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Rhoda YEATER

Rhoda YEATER

Female 1871 - 1928  (57 years)


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  • Name Rhoda YEATER
    Census 1880, 1900, 10, 20  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 4 May 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1872, but WV Births Index shows it as May 4 1871.
    Gender Female
    Death 22 Dec 1928  [2] 
    Burial Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Rhoda (Yeater) Gain, was enumerated in the 1900 Census in the household of her brother and mother, along with three of her children:
      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 15 1900:
      Head of household Zedock Yeater, 32, b. Mar 1868, farmer, married; mother Isabel Yeater, 60, b. Feb 1840 in Ohio, widowed, mother of 8 children (all still living); sister Rhoda Gain, 28, b. May 1872, widowed, mother of 5 children (4 still living); niece Jane Gain, 8, b. Dec 1891; nephew Clyde Gain, 3, b. Dec 1896; niece Nancy Gain, b. May 1900; brother Mathias Yeater, 21, b. May 1879, farm laborer, single.
      (NOTE: Rhoda's fourth living child, Maud Gain, was enumerated in this census in the household of Richard L. Weekley, maternal step-grandfather of Rhoda's husband William Gain.)

      Rhoda married Harze Eadle Swiger on Aug 10 1901.
    Person ID I82988  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2021

    Father John YEATER,   b. 25 Aug 1835, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1893 (Age 57 years)
    Mother Isabel GLOVER,   b. 6 Feb 1840, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1917 (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F34798  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William GAIN,   b. CA 1871, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jun 1900 (Age ~ 29 years)
    Marriage 15 Apr 1890  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
    >1. Maud GAIN,   b. 18 Aug 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1981 (Age 89 years)
    +2. Jane GAIN,   b. 17 Mar 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1980 (Age 86 years)
    +3. Clyde GAINES,   b. 1 Dec 1897   d. 27 Feb 1969, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     4. Nancy GAIN,   b. 6 May 1900, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Documents
    92221_WilliamGain_RhodaYeater_MarriageRecord_15Apr1890.jpg    		92221_WilliamGain_RhodaYeater_MarriageRecord_15Apr1890.jpg
    Family ID F43523  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Harze Eadle SWIGER,   b. 1 Oct 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1932, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Marriage 10 Aug 1901  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 22 1910:
      Horace E. Swiger, 34, farmer, married 8 yrs (1st marriage); wife Rhoda, 39, married 8 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 8 children (7 still living); dau Armena, 7; son Everett, 3; son Larcie O, 7 months; stepson Clyde Gain, 12; stepdau Nancy Gain, 9.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jan 27 1920:
      Eadle Swiger, 44, farmer; wife Rhoda, 49; dau Armena G, 17, servant for private family; son Evertt, 14; stepson Clyde Gain, 22, single, laborer at oil company; dau Nancy Gain, 20, single, servant for private family.
      (NOTE: Nancy Gain should have been identified as a stepdaughter.)
    Children 
    >1. Armenia G. SWIGER,   b. 9 Aug 1902, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1989 (Age 86 years)
     2. Everett SWIGER,   b. 26 May 1906, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1983, Salem, Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     3. Larcie O. SWIGER,   b. 1909
    Family ID F43492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 19 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792916&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as William Gain, 20, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Rhoda Yeater, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Apr 15 1890 "at residence of John Yeater," officiated by G. W. McIntyre, a Minister of the Gospel. Informants for marriage license: Susanna Kile, John Yeater & R. L. Weekley.
      (NOTE: Susanna Beverlin Gain Kile is the mother of William Gain. John Yeater is the father of Rhoda Yeater. Robert L. Weekley, who married the widowed Mary Baker Beverlin, is the stepfather of Susanna Kile, and thus the stepgrandfather of William Gain.)

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 353 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793990&Type=Marriage.