John W. Swisher ^{1 2}

  Death Notes:

Name: John W. Swisher
Death Date: 08 Nov 1953
Death Place: Catawba, Marion, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age: 55 years
Estimated Birth Year: 31 Mar 1898
Birth Place: West Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: John Swisher
Mother's Name: Samantha Haun
Occupation: Carpenter
Cemetery: Catawba
Burial Place: Marion Co., West Virginia
Burial Date: 11 Nov 1953
Film Number: 834819
Digital Folder Number: 4229121
Image Number: 221
Source: County Records
Reference Number: v 9 p 241
Collection: West Virginia Deaths, 1853-1970
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a Carpenter in , Marion County, WV.

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 12 January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 44, Dwelling 206, Family 206, Roll 1961
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
John Swisher..Head..23..WV..Carpenter, Building
(Living with wife, daughter, and mother.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 31 Mar 1898, then his age should have been 21 instead of 23.
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• He was buried on 11 November 1953 in the Catawba Cemetery in Catawba, WV.

Find A Grave Memorial #58375810
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John married Alta Virginia Grubb, daughter of Duncan Z. Grubb and Elnora Vangilder, about 1917.¹ (Alta Virginia Grubb was born on 9 September 1900 in , Marion County, WV,^{1 3} died after 1 January 1920 and was buried after 1 January 1920 in Catawba, WV ³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 12 January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 44, Dwelling 206, Family 206, Roll 1961
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
John Swisher..Head..23..WV..Carpenter, Building
Alta Swisher..Wife..19..WV
Wilma Swisher..Dau..1y7m..WV
Samantha Swisher..Mother..60..WV..Widowed.