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Subject: Re: [UNDERWOOD] Re: DE to WV
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 19:40:48 EDT
Kay,
I don't have anything on your Joseph Swiger. I will send you what I have on
Christopher Ash. It will take a couple of posts to get it all. Hope it
doesn't bore everybody else.
Sincerely, Robert Mayfield
post #1
Descendants of Christopher Ash
Generation No. 1
1. CHRISTOPHER1 ASH was born in Germany. He married LOVINA (LIBY) SWIGER,
daughter of JOHN
SWIGER and MARY. She was born October 17, 1770 in Loudoun County, Va., and
died September 20,
1856.
Notes for LOVINA (LIBY) SWIGER:
LIBY DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND MARY SWIGER, OF GERMANY, WAS BORN IN LOUDOUN
COUNTY VA. REMOVED FROM THERE WITH HER FATHER AND MOTHER, LOCATING WITH
THEM IN HARRISON COUNTY, WHERE SHE MARRIED CHRISTOPHER ASH. CHRISTOPHER
ASH EMIGRATED FROM GERMANY TO PENNSYLVANIA, THENCE TO HARRISON COUNTY,
VA., SOMETIME AFTER THE SWIGER FAMILY HAD HAD LOCATED THERE. HE NEVER
COULD SPEAK BUT BROKEN ENGLISH, AND SINCE HIS WIFE WAS OF GERMAN
PARENTAGE, BOTH SPOKE THEIR MOTHER TONGUE. HE WAS A TRUCK FARMER, HAVING
SETTLED ON GREGORY'S RUN, ON A FARM NOW OWNED BY JESSE F. COFFMAN. IT IS SAID
HE RAISED A GREAT MANY TURNIPS AND MANY BUSCHELS OF BUCKWHEAT; WAS ALSO
A GREAT HUNTER, AND A STORY OF HIS DARING, WHICH FOLLOWS, WAS RELATED TO US
BY ONE WHOSE FATHER NEW HIM WELL.
WHILE HUNTING WITH CHRISTOPHER SWIGER, HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, WHO THEN
LIVED ON KATY'S LICK RUN, NEAR WHERE THE PRESENT BRIDGE CROSSES TENMILE
CREEK AT SARDIS, HE ESPIED A VERY LARGE POPLAR TREE IN WHICH THERE WAS A
LARGE HOLE ABOUT 30 FEET FROM ITS BASE. HE REMARKED TO MR. SWIGER THAT HE
BELIEVED THERE WERE COONS IN THAT TREE. THERE WAS A TALL SAPLING STANDING
NEAR THE POPLAR TREE, THE TOP OF WHICH REACHED ABOVE OR UP TO THE SUPPOSED
COON'S DEN. THEY FELLED THIS SAPLING AGAINST THE LARGER TREE, AND
CHRISTOPHER ASH CLIMBED TO THE LARGE HOLE. NO SOONER HAD HE CLIMBED TO THE
LARGE HOLE AND LOOKED IN TO SURVEY THE HOLLOW OF THE TREE, THAN AN OLD SHE
BEAR, BEING AS ANXIOUS TO SEE OUT AS HE WAS TO SEE IN, PUT HER HEAD OUT,
STRIKING HIS. REALIZING THE PERILOUSNESS OF HIS POSITION, HE STARTED TO
DESCEND, CRYING IN HIS BROKEN ENGLISH, TO SWIGER WHO HAD ALREADY TAKEN AIM
AT THE BEAR, "CRASS, NO SHOOT."
CHRISTOPHER AND LIBY SETTLED IN DODDRIDGE COUNTY AROUND ASHLEY,
THE COMMUNITY OF ASHLEY WAS NAMED FOR CHRISTOPHER ASH. CHRISTOPHER AND
LIBY ARE BURIED AT ASHLEY IN THE UNDERWOOD CEMETERY.
Children of CHRISTOPHER ASH and LOVINA SWIGER are:
i. JACOB2 ASH, b. August 18, 1792; m. MARY UNDERWOOD, 1820.
ii. CATHERINE ASH, b. 1793; m. WILLIAM LLOYD DAVIS; b. February 18, 1813.
iii. JOHN ASH, b. May 16, 1796; d. April 22, 1888; m. HANNAH
UNDERWOOD; b. 1800; d. Aft. 1880.
iv. ELIZABETH ASH, b. December 26, 1798.
v. LAVINA ASH, b. January 16, 1800.
vi. ADAM ASH, b. August 06, 1802; d. July 27, 1855; m. HANNA HUGES,
December 25, 1823; b. 1805;
d. December 25, 1872.
vii. SARAH ASH, b. March 13, 1804.
viii. MARY ASH, b. August 30, 1806.
Notes for MARY ASH:
2. ix. NANCY ASH, b. March 17, 1808.
x. THOMAS ASH, b. 1809; m. REBECCA SPENCER; b. 1833.
Generation No. 2
2. NANCY2 ASH (CHRISTOPHER1) was born March 17, 1808. She married THOMAS
GEORGE SWIGER
1831, son of CHRISTOPHER SWIGER and ELLENOR BACKUS. He was born 1809 in
Katys Lick Creek,
Sardis, Harrison County, W. Va., and died Aft. 1870 in Middle Fork, Harrison
County, W. Va..
Notes for NANCY ASH:
NANCY (ASH) SWIGER WAS BORN ON GREGORY'S RUN NEAR SARDIS, W. VA. , ON
MARCH 17, 1808, THE DAUGHTER OF CHRISTOPHER ASH AND LOVINA "LIBBY" (SWIGER).
NANCY WAS A HOMEMAKER AND THE MOTHER OF 7 CHILDREN. (INFO PARTLY FROM THE
HISTORY OF THE SWIGER FAMILY, pg. 18) CLARKSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Notes for THOMAS GEORGE SWIGER:
Thomas George Swiger was born in a log cabin on Katys Lick Creek near Sardis,
Sardis District, Harrison
County, W. Va., in c. 1809, the 6th child of Christopher Columbus Swiger and
Ellenor (Backuc). He was
raised to adulthood on Katys Lick Creek near Sardis, W. Va. At the age of
about 22, Thomas married his
1st cousin, Miss Nancy (Ash) , in c. 1831. Thomas G. was a farmer and a
blacksmith. He died on Middle
Fork near Center Point, W. Va. after 1870. (Info partly from the History of
the Swiger Family, pg. 18)
Clarksburg Public Library.
Marriage Notes for NANCY ASH and THOMAS SWIGER:
After their marriage, Thomas and Nancy settled on his father's land on the
waters of Middle Fork of
McElroy Creek near Center Point, McClellan District, Doddridge County, W. Va.
where their children
were born and raised. Thomas and his family are listed on the 1850 and the
1860 Dodridge County
censuses. Additionally, Thomas and Nancy are listed on the 1870 Doddridge
County (McCellan District)
census.
Children of NANCY ASH and THOMAS SWIGER are:
3. i. GEORGE W.3 SWIGER, b. April 1832, Middle Fork, Harrison Co., W. Va.;
d. Bef. 1915, Fishing
Creek, Wetzel Co., W. Va..
4. ii. WILLIAM JERDON SWIGER, b. October 17, 1833, Middle Fork, Harrison
County, W. Va.; d.
December 05, 1910, Weston, Lewis Co. W. VA..
5. iii. BENONI A SWIGER, b. November 08, 1837, Middle Fork, Harrison
County, W. Va.; d. February 22,
1908, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio.
6. iv. FRANCIS MARION SWIGER, b. February 13, 1838, Virginia; d. July 02,
1914.
7. v. ISRAEL A SWIGER, b. October 08, 1841, Middle Fork, Harrison Co., W.
Va.; d. Aft. 1915.
vi. EMILY JANE SWIGER, b. November 20, 1845, Virginia; d. Unknown; m. SON
OF DALLAS MARION.
8. vii. SAMUEL PRESTON SWIGER, b. August 1848.
Generation No. 3
3. GEORGE W.3 SWIGER (NANCY2 ASH, CHRISTOPHER1) was born April 1832 in
Middle Fork, Harrison
Co., W. Va., and died Bef. 1915 in Fishing Creek, Wetzel Co., W. Va.. He
married SALLIE SARAH
"SALLIE" CAIN 1851. She was born October 1834 in West Virginia.
Notes for GEORGE W. SWIGER:
GEORGE W. SWIGER WAS BORN ON MIDDLE FORK OF McELROY CREEK NEAR CENTER
POINT, HARRISON CO. (NOW DODDRIDGE CO. - FORMED 1845), W. VA., IN c. APRIL,
1832,
THE FIRST CHILD OF THOMAS GEORGE SWIGER AND NANCY (ASH). HE WAS RAISED TO
ADULTHOOD ON MIDDLE FORK NEAR CENTER POINT, W. VA. AT THE AGE OF ABOUT 19,
GEORGE MARRIED MISS SARAH "SALLIE" (CAIN) IN c. 1851.
SARAH "SALLIE" (CAIN) WAS BORN IN THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA IN c.
OCTOBER,
1834, THE DAUGHTER OF THOMAS CAIN AND ANNA (________). SALLIE WAS FROM
MARION CO. W. VA.
AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE, GEORGE AND SALLIE FIRST SETTLED ON A FARM IN
McCLELLEN DISTRICT, DODDRIDGE CO., W. VA., WHERE THEY LIVED FOR A SHORT TIME.
THEY THEN MOVED TO WETZEL CO. W. VA., WHERE THEY LIVED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
GEORGE, SARAH, AND THEIR FAMILY ARE LISTED ON THE 1860 WETZEL COUNTY CENSUS.
AFTER A FEW, YEARS THEY MOVED BACK TO McCLELLAN DISTRICT, DODDRIDGE CO. , W.
VA., WHERE THEY WERE RESIDING IN 1870. THEY ARE LISTED ON THE 1870, DODDRIDGE
CO. (McCLELLAN DISTRICT) CENSUS. FINALLY, AFTER 1870 GEORGE, SARAH, AND THEIR
FAMILY RETURNED TO WETZEL CO., W. VA., AND SETTLED ON FISHING CREEK WHERE
THEY RESIDED THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
SALLIE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND THE MOTHER OF 13 CHILDREN, 6 OF WHOM WERE
LIVING IN 1900. SHE DIED ON FISHING CREEK IN WETZEL CO., W. VA., BEFORE 1915.
GEORGE DIED AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE ON FISHING CREEK IN WETZEL CO., W.
VA., BEFORE 1915. (INFO PARTLY FROM THE HISTORY OF THE SWIGER FAMILY, pg. 31)
Notes for SALLIE SARAH "SALLIE" CAIN:
SARAH "SALLIE" (CAIN) SWIGER WAS BORN IN THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA IN
OCTOBER, 1834, THE DAUGHTER OF THOMAS CAIN AND ANNA (_______) CAIN. SALLIE
WAS FROM MARION CO., W. VA.
Children of GEORGE SWIGER and SARAH CAIN are:
i. NANCY J.4 SWIGER, b. 1854; d. Aft. 1915.
ii. ANGELINE SWIGER, b. 1855; d. Bef. 1915.
iii. WILLIAM JORDAN SWIGER, b. 1859; d. Aft. 1915.
iv. ANNA ELLEN SWIGER, b. 1861; m. JAMES MARSHALL CARROLL, November 01,
1877, WETZEL
CO., W. VA.; b. 1856.
v. HENRY C. SWIGER, b. 1864; m. MARY ANN LEMASTERS, May 02, 1886, WETZEL
CO., W. VA.; b.
1865.
vi. BENJAMIN F. SWIGER, b. February 27, 1866; d. Aft. 1900; m. ELIZABETH
JANE BEVERLIN,
September 18, 1887, Wetzel County, West Virgina; b. 1867, Wetzel County, West
Virgina.
vii. HIRAM NELSON SWIGER, b. 1868; d. Aft. 1915.
viii. LIZZIE HANNAH E. "LIZZIE" SWIGER, b. June 1870; m. LINDSEY JONES,
March 24, 1888, Wetzel
County, West Virginia; b. 1857, Marion County, West Virginia.
ix. MARY M. SWIGER, b. 1873; m. SOLOMAN B. LYONS, February 28, 1888,
Wetel County, West
Virginia; b. 1866, Doddridge County, West Virginia.
4. WILLIAM JERDON3 SWIGER (NANCY2 ASH, CHRISTOPHER1) was born October 17,
1833 in Middle Fork,
Harrison County, W. Va., and died December 05, 1910 in Weston, Lewis Co. W.
VA.. He married
KEZIAH "KIZZY" UNDERWOOD May 27, 1852 in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
She was born March
09, 1834 in Ohio, and died June 07, 1888 in Center Point, W. VA..
Notes for WILLIAM JERDON SWIGER:
{1147.02} William Jerdon Swiger was born on Middle Fork of McElroy Creek
near Center Point,
Harrison County {now Doddridge Co.- formed 1845}, W. VA. on October 17, 1833,
the 2 nd child of
Thomas George Swiger and Nancy {Ash}. He was raised to his adulthood on
Middle Fork near Center
Point, W. VA. At the age of 18, William married Miss Keziah "Kizzy"
{Underwood} in Doddridge Co.,
W. Va. , on May 27, 1852.
After their marriage, William and Kizzy settled on a farm on Sycamore Fork of
McElroy Creek near
Center Point, McClellan District, Doddridge Co. W. Va., where their children
were born. They are listed
on the 1870 and the 1880 Doddridge County {McClellan District} censuses. In
addition to his 10 children
, William had 2 sons, _________ Yeater and Jesse Ash, born out of wedlock.
In later years, William was in an unsettled disposition and moved to the
western states where received a
blow on his forehead which rendered him unconscious and was robbed of his
money. He then returned to
his farmon Sycamore Fork near Center Point, W. Va. Here on his farm William
kept pet deer all of his
life.
William J. was a farmer and a large man. He died 22 years after the death of
his wife in the asylum in
Weston, W. Va., from the effects of the blow he had received years before, so
it is said, on December 5,
1910, at the age of 77, and he is also buried in the Center Point Christian
Cemetery in Center Point, W.
Va., near his wife. {Info partly from the History of the Swiger Family, pg.
32; and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Dye
Budai, salem, W. Va.
Notes for KEZIAH "KIZZY" UNDERWOOD:
Keziah "Kizzy" {Underwood} was born in the state of Ohio on March 9, 1834,
the daughter of Rev.
Dixon Underwood and Keziah {Baker}, Kizzy was raised to womanhood at Shirley,
Tyler Co. , W. Va.
Keziah "Kizzy" was a homemaker and the mother of 10 children. She died near
Center Point, W. Va., on
June 7, 1888, at the age of 54, and she was buried in the Center Point
Christian Cemetery in Center Point,
W. Va.
Children of WILLIAM SWIGER and KEZIAH UNDERWOOD are:
i. JABA4 SWIGER, b. July 07, 1854; d. Infant.
ii. RACHEL SWIGER, b. November 19, 1855; m. LEWIS ASH, January 23, 1879,
Doddridge county, West
Virginia; b. 1854.
iii. FRANCIS MARION SWIGER, b. November 20, 1857; d. March 15, 1929.
iv. THUMAN E. SWIGER, b. July 23, 1860.
v. EDITH F. "EDIE" SWIGER, b. June 27, 1864; d. 1947.
vi. DIXON LEE SWIGER, b. July 17, 1866; d. January 09, 1950.
vii. THOMAS JACKSON SWIGER, b. January 03, 1868; d. December 12, 1955.
viii. ISRAEL B. SWIGER, b. March 29, 1870; d. March 07, 1873.
ix. CORDELIA E. SWIGER, b. April 08, 1872; d. September 10, 1946.
x. CHARLES EDWARD SWIGER, b. December 28, 1875; d. 1960.
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