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Jacob Swisher Sr.
(1774-1873)
Catherine Bunner
(1789-1856)
Enoch Ferrell
(1788-1866)
Margaret Fast
(1791-After 1860)
Jacob M. Swisher Jr.
(1806-1881)
Barsheba Ferrell
(1809-1864)
Virginia Jennie Swisher
(1853-1895)

 

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Virginia Jennie Swisher 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 27 June 1853, Forksburg, VA 3 4
  • Died: 3 May 1895, Winfield, WV at age 41 4 5
  • Buried: 5 May 1895, Mount Zion Cemetery, Fairmont, WV 4 5
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bullet  Death Notes:


Name: Jennie Swisher
Event Date: 03 May 1895
Event Place: Winfield, Marion, West Virginia
Gender: Female
Age (Expanded): 42 years 6 months 16 days
Birth Date: 1853
Birthplace: Winfield
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Housework
Burial Date: 05 May 1895
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records
Reference ID: v 1A p 318

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMTL-WZF : 10 March 2018), Jennie Swisher, 03 May 1895; citing Winfield, Marion, West Virginia, County Records, v 1A p 318, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 834,815.
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Third District, Marion County, VA on 8 July 1860. 1

1860 US Census
Page 107, Family 752, Roll 1361
Third Magisterial District, Marion, Virginia, United States
Virginia Swisher..7..Virginia

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 27 Jun 1853, then her age should have been 6 instead of 7.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 30 August 1870. 2

1870 US Census
Page 19, Family 140
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Virginia Swisher..18..Virginia..without occupation

(Living with widowed father.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 27 June 1853, then her age should have been 16 instead of 18.
.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on June 1880. 3

1880 US Census
Page 524D, District 93, Family 125, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Virginia Swisher..Daughter..26..West Virginia..At Home

(Living with widowed father.)
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• She was buried on 5 May 1895 in the Mount Zion Cemetery in Fairmont, WV.

Find a Grave Memorial 87463985
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Sources

1 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Third Magisterial District, Marion, Virginia, United States, p. 107, family 752, Jacob M. Swisher Jr. and Barsheba Ferrell; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 November 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 1361.

2 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States, p. 19, family 140, Jacob M. Swisher Jr; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 November 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 93, p. 524D, family 125, Jacob M. Swisher; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 13 November 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1407.

4 "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (accessed 15 November 2021), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMTL-WZF : 10 March 2018), Jennie Swisher, 03 May 1895; citing Winfield, Marion, West Virginia, County Records, v 1A p 318, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 834,815.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 15 November 2021, memorial page for Virginia Swisher (27 Jun 1852-3 May 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 87463985, citing Mount Zion Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA

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