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Elias SWIGER

Elias SWIGER

Male 1860 - 1940  (79 years)

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  1. 1.  Elias SWIGERElias SWIGER was born 4 Sep 1860, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; died 26 Jul 1940, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Census: 1930, 1940, Little Battle, Doddridge Co, WV

    Notes:

    Birth:
    The 1900 Census gives his birth date as Sep 1863, while the date on his headstone is 1861.

    Elias married Sarah Elizabeth GASTON 4 Jan 1883. Sarah (daughter of James Thomas GASTON and Mary RESECKER) was born May 1868, Wetzel Co, WV; died Apr 1956, Virginia; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Mary Elizabeth SWIGER  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Dec 1886, Doddridge Co, WV; died 19 Oct 1966, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.
    2. 3. Emily Jane SWIGER  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Mar 1889, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; died 28 Jul 1960, Hot Springs, Bath Co, VA; was buried , Warm Springs Cemetery, Warm Springs, Bath Co, VA.
    3. 4. James Thomas SWIGER  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Sep 1894, Doddridge Co, WV; died 17 Jul 1971; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mary Elizabeth SWIGERMary Elizabeth SWIGER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elias1) was born 24 Dec 1886, Doddridge Co, WV; died 19 Oct 1966, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, 1910, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Census: 1920, Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Census: 1930, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Birth date 1889 on her headstone is incorrect. Her birth records shows it as 24 Dec 1886, and the 1900 Census also indicates Dec 1886.

    Census:
    In 1910, in home of parents, listed as daughter Mary E. Jones, 22, washerwoman in private homes, married 7 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living). With her was her daughter Lillie G. Jones, 6. Whereabouts of husband Silas Benjamin Jones not known.

    Mary married Silas Benjamin JONES 5 Nov 1903, Gilmer Co, WV. Silas was born CA 1880, Gilmer Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 5. Lillie Gaye JONES  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Sep 1903, Cedarville, Gilmer Co, WV; died 25 Jul 1987, Warren, Trumbull Co, OH; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.
    2. 6. Lena Marie WILLIAMS  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Oct 1912, Doddridge Co, WV; died Dec 1976; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.

    Mary married John R. WILLIAMS 6 Nov 1915, Doddridge Co, WV. John (son of Peter K. WILLIAMS and Elizabeth ___) was born 4 Sep 1871, Harrison Co, WV; died 30 May 1966; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 7. Samuel Marcus WILLIAMS  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Aug 1918, Doddridge Co, WV; died 14 Sep 1947, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.
    2. 8. Pauline May WILLIAMS  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Dec 1922, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV; died Apr 1986.
    3. 9. James Elias WILLIAMS  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Jun 1925, Doddridge Co, WV; died 2 Aug 2000, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV; was buried , Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV.

  2. 3.  Emily Jane SWIGEREmily Jane SWIGER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elias1) was born 26 Mar 1889, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; died 28 Jul 1960, Hot Springs, Bath Co, VA; was buried , Warm Springs Cemetery, Warm Springs, Bath Co, VA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Hot Springs, Bath Co, VA
    • Census: 1900, 1910, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Residence: 1910, Doddridge Co, WV

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Birth date given in the 1900 Census as March 1890, while age 17 in her Nov 1910 marriage record would put birth in about 1893.

    Emily married William Washington WILLIAMS 21 Nov 1910, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV. William (son of Isaac WILLIAMS and Matilda STARKEY) was born CA 1872, Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV; died 18 Oct 1925, Hot Springs, Bath Co, VA; was buried , Warm Springs Cemetery, Warm Springs, Bath Co, VA. [Group Sheet]

    Emily married Elmer Lawton HOWELL 19 Jan 1948, Hot Springs, Bath Co, VA. Elmer was born 11 May 1886, Johnson Co, KY; died 13 Dec 1959, Hot Springs, Bath Co, VA; was buried , Howell-Griffith Cemetery, Hagerhill, Johnson Co, KY. [Group Sheet]


  3. 4.  James Thomas SWIGERJames Thomas SWIGER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elias1) was born 27 Sep 1894, Doddridge Co, WV; died 17 Jul 1971; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, 1910, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Census: 1930, 1940, Little Battle, Doddridge Co, WV

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Birth date given in 1900 Census as Sep 1892.

    James married Viola Florence BOLLINGER 14 Mar 1920, Doddridge Co, WV. Viola (daughter of Joseph Franklin BOLLINGER and Edna Elsie SULLIVAN) was born 21 Jul 1902, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; died 2 Apr 1988, Warren, Trumbull Co, OH; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 10. Madeline Ruth SWIGER  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Jan 1921, Doddridge Co, WV; died 15 Jun 2018, Warren, Trumbull Co, OH; was buried , Harrington Cemetery, Garrettsville, Portage Co, OH.
    2. 11. Franklin Elias SWIGER  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 May 1922, Wallace, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV; died 14 Dec 1989, Tuscarawas Co, OH; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.
    3. 12. Shirley Darrell SWIGER  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Jan 1926.
    4. 13. Hayward Arden SWIGER  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Jun 1929, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; died 22 Mar 1948, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.
    5. 14. Donald Keith SWIGER  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Nov 1932, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; died 19 Jul 2001, Summit Co, OH; was buried , Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery, Rittman, Medina Co, OH.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Lillie Gaye JONESLillie Gaye JONES Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Elias1) was born 13 Sep 1903, Cedarville, Gilmer Co, WV; died 25 Jul 1987, Warren, Trumbull Co, OH; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Cortland, Trumbull Co, OH
    • Residence: West Farmington, Trumbull Co, OH
    • Census: 1910, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Residence: 1924, Gilmer Co, WV
    • Census: 1930, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
    • Residence: 1935, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
    • Census: 1940, Farmington, Trumbull Co, OH

    Lillie married Lotus Nelson SWIGER 24 Feb 1924, Gilmer Co, WV. Lotus (son of Thomas Jackson SWIGER and Cora SWIGER) was born 13 Feb 1903, Doddridge Co, WV; died 14 Dec 1981, Warren, Trumbull Co, OH; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV. [Group Sheet]


  2. 6.  Lena Marie WILLIAMSLena Marie WILLIAMS Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Elias1) was born 24 Oct 1912, Doddridge Co, WV; died Dec 1976; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Salem, WV
    • Census: 1920, Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Census: 1930, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Census: 1940, Little Battle, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Residence: 1946, Dola, Harrison Co, WV
    • Residence: 1947, Hot Springs, Bath Co, VA

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Name given in marriage record as Lena Madeline Williams, with birth date 24 Oct 1909. But her grave marker shows her middle name as Marie, with birth date 1912. In the 1920 Census of the household of John & Mary (Swiger) Williams, she was identified as stepdaughter Lena M. Jones, age 7.

    Lena married Teddy SHIELDS 21 Mar 1931, Harrison Co, WV. Teddy (son of Robert Andy "Waitman" SHIELDS and Martha Ann UNDERWOOD) was born 24 May 1906, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; died 31 Mar 1946, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

    Lena married Lewis Edward THACKER 17 Jul 1946, Hot Springs, Bath Co, VA. Lewis was born 14 Dec 1910, Hot Springs, Bath Co, VA; died 29 Mar 1969, Hot Springs, Bath Co, VA; was buried , Jacob Cleek Cemetery, Warm Springs, Bath Co, VA. [Group Sheet]


  3. 7.  Samuel Marcus WILLIAMSSamuel Marcus WILLIAMS Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Elias1) was born 4 Aug 1918, Doddridge Co, WV; died 14 Sep 1947, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: lumberman, woodsman
    • Residence: Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Census: 1920, Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Census: 1930, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV

    Notes:

    Died:
    In addition to his three full siblings, he was also survived by a half-siter, Mrs. Lilly Swiger of West Farmington, Ohio.


  4. 8.  Pauline May WILLIAMSPauline May WILLIAMS Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Elias1) was born 25 Dec 1922, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV; died Apr 1986.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Census: 1930, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Residence: 1945, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Residence: 1947, Middletown, Dauphin Co, PA

    Pauline married Patrick Henry YEATER 26 Sep 1945, Doddridge Co, WV. Patrick (son of Andrew Jackson YEATER and Dilema Jane BATES) was born 2 May 1908, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV; died 1995; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV. [Group Sheet]


  5. 9.  James Elias WILLIAMSJames Elias WILLIAMS Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Elias1) was born 1 Jun 1925, Doddridge Co, WV; died 2 Aug 2000, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV; was buried , Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Hope Gas Companty of Clarksburg (32 yrs, retired 1984)
    • Residence: Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Census: 1930, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Residence: 1947, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV

    James married Virginia Marguerite CARROLL 20 Dec 1963, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV. Virginia (daughter of Ora CARROLL and Sarah Jane LASURE) was born 20 Dec 1929, Doddridge Co, WV; died 23 Sep 2019; was buried , Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV. [Group Sheet]


  6. 10.  Madeline Ruth SWIGERMadeline Ruth SWIGER Descendancy chart to this point (4.James2, 1.Elias1) was born 11 Jan 1921, Doddridge Co, WV; died 15 Jun 2018, Warren, Trumbull Co, OH; was buried , Harrington Cemetery, Garrettsville, Portage Co, OH.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, Little Battle, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Residence: 1941, Wallace, Harrison Co, WV

    Madeline married James Gordon BRAGG 22 Jun 1941. James was born 2 Aug 1892, Braxton Co, WV; died 15 Apr 1983; was buried PLOT: S B R05 G03, Harrington Cemetery, Garrettsville, Portage Co, OH. [Group Sheet]


  7. 11.  Franklin Elias SWIGERFranklin Elias SWIGER Descendancy chart to this point (4.James2, 1.Elias1) was born 6 May 1922, Wallace, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV; died 14 Dec 1989, Tuscarawas Co, OH; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: carpenter
    • Residence: Bowerston, Harrison Co, OH
    • Residence: Barberton, Summit Co, OH
    • Census: 1930, 1940, Little Battle, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Military: From 21 Oct 1942 to 9 Jan 1946; Tec 5, US Army, World War II

    Franklin married Bertha Arlene VINSON. Bertha was born 1 Mar 1929, Kenmore (Akron), Summit Co, OH; died 18 Mar 2006, Barberton, Summit Co, OH. [Group Sheet]


  8. 12.  Shirley Darrell SWIGERShirley Darrell SWIGER Descendancy chart to this point (4.James2, 1.Elias1) was born 18 Jan 1926.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, 1940, Little Battle, Doddridge Co, WV


  9. 13.  Hayward Arden SWIGERHayward Arden SWIGER Descendancy chart to this point (4.James2, 1.Elias1) was born 1 Jun 1929, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; died 22 Mar 1948, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: machinist
    • Residence: Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Census: 1930, 1940, Little Battle, Doddridge Co, WV


  10. 14.  Donald Keith SWIGERDonald Keith SWIGER Descendancy chart to this point (4.James2, 1.Elias1) was born 13 Nov 1932, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; died 19 Jul 2001, Summit Co, OH; was buried , Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery, Rittman, Medina Co, OH.

    Other Events:

    • Military: (ENLISTED 8/19/1950); Sgt, US Army, Korea
    • Residence: Barberton, Summit Co, OH
    • Census: 1940, Little Battle, Doddridge Co, WV