Thomas Nelson Swisher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  Death Notes:

Name: Thomas Nelson Swisher
Event Date: 25 May 1920
Event Place: Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age (Expanded): 83 years 6 months 17 days
Birth Date: 1837
Father's Name: Jacob Swisher
Mother's Name: Barsheba Farrell
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NML4-L2P : 10 March 2018), Thomas Nelson Swisher, 25 May 1920; citing Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, County Records, 184, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 834,817.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Eastern District, Marion County, VA on 5 August 1850. ¹⁰

1850 US Census
Page 131, Family 267, Roll 958
Eastern District, Marion, Virginia, United States
Malcolm(?) Swisher..13..Virginia

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 30 August 1870. ⁷

1870 US Census
Page 18, Family 136
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Thomas N. Swisher..34..Virginia..Farmer

(Living with wife and 5 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 8 Nov 1836, then his age should have been 33 instead of 34.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 524D, District 93, Family 123, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Thomas M. Swisher..Head..43..West Virginia..Farmer

(Living with wife and 7 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 21 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 64, Family 177
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 42 years
Thomas N. Swisher..Head..Nov 1836..63..West Virginia..Farmer

(Living with wife and 1 son.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 3 May 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 76, Family 122, Roll 1687
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 51 years
Thomas N. Swisher..Head..73..West Virginia..Farmer, General Farm

(Living with wife and married son, Jacob, with his wife.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 21 January 1920. ⁶

1920 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 43, Family 57, Roll 1961
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Thomas N. Swisher..Head..83..West Virginia..Farmer, General Farm

(Living with 2nd wife.)
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• He was buried after 25 May 1920 in the Mount Zion Cemetery in Fairmont, WV.

Find a Grave Memorial 87464074
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Thomas married Sarah Ann Morley, daughter of Benjamin Morley and Margaret A. Mundell, on 15 April 1858 in , Marion County, VA.^{1 2 3 4} (Sarah Ann Morley was born in June 1834 in , Greene County, PA,^{2 3 4 11} died in 1914 in , Marion County, WV ¹¹ and was buried in 1914 in Mount Zion Cemetery, Fairmont, WV ¹¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 30 August 1870. ⁷

1870 US Census
Page 18, Family 136
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Thomas N. Swisher..34..Virginia..Farmer
Sarah A. Swisher..36..Pennsylvania..Keeping House
Samuel S. Swisher..11..Virginia..At Home
Francis M. Swisher..10..Virginia..At Home
Charles E. Swisher..8..Virginia..At Home
Willie G. Swisher..4..West Virginia..At Home
Sabina B. Swisher..3..West Virginia..At Home
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 524D, District 93, Family 123, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Thomas M. Swisher..Head..43..West Virginia..Farmer
Sarah Swisher..Wife..46..West Virginia..Keeping House
Samuel Swisher..Son..21..West Virginia..Farm Laborer
Francis Swisher..Son..20..West Virginia..Farm Laborer
Charles Swisher..Son..18..West Virginia..At Home
Willie Swisher..Son..14..West Virginia..At Home
Sabina Swisher..Daughter..13..West Virginia..At Home
Jacob O. Swisher..Son..10..West Virginia
James H. Swisher..Son..8..West Virginia
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 21 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 64, Family 177
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 42 years
Thomas N. Swisher..Head..Nov 1836..63..West Virginia..Farmer
Sarah A. Swisher..Wife..June 1834..65..Pennsylvania..7/6
Jacob O. Swisher..Son..June 1870..29..West Virginia..Farm Laborer
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 3 May 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 76, Family 122, Roll 1687
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 51 years
Thomas N. Swisher..Head..73..West Virginia..Farmer, General Farm
Sarah A. Swisher..Wife..75..Pennsylvania..7/5
Jacob O. Swisher..Son..40..West Virginia..married 1 month..Carpenter
Lunda. Swisher..Daughter-in-law..24..West Virginia
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Thomas N Swisher
Sex: Male
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
Father's Name: Jacob Swisher
Father's Sex: Male
Mother's Name: Barbasheba Swisher
Mother's Sex: Female
Spouse's Name: Sarah Morely
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Age: 23
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1835
Spouse's Father's Name: Benjamin Morely
Spouse's Father's Sex: Male
Spouse's Mother's Name: Margaret Morely
Marriage Date: 15 Apr 1858
Marriage Place: Marion, West Virginia, United States
Marriage Place (Original): West Virginia, United States

Citing this Record
"West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZX-JM48 : 30 September 2021), Thomas N Swisher and Sarah Morely, 1858.
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Thomas next married Rebecca C. Smyth, daughter of James Bowlby Smyth and Miranda Catherine Everly, in 1916 in , Marion County, WV.^{5 6} (Rebecca C. Smyth was born on 20 February 1856 in Maidsville, Monongalia, Virginia, United States,^{6 12} died on 12 September 1938 in Akron, OH ¹² and was buried after 12 September 1938 in Meadowdale Cemetery, Fairmont, WV ¹².)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 21 January 1920. ⁶

1920 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 43, Family 57, Roll 1961
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
1Thomas N. Swisher..Head..83..West Virginia..Farmer, General Farm
Rebecca C. Swisher..Wife..63..West Virginia
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  Marriage Notes:

Event Type: Marriage
Name: Thomas N Swisher
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 1916
Marriage Place: Marion, West Virginia, United States
Spouse's Name: Rebecca C Everly
Source Reference: County Records
Record Number: 422

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FY8P-48V : 11 February 2018), Thomas N Swisher and Rebecca C Everly, 1916; citing Marion, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 835,634.
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