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Opal SWISHER

Opal SWISHER

Female 1909 - 1988  (78 years)


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  • Name Opal SWISHER
    Birth 19 May 1909  New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1910, 1940  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1950  Brushy Fork, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1957  New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 7 Feb 1988  Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Burial Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I17833  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2024

    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 Elman Cleo CRISLIP,   b. 13 Jun 1908, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1966 (Age 57 years)  [5, 6]
    Marriage 2 Jul 1927  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • The spelling "Chrislip" was used throughout the obituary of Opal Swisher Crislip for herself, her husband, and their sons. But the spelling "Crislip" was used in her newspaper death notice, as well as in the SSDI entries for both herself and her husband.
    Children 
    +1. Robert Blaine CRISLIP,   b. 22 Jun 1928, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1990, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     2. Cecil Wayne CRISLIP,   b. 7 Feb 1930, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1930, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +3. Dale Duwaine CRISLIP,   b. 16 May 1931, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 2024 (Age 93 years)
    >4. Thurrell Burdette CRISLIP,   b. 11 Mar 1934, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 2013 (Age 79 years)
    >5. Virginia Maxine CRISLIP,   b. 9 Jun 1938, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Randall Leland CRISLIP,   b. 2 Oct 1940, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1966, La Plata, Charles Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
    +7. Living
    Family ID F6602  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 157.
      Original typed entry had first name blank, inked in later by hand

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.

    6. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    7. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).