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Leoma Effie SWISHER

Leoma Effie SWISHER

Female 1888 - 1961  (73 years)

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  • Name Leoma Effie SWISHER 
    Born 10 May 1888  Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 2 Nov 1961  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Indian Fork Baptist Cemetery, New Milton (Coldwater), Doddridge Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Apr 26 1910:
      Peter Swisher, 63, farmer, married 35 yrs; wife Bird, 50, married 35 yrs, mother of 6 children (4 still living); son Esra G, 20, single, farmer (home farm); servant Effie Nicholson, 21, married 7 yrs, mother of 2 children (1 still living); grandson Georgie Nicholson, 1 yr 1 mo.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV, (New Milton District), enumerated on Feb 4-6 1920:
      Peter L. Swisher, 72, farmer; wife Mary L, 60; dau Effie Cottrill, 30; son-in-law Smith Cottrill, 24, laborer in oil field; grandson Georgie Nicholson, 10.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Apr 14 1930 at 321 East Main Street:
      Head of household Effie Cottrill, 40, no occupation. Marital status originally entered as married, with a penciled in modification to indicate widowed.
      (NOTE: In that era, due to social stigma, it was not unusual for a divorced woman, or one who was estranged from her husband, to report her marital status as widowed. That appears to have been the case in this census, since Effie's husband, Smith Cottrill, was listed as a boarder, marital status married, in the household of Effie's brother George A. Swisher.)
    Person ID I47540  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2016 

    Father Peter L. SWISHER,   b. May 1849, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1931, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Mother Mary L. B. "Bird" PERINE,   b. 1857, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1920  (Age 63 years) 
    Family ID F11659  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Charles Winfield NICHOLSON,   b. 4 May 1879, Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1963, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 16 Jul 1903  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Divorced Y  [5] 
    Children 
     1. George NICHOLSON,   b. 25 Feb 1909,   d. 9 Mar 1929, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
    Family ID F19444  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 William Smith COTTRILL,   b. 2 May 1894, Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1963, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 19 May 1917  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F44075  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    47540_SWISHER_LeomaEffie_1888-1961_DeathCertificate.jpg    		47540_SWISHER_LeomaEffie_1888-1961_DeathCertificate.jpg
    105540_WilliamSmithCottrill_LeomaEffieSwisher_MarriageRecord_19May1917.jpg    		105540_WilliamSmithCottrill_LeomaEffieSwisher_MarriageRecord_19May1917.jpg

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

    2. [S2077] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

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

    4. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Charles W. Nicholson, 26, of Doddridge Co; and Effie Swisher, 16, of Doddridge Co. Married Jul 16 1903.

    5. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 132 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795600&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Smith Cottrill, age 21 as of May 2 1917, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Effie Swisher, 27, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married May 19 1917 "at Hotel Kane," officiated by Gregory Bleakley, a Minister of the M. E. Church.
      (NOTE: "Hotel Kane" was actually the Cain Hotel, located on Main Street in West Union, which proprietor Andrew J. Cain opened in 1915 above the former Depot Restaurant.)
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