Jonathan Poe Keener
(1840-1913)
Sarah Jane Hawkins
(1843-1918)
Fred VanGuilder
(Abt 1838-)
Dorcas
(Abt 1843-)
Adolphus Luther Keener
(1866-1954)
Emily Alice VanGuilder
(1868-1894)
Margaret Ruth Keener
(1893-1970)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Charles Lester Swisher

Margaret Ruth Keener 2 3

  • Born: 13 July 1893, West Virginia 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Charles Lester Swisher on an unknown date 1 2
  • Died: 10 July 1970 at age 76 3
  • Buried: After 10 July 1970, , Marion County, WV 3
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bullet  Burial Notes:


Mount Zion Cemetery, , Marion County, West Virginia

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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Union District, Marion County, WV on 27 January 1920. 2

1920 US Census
Sheet 18A, District 41, Dwelling 348, Family 353, Roll 1961
Union District, Marion County, West Virginia
Farm rented
Margette R. Swisher..Daughter..26..WV
(Living with husband and son at the home of her parents.)

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Margaret married Charles Lester Swisher, son of Benjamin Franklin Swisher and Emma Jane Grubb, on an unknown date.1 2 (Charles Lester Swisher was born on 8 November 1882 in Winfield District, Marion County, WV,1 2 4 5 died on 2 October 1946 in Fairmont, WV 1 and was buried on 4 October 1946 in , Marion County, WV 1.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Union District, Marion County, WV on 27 January 1920. 2

1920 US Census
Sheet 18A, District 41, Dwelling 348, Family 353, Roll 1961
Union District, Marion County, West Virginia
Farm rented
Luther Keener..Head..53..WV..Farmer, general farm
Minnie Keener..Wife..49..WV
Lindsey S. Keener..Son..14..WV
Mary D. Keener..Dau..9..WV
Charles L. Swisher..SonL..27..Machinist
Margette R. Swisher..Dau..26..WV
Charles Swisher, Jr..GSon..1y3m..WV

(Charles and Margaret were living at the home of her parents.)
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Sources


1 Mount Zion Cemetery (Marion County, West Virginia), "Swisher, Charles Lester, Nov 8, 1882 - Oct 2, 1946, h/ M. Ruth (Keener)" marker, Database info maintained by WVPics.com.

2 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Union District, Marion County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 41, sheet 18A, dwelling 348, family 353, Charles Lester Swisher and Margaret Ruth Keener; index and images (accessed 27 Feb 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1961.

3 Mount Zion Cemetery (Marion County, West Virginia), "Swisher, Margaret Ruth, Jul 13, 1893 - Jul 10, 1970" marker, Database info maintained by WVPics.com.

4 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Grant Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 55, sheet 18A, family 335, Benjamin Franklin Swisher and Emma Jane Grubb; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 17 August 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

5 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Winfield Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 76, sheet 7B, family 133, Benjamin Franklin Swisher and Emma Jane Grubb; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 17 August 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1687.


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