1900:
      Tomis Strother, 58, b. Jun 1841, widowed, farmer; servant Nancy Swiger, 48, b. Jan 1852, single, housekeeper.
    Census 1910  Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Simpson District), enumerated Apr/May 1910:
      Edward D. Hill, 60, farmer, married 35 yrs; wife Sarah E, 54, married 35 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); son Jeddie B, 20, single, farmer on home farm; servant Nancy V. Hustead, 58, widowed, mother of 4 children (3 still living), servant for private family.
    Died 2 Feb 1914  Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Cause: "committed suicide by drowning herself in a well" 
    Buried Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I124317  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Jun 2019 

    Father Austin SWIGER,   b. CA 1819, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mary Catherine GREEN,   b. CA 1832,   d. 20 Jun 1886, Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Family ID F38820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William G. HUSTEAD,   b. 11 Aug 1847, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1935, Normal, McLean Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. George HUSTEAD,   b. Aug 1869, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1919, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years)
     2. Mary L. HUSTEAD,   b. 22 Nov 1871, Gregorys Run (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Nora HUSTEAD,   b. CA 1874
    +4. Tabitha "Bertha" HUSTEAD,   b. Jul 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F53792  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    2. [S2482] 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Eagle District).

    3. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR p. 80, Line 21 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=787147&Type=Death.
      Identified as Nancy V. Hustead, white female, 62, widow, occupation housework; died Feb 2 1914 in Bridgeport, cause of death "committed suicide by drowning herself in a well." Informant: John Folk, physician.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com, Inscription: Nancy V, wife of W. G. Hustead.

    5. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.