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Oral Duncan SWISHER

Oral Duncan SWISHER

Male 1910 - 2002  (91 years)


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  • Name Oral Duncan SWISHER
    Birth 1 Sep 1910  New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Military Pfc, U.S. Army, World War II (Europe)  [2, 5, 6, 7] 
    Residence 1935  New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 1940  Pima Co, AZ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as a cousin in household of Henry H. & Madge (Davis) Snider, but the actual relationship has not been determined. All household members were born in West Virginia.
    Occupation mail carrier  [4] 
    Occupation 1940  [8] 
    salesman in grocery store 
    Residence New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Residence 1943  Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 8 May 2002  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Burial Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • A veteran of World War II, he served 27 months in the Army, with 18 months overseas. Before entering the service, he spent seven years in Ajo, Arizona, where he was employed in the copper mines and store for the Phelps Dodge Corporation. His was one of the homes destroyed in the 1950 Flood in Doddridge County.
    Person ID I17087  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2013

    Father John Emery SWISHER,   b. 3 Jul 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1966, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    Mother Iva Agnes SNIDER,   b. 19 Feb 1886, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1957, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F6475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gail Leoan WHITEHAIR,   b. 4 Jan 1921, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 2018 (Age 97 years)
    Marriage 22 Dec 1947  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
    +1. Living
    >2. Living
    Family ID F6191  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 158, and BR Del Bk 1, p. 166-B.
      There are two birth records on file, the usual entry and a delayed entry. The first, BR 4-158, shows Oral Duncan Swisher b. Sep 1 1910 in New Milton, son of Emory & Ivy Swisher. The delayed entry, BR Del 1-166B, filed by father on Aug 30 1941, shows Oral Duncan Swisher b. Sep 1 1910 in New Milton, son of John Emery Swisher (age 29, b. Doddridge) and Ivy Agnes Snider (age 24, b. Doddridge), this being the mother's fifth child.

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Outside County Bk 2, p. 842.

    5. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S1978] National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, (www.ancestry.com).

    8. [S127] 1940 Census.

    9. [S1579] Newspaper wedding announcement.

    10. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    11. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 16, p. 74.
      Marriage record on file in Doddridge Co despite ceremony having been held in Wood Co.