Clara Jane Hawkins ^{1 2 3}

  Death Notes:

Name: Clara Jane Swisher
Death Date: 30 Oct 1948
Death Place: Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia
Gender: Female
Age: 72 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1876
Birth Place: Marion Co., W. Va.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: J. J. Swisher
Father's Name: Marcellus Hawkins
Mother's Name: Permelia Hall
Occupation: Housewife
Street Address: Rt. 4
Residence: Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia
Cemetery: Meadowdale
Burial Place: Fairmont, W. Va.
Burial Date: 01 Nov 1948
Film Number: 834819
Digital Folder Number: 4229121
Image Number: 175
Source: County Records
Reference Number: page 189
Collection: West Virginia Deaths, 1853-1970
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 21 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 64, Dwelling 175, Family 175
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Married 2 years
Clara J. Swisher..Wife..Nov 1876..23..WV..1/0
(Living with husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 3 February 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 43, Dwelling 185, Family 184, Roll 1961
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Farm owned, no mortgage
Clara Swisher..Wife..42..WV
(Living with husband and 2 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 26 Nov 1876, then her age should have been 43 instead of 42.
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• She was buried on 1 November 1948 in the Meadowdale Cemetery in Fairmont, VA.

Find A Grave Memorial #39542246
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Clara married John Jacob Swisher, son of Benjamin Franklin Swisher and Emma Jane Grubb, in 1898.^{1 2} (John Jacob Swisher was born on 3 May 1875 in West Virginia,^{1 2 4} died on 18 December 1958 in Fairmont, WV ⁴ and was buried after 18 December 1958 in , Marion County, WV ⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 21 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 64, Dwelling 175, Family 175
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Married 2 years
Jacob J. Swisher..Head..May 1875..25..WV..Farmer
Clara J. Swisher..Wife..Nov 1876..23..WV..1/0
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 3 February 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 43, Dwelling 185, Family 184, Roll 1961
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Farm owned, no mortgage
J.J. Swisher..Head..44..WV..Laborer, farm
Clara Swisher..Wife..42..WV
Edna Swisher..Dau..17..WV
Marcellus Swisher..Son..9y8m..WV
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