| Notes |
- 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 1 1860:
Benoni Swiger, 24, farmer; Nancy, 21; Henry, 2; B (sic) (female), 1.
1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jul 22 1870:
Benona A. Swiger, 32, blacksmith & farmer, unable to read or write; Nancy, 32; James H, 11; Prudince J, 10; Malinda C, 7; Sarah A, 6; Hariet E, 4; Nancy S, 2.
1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 17 1880:
Benonia A. Swiger, 42, farmer; wife Nancy, 42; son James H, 21; dau Sarah A, 15; dau Harriet E, 14; dau Nancy L (or S), 12; son Jacob M, 9; son Emanuel B, 8; son John B, 6; son Marsena, 4; dau Mary M, 2.
Benoni and Nancy (Wright) Swiger were estranged at the time of the 1900 Census, when they were enumerated in separate households, she in Doddridge and he in Tyler County.
1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:
Nancy Swiger, 62, b. Mar 1838, farmer, married 62 yrs, mother of 12 children (8 still living); son Marceny, 23, b. Sep 1876, single, farm laborer; granddau Nancy Smith, 18, b. Feb 1882.
1900 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Jun 6 1900:
Benoni Swyger, 66, b. Nov 1833, farmer, married 4 yrs; servant Nancy Crawford, 31, b. Nov 1896 (sic), married 4 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); boarder Lelia Crawford, 5, b. Apr 1895; border Kenneth R. Crawford, 2, b. Dec 1897.
(NOTE: Benoni Swiger's wife Nancy (Wright) Swiger was enumerated in this census in a household with their son Marsena. The Nancy Crawford residing with Benoni in this census was the former Nancy Ann Williams. In Jan 1897, a marriage license was issued in Doddridge County to Nancy Ann Williams & John Crawford. There was no return or endorsement of that license to indicate that the marriage ever took place, and no further record of John Crawford has been found. In Feb 1908, while Benoni Swiger was visiting Nancy Crawford's brother, Edmond N. Williams, in Chillicothe Ohio, an altercation between the two resulted in Emond shooting and killing Benoni. Edmond Williams was convicted and sentenced to confinement in the Ohio Penitentiary, where he was found in the 1910 Census. Nancy Williams Crawford married William H. Baker in 1914.)
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| Children |
| + | 1. James Henry SWIGER, b. 12 Oct 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA  d. 2 Mar 1934, Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV (Age 75 years) |
| > | 2. Prudence Jane SWIGER, b. 26 Apr 1859 d. 26 Nov 1922, Green Valley (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV (Age 63 years) |
| + | 3. Malinda Catherine SWIGER, b. 24 Jun 1862 d. 15 Mar 1895 (Age 32 years) |
| > | 4. Sarah Ann SWIGER, b. 13 Jul 1864, Elk Lick, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV d. 28 Aug 1942, Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV (Age 78 years) |
| + | 5. Harriet Elizabeth SWIGER, b. Apr 1866, Talkington Fork (Center Point), Doddridge Co, WV d. 20 Jun 1948, Salem, Harrison Co, WV (Age ~ 82 years) |
| | 6. Nancy S. SWIGER, b. CA 1868 |
| + | 7. Jacob M. SWIGER, b. CA 1870, Doddridge Co, WV |
| | 8. Emanuel B. SWIGER, b. CA 1872 |
| + | 9. John B. SWIGER, b. CA 1875, Doddridge Co, WV d. Bef May 1930 (Age ~ 55 years) |
| > | 10. Marcena SWIGER, b. CA 1876, Doddridge Co, WV d. Bef Apr 1945 (Age ~ 69 years) |
| + | 11. Mary Margaret SWIGER, b. Feb 1878, Doddridge Co, WV d. 2 Jan 1951, Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV (Age ~ 72 years) |
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1836 - 1908 (~ 72 years)
