Benjamin Franklin Swisher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

  Death Notes:

Name: Benjamin F. Swisher
Event Date: 17 Feb 1931
Event Place: Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age (Expanded): 76 years
Birth Date: 1855
Father's Name: Jake J. Swisher
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NML3-3YR : 10 March 2018), Benjamin F. Swisher, 17 Feb 1931; citing Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, County Records, 248, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 834,817.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 27 June 1854 and a birth location of Forksburg, VA.

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Third District, Marion County, VA on 8 July 1860. ⁷

1860 US Census
Page 107, Family 752, Roll 1361
Third Magisterial District, Marion, Virginia, United States
Franklin Swisher..6..Virginia

(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 30 August 1870. ⁸

1870 US Census
Page 19, Family 140
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Benjamin F. Swisher..16..Virginia..without occupation

(Living with widowed father.)
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 525B, District 93, Family 140, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Benjamin Swisher..Head..26..West Virginia..Farmer

(Living with wife and 2 children.)
.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Grant District, Marion, WV on June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 18A, District 55, Family 335
Grant Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Frank Swisher..Head..Apr 1854..46..West Virginia..Stable Boss

(Living with wife and 2 children.)
.

• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 4 May 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 76, Family 133, Roll 1687
Winfield Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned
Married 35 years
Benjamin F. Swisher..Head..56..West Virginia..Farmer, General Farm

(Living with wife and 1 son.)
.

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 3 February 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 43, Family 183, Roll 1961
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
B. F. Swisher..Self..65..West Virginia..Laborer, Farm

(Living with wife.)
.

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 11 April 1930. ⁶

1930 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 25-38, Family 203, Roll 2541
Winfield Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, $3000
Benjamin F. Swisher..Head..75..West Virginia..married at age 21

(Living with wife.)
.

• He was buried after 17 February 1931 in the Mount Zion Cemetery in Fairmont, WV.

Find a Grave Memorial 87465307
. ¹⁰

Benjamin married Emma Jane Grubb, daughter of John R. Grubb and Matilda Malott, on 2 August 1875 in , Marion County, WV.^{1 2 3 4 5 6} (Emma Jane Grubb was born on 28 April 1856 in Ohio,^{2 5 6 11 12 13 14 15} died on 7 August 1939 in Fairmont, WV ¹⁴ and was buried on 9 August 1939 in Mount Zion Cemetery, Fairmont, WV ^{14 15}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 525B, District 93, Family 140, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Benjamin Swisher..Head..26..West Virginia..Farmer
Enna Swisher..Wife..24..Ohio..Keeps House
John Swisher..Son..5..West Virginia
Amy Swisher..Daughter..2..West Virginia
.

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Grant District, Marion, WV on June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 18A, District 55, Family 335
Grant District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Frank Swisher..Head..Apr 1854..46..West Virginia..Stable Boss
Emma Swisher..Wife..Apr 1858..42..West Virginia..2/2
Charlie Swisher..Son..Nov 1882..17..West Virginia..Day Laborer
Bathsheba Swisher..Daughter..Nov 1885..14..West Virginia
.

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 4 May 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 76, Family 133, Roll 1687
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned
Married 35 years
Benjamin F. Swisher..Head..56..West Virginia..Farmer, General Farm
Emma J. Swisher..Wife..54..Ohio..4/4
Charles L. Swisher..Son..27..West Virginia..Machinist, Foundary
.

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 3 February 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 43, Family 183, Roll 1961
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
B. F. Swisher..Self..65..West Virginia..Laborer, Farm
Emma Swisher..Wife..63..Ohio
.

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 11 April 1930. ⁶

1930 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 25-38, Family 203, Roll 2541
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, $3000
Benjamin F. Swisher..Head..75..West Virginia..married at age 21
Emma J. Swisher..Wife..73..Ohio..married at age 19
.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Benjamin F. Swisher
Sex: Male
Spouse's Name: Emma J. Grabb
Spouse's Sex: Female
Marriage Date: 2 Aug 1875
Marriage Place: Marion, West Virginia, United States

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRHS-GLH : 30 January 2020), Benjamin F. Swisher, 1875.
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