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Nora Pauline MORGAN

Nora Pauline MORGAN

Female 1914 - 1934  (20 years)


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  • Name Nora Pauline MORGAN  [1]
    Birth 25 Jan 1914  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Burial (CENOTAPH)  Lewis County Memorial Gardens (aka Weston Masonic), Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1930  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 30 Aug 1934  Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Cause: typhoid fever 
    Burial (UNMARKED)  Snider Cemetery, jct Double Camp Rd & Meathouse Fork, near Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • A grave marker for Nora Pauline Swisher (1914-1934) at Lewis County Memorial Gardens is presumably a cenotaph, as her death record indicates burial at Snider Cemetery.
    Notes 
    • TWO MEMORIALS Gravestone at Lewis County is a cenotaph. Burial at Snider is per death record and is unmarked.

      Nora Pauline Morgan Swisher
      Birth: 1912 Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA
      Death: 30 Aug 1934 (aged 21–22) Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA
      Burial: Snider CemeteryDoddridge County, West Virginia, USA
      Memorial #: 37520083

      Bio: Born around 1912 <<== edit submitted on 8/30/2025

      d/o Roy Edward and Ethel M. (Vanscoy) Morgan

      1st w/o Orbie E. Swisher
      Married November 25, 1928 in Doddridge County, WV

      Note: No headstone can be found - Jeri Waters

      Information: Marla James

      Family Members
      Parents
      Roy Edward Morgan 1894-1980
      Ethel Mae Vanscoy Morgan 1894-1966
      Siblings
      Mary Lucille "Lucy" Morgan Swann 1917-2004
      Erma Deveor Morgan Polan 1919-2002
      Nellie Elizabeth Morgan Jerden 1922-2005
      Calvin Ralph Morgan 1924-2011
      CPL Ora Edward Morgan 1926-1986
      Roy Edward Morgan Jr 1928-1928
      Betty Lou Morgan Merritt 1930-2021

      Created by: Katina Peters (46996486)
      Added: 2009-05-26T09:05:34.000Z
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37520083/nora_pauline-swisher

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      Nora Pauline Swisher
      Birth: 1914
      Death: 1934 (aged 19–20)
      Burial: Lewis County Memorial Gardens, Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
      Memorial #: 101664525

      Created by: S (47342597)
      Added: 2012-12-03T13:00:39.000Z
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101664525/nora-pauline-swisher
    Person ID I17042  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2025

    Father Roy Edward MORGAN,   b. 7 Mar 1894, Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1980, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Mother Ethel Mae VANSCOY,   b. 7 Feb 1894   d. 22 Jan 1966, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F6043  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Orbie E. SWISHER,   b. 12 Nov 1906, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 2002, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)  [5, 6]
    Marriage 25 Nov 1928  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
    >1. Margene Louisa SWISHER,   b. 29 Aug 1930, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 2023, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     2. Basil Gene Smith SWISHER,   b. CA 1932
    >3. Evelyn C. SWISHER,   b. CA 1934
    Family ID F11302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    17042_SWISHER_NoraPaulineMorgan_1914-1934_DeathCertificate.jpg    		17042_SWISHER_NoraPaulineMorgan_1914-1934_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    2. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.

    6. [S1605] Obituary of wife's sister.

    7. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Orbie Swisher, 22, of Doddridge Co; and Pauline Morgan, 16, of Doddridge Co. Married Nov 25 1928. (Her age is at variance with Jan 25 1914 shown in death record.)