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Peter Gaston SWISHER

Peter Gaston SWISHER

Male 1830 - 1913  (82 years)

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  • Name Peter Gaston SWISHER 
    Born 28 Oct 1830  Laurel Lick Run (Berlin), Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 7 Aug 1913  [1] 
    Person ID I6081  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2009 

    Father Isaac R. SWISHER,   b. 27 Oct 1805, Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1839, Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Mother Jane GASTON,   b. 14 Nov 1802, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1876, Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Family ID F479  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Mary HINZMAN,   b. 22 Feb 1832, Berlin, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1902, Laurel Lick Run (Berlin), Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married Dec 1850  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    • Lewis County marriage records contain two entries for this marriage, one showing a marriage date of Dec 9 1850, and the other showing a date of Dec 12 1850.
    Children 
     1. Harriet Jane SWISHER,   b. 4 May 1853, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1915  (Age 61 years)
     2. Amanda Elizabeth SWISHER,   b. 31 May 1855, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. William Oscar SWISHER,   b. 18 Apr 1857, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. George Washington SWISHER,   b. 28 Feb 1859, Berlin, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1942, Ripley, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     5. Alice Rebecca SWISHER,   b. 17 Dec 1860, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1861  (Age 0 years)
     6. Mary Marcelia SWISHER,   b. 15 Jul 1862, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1952, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    +7. James Edwin SWISHER,   b. 6 Nov 1864,   d. 29 Jun 1922, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     8. Flora Lee SWISHER,   b. CA 1867
    +9. John Alden SWISHER,   b. 22 Dec 1868, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1961, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     10. Iza Florence SWISHER,   b. 1870,   d. 1917  (Age 47 years)
     11. Sarah Ann SWISHER,   b. 15 May 1873, Laurel Lick Run (Berlin), Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F2271  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1684] Jeffrey Wood , (Ancestry World Tree, http://awt.ancestry.com).

    2. [S2150] 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV.

    3. [S1784] Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101).
      The records contain two entries for the marriage of Peter G. Swisher & Margaret Hinzman, one showing a marriage date of Dec 9 1850, and the other showing a date of Dec 12 1850.

    4. [S340] The Gibson and Related Families, Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991), p. 522.