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Lucy May SWIGER

Lucy May SWIGER

Female 1868 - 1891  (23 years)

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  • Name Lucy May SWIGER 
    Born 15 Jan 1868  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birthplace of Lucy May Swiger given as Harrison County WV in marriage record, but as Greenbrier County VA in birth record of daughter Rulina. This was probably meant to indicate the Greenbrier region of the border separating Doddridge and Harrison Counties. She was erroneously identified in daughter Rulina's obituary as Rulina Swiger.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  Clay District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1 May 1891  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Doddridge County Death Records, Bk 1, p. 42, show a Lucy Gaston, married, age 25y 2m 12d, died Apr 29 1891 at Holbrook, burial at Holbrook. The stated age at death would put birth at Feb 17 1866. The record contains no other information. No other death record for any Lucy Gaston was found in Doddridge Co. Despite the variances in dates, this is almost certainly the same Lucy May Swiger Gaston. Holbrook is located just over the county line in Ritchie Co, about 3 miles from the Gaston-Hart Cemetery.
    Buried Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • A headstone at the Gaston-Hart Cemetery reads "Lucy M., wife of Jesse S. Gaston, born Jan 15 1868, d. May 1 1891." But a double headstone at the nearby Gaston Family Cemetery reads "GASTON - Jessie S., June 12 1860 - May 4 1943 --- Lucy Swiger, Jan 15 1858 - May 1 1891." According to their grandson, Samuel Hileman, Lucy's name was placed on the double headstone, despite the different burial location, simply to identify her as Jesse Smith Gaston's wife. Reasons for the variations in dates and name spelling are not known.
    Person ID I284  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2018 

    Father Zachous SWIGER,   b. Apr 1830, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1923  (Age ~ 92 years) 
    Mother Clementine BOICE,   b. 6 Jul 1830, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1926, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Family ID F88  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jesse Smith GASTON,   b. 12 Jun 1860, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1943, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 11 Aug 1887  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Children 
    +1. Rulina Clemma GASTON,   b. 15 Apr 1889, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1967, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F89  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Gaston-Hart Cemetery    		Gaston-Hart Cemetery
    Gaston Cemetery    		Gaston Cemetery

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 204.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 204.
      Groom identified as Jesse S. Gaston, age 27, b. Doddridge Co, resident of Doddridge Co. Bride identified as Lucy M. Swiger, age 19, b. Harrison Co, resident of Doddridge Co. Married Aug 11 1887 "at the bride's father's, Doddridge Co, W. Va." Informants for the marriage license: Jesse S. Gaston & G. W. Swiger.

    4. [S110] Obituary of husband.