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Subject: Re: [UNDERWOOD] Re: DE to WV
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 19:43:19 EDT
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5. BENONI A3 SWIGER (NANCY2 ASH, CHRISTOPHER1) was born November 08, 1837 in
Middle Fork,
Harrison County, W. Va., and died February 22, 1908 in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio. He married
NANCY WRIGHT December 06, 1857 in Tyler County, West Virginia. She was born
March 07, 1838 in
Tyler County, W. Va.--Buried Cedar Grove Cemetery near Shirley (No marker).
Notes for BENONI A SWIGER:
BENONI A. SWIGER WAS BORN ON MIDDLE FORK OF McELROY CREEK NEAR CENTER
POINT, HARRISON COUNTY (NOW DODDRIDGE COUNTY -- FORMED 1845), W. VA., ON
NOVEMBER 8, 1837, THE 3rd 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 20, BENONI MARRIED MISS NANCY (WRIGHT) IN TYLER COUNTY, W. VA. ON DEC 6,
1857. (MARRIA AGE LICENSE ALSO RECORDED IN DODDRIDGE COUNTY, W. VA., ON DEC
10, 1857.
NANCY (WRIGHT) WAS BORN IN TYLER COUNTY, W. VA., ON MARCH 7, 1838, THE
DAUGHTER OF DANIEL WRIGHT AND PRUDENCE (GEORGE)
AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE, BENONI AND NANCY SETTLED ON A FARM ON SYCAMORE
FORK NEAR CENTER POINT, McCLELLAN DISTRICT, DODDRIDGE COUNTY, W. VA. HERE IN
McCLELLAN DISTRICT, THEIR CHILDREN WERE BORN. THEY ARE LISTED ON THE 1860,
THE 1870 AND THE 1880 DODDRIDGE COUNTY (McCLELLAN DISTRICT) CENSUS. NANCY
AND HER SON, MARCENA, ARE LISTED ON THE 1900 DODDRIDGE COUNTY (McCLELLAN
DISTRICT) CENSUS.
BENONI WENT TO THE WESTERN STATES LOOKING FOR NEW FARM LANDS WITH THE
INTENT OF PURCHASING SOME NICE LAND. ON HIS RETURN, HE STOPPED TO VISIT AN
OLD FRIEND AND ACQUAINTANCE, MR WILLIAMS, AT CHILLICOTHE, OHIO. BEING
ANXIOUS TO PAY FOR HIS LODGING IN SOME WAY BEFORE HE LEFT, BENONI WENT TO A
NEARBY STORE AND PURCHASED SEVERAL ARTICLES AMONG WHICH WAS A BOTTLE OF
WHISKEY. WHEN BENONI RETURNED LATE IN THE EVENING, IT IS SAID THAT HE GAVE
MR. WILLIAM'S DAUGHTER A DRINK OF THE WHISKEY AT WHICH MR. WILLIAMS BECAME
VERY OUTRAGED. IT RESULTED IN BENONI BEING SHOT THROUGH THE NECK IN
CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, ON FEBRUARY 22, 1908, FROM WHICH HE DIED SOON AFTER AT THE
AGE OF SEVENTY.
MR. WILLIAMS WAS ARRESTED, TRIED BEFORE A COURT, CONVICTED, AND SENTENCED
TO THE STATE PENITENTIARY FOR 99 YEARS. MR. WILLIAM'S DAUGHTER WAS PLACED
ON THE WITNESS STAND, AND THE STORY ABOVE CORRESPONDS WITH THE EVIDENCE
SHE GAVE.
BENONI AND NANCY WERE THE PARENTS OF 12 CHILDREN, 8 OF WHOM WERE STILL
LIVING IN 1900.
BENONI WAS A FARMER. (INFO PARTLY FROM THE HISTORY OF THE SWIGER FAMILY,
pg. 32, 33)
Notes for NANCY WRIGHT:
NANCY WRIGHT WAS BORN IN TYLER COUNTY, W. VA. ON MARCH 7, 1838, THE
DAUGHTER OF DANIEL WRIGHT AND PRUDENCE GEORGE.
NANCY WAS THE MOTHER OF 12 CHILDREN, 8 OF WHOM WERE STILL LIVING IN 1900.
Marriage Notes for BENONI SWIGER and NANCY WRIGHT:
AT THE AGE OF 20, BENONI MARRIED MISS NANCY (WRIGHT) IN TYLER COUNTY, W.
VA., ON DEC 6, 1857 (MARRIAGE LICENCE ALSO RECORDED IN DODDRIDGE COUNTY, W.
VA., ON DEC 10, 1857
Children of BENONI SWIGER and NANCY WRIGHT are:
i. JAMES HENRY4 SWIGER, b. October 12, 1858; m. JONNA LYON, December 24,
1882, DODDRIDGE
COUNTY, W. VA.; b. 1860.
ii. PRUDENCE JANE SWIGER, b. May 26, 1860; m. GEORGE T. W. SMITH,
November 03, 1878,
Doddridge County, West Virginia; b. 1838.
iii. MALINDA CATHERINE SWIGER, b. June 24, 1862.
iv. SARAH ANN SWIGER, b. July 13, 1864.
v. HARRIET ELIZABETH SWIGER, b. April 08, 1866.
vi. NANCY SAFRONIA SWIGER, b. February 17, 1868.
9. vii. JACOB MARTIN SWIGER, b. August 08, 1870.
viii. EMANUEL B. SWIGER, b. August 30, 1872.
ix. JOHN B. SWIGER, b. May 25, 1874; d. 1928.
x. SEYMOUR MARCENA SWIGER, b. September 02, 1876.
xi. MALINA SWIGER, b. September 02, 1876.
xii. MARY M. SWIGER, b. July 03, 1878.
6. FRANCIS MARION3 SWIGER (NANCY2 ASH, CHRISTOPHER1) was born February 13,
1838 in Virginia, and
died July 02, 1914. He married (1) ABBEY (ABAGIL) UNDERWOOD. She was born
1843. He married (2)
UNKNOWN].
Marriage Notes for FRANCIS SWIGER and UNKNOWN]:
Francis Swiger and his second wife had eight children.
Children of FRANCIS SWIGER and ABBEY UNDERWOOD are:
i. SAMUEL4 SWIGER, b. January 21, 1863; m. RILDA TALKINGTON.
ii. VIRGINIA B. SWIGER, b. March 30, 1865; m. S. J. NICHOLAS.
iii. EMILY J. SWIGER, b. June 30, 1867; m. S. J. FRUM.
iv. ELLIS SWIGER, b. June 04, 1869; m. IDA GREEN.
v. EDMON SWIGER, b. May 29, 1872; m. SARAH ASHCRAFT.
vi. RHODA B. SWIGER, b. June 17, 1874; m. GEORGE W. DYE.
vii. DORA F. SWIGER, b. June 16, 1878; m. WALTER ASHCRAFT.
viii. STELLA SWIGER, b. June 25, 1880; m. A. F. COFFMAN.
ix. BERTHA D. SWIGER, b. July 07, 1882; m. TEMP DYE.
Children of FRANCIS SWIGER and UNKNOWN] are:
x. LEVI4 SWIGER, b. September 16, 1888.
xi. HUGH SWIGER, b. January 19, 1890.
xii. RALPH SWIGER, b. February 13, 1891.
xiii. BLANCHE SWIGER, b. February 02, 1892.
xiv. HOWARD SWIGER, b. April 20, 1894.
xv. JESSIE F. SWIGER, b. April 18, 1896.
xvi. EVE SWIGER, b. September 07, 1897.
xvii. LEE SWIGER, b. November 17, 1899.
7. ISRAEL A3 SWIGER (NANCY2 ASH, CHRISTOPHER1) was born October 08, 1841 in
Middle Fork, Harrison
Co., W. Va., and died Aft. 1915. He married MARTHA C. DAVIS February 07,
1864 in Doddridge County,
West Virginia. She was born June 1848 in Harrison County, West Virginia, and
died Aft. 1910.
Notes for ISRAEL A SWIGER:
Israel A. Swiger was born on Middle Fork of McElroy Creek near Center Point,
Harrison County (now
Doddridge County -- formed 1845), W. Va., on October 8, 1841, the 5th 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 22,
Israel married his double cousin (1st cousin once removed & 2nd cousin once
removed), Miss Martha C.
(Davis), in Doddridge County, W. Va., on February 7, 1864.
About 1908, Israel moved to Rinehart, Sardis District, Harrison County, W.
Va. where he resided the rest
of his life Here in Rinehart, Israel was living in 1915. Israel was a
farmer. (info partly from the History of
the Swiger Family, pg. 34, 35 Clarksburg Public Library. West Virginia
Collection
Notes for MARTHA C. DAVIS:
Martha C. (Davis) was born in Harrison County, W. Va., in June, 1848, the
daughter of Cristian A.
Davis- 2165.38 and Sarah Jane (Griffin). Martha was raised to womanhood in
Harrison County, W. Va.
and later in Doddridge County, W. Va.
Marriage Notes for ISRAEL SWIGER and MARTHA DAVIS:
After their marriage, Israel and Martha settled on a farm near Center Point,
McClellan District,
Doddridge County, W. Va., where they lived for 44 years. They are listed on
the 1870, the 1880 and the
1900 Doddridge County (McClellan District) censuses.
Children of ISRAEL SWIGER and MARTHA DAVIS are:
10. i. NANCY JANE4 SWIGER, b. March 23, 1866, Doddridge County, West
Virginia; d. June 06, 1916,
(Smiithton) Smithburg, Doddridge County, W. Va..
ii. ANDREW J. SWIGER, b. August 15, 1867, West Virgina; d. Unknown; m.
FLORENCE BLACK.
Notes for ANDREW J. SWIGER:
Andrew & Florence lived at Rinehart, W. Va.
iii. JAMES T. SWIGER, b. May 1870, West Virgina; d. February 15, 1872,
Doddridge County, West
Virginia.
iv. JOSHUA CALVIN. SWIGER, b. June 30, 1872, West Virgina; d. July 30,
1954, Wallace, Harrison
County, West Virginia; m. ARZANNA NESBITT, March 27, 1893, Harrisobn County,
West Virginia;
b. 1861, Marion County, W. Va..
Notes for JOSHUA CALVIN. SWIGER:
JOSHUA CALVIN SWIGER SON/O ISREAL & MARTHA C (DAVIS) SWIGER BORN JUNE 30,
1872 DIED JULY 30, 1954 OF CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE. BURIED AUG 3, 1954 AT
WALLACE, HARRISON COUNTY, W. VA. BOWER FUNERAL HOME CLARKSBURG,
HARRISON COUNTY, W. VA. DEATH BOOK #18 PAGE #252-B
Marriage Notes for JOSHUA SWIGER and ARZANNA NESBITT:
(1147.78) Joshua Calvin Swiger married Mrs. Arzanna (Shaver) Nesbitt, a
widow, in Harrison
County, W. Va., on March 27, 1893, and again on June 14, 1894. Arzanna was
born in Marion
County, W. Va. in C. 1861, the daughter of John Shaver and Joanna ( ). She
was previously married
to Richard Nesbitt in Marion County, W. Va., on February 17, 1876.
v. CHARLES A. SWIGER, b. September 1875, West Virgina; m. LILLIE B.
SWIGER, 1899, OR 1900; b.
August 1881, West Virgina.
vi. MARY F. SWIGER, b. September 11, 1877, West Virgina; m. SILAS
MCKINNEY, December 05, 1899,
Dale, W. Va..
vii. GEORGE W. SWIGER, b. May 1880, West Virginia; d. Unknown.
viii. STOIE "STOREY" SWIGER, b. June 1881; m. JEWEL UTT, Wallace, W.
Va..
11. ix. STOEY ULYSESS SWIGER, b. May 02, 1882, Doddridge County, West
Virginia; d. July 04, 1938, St.
Mary's Hospital, Harrison County, Clarksburg, W. Va..
x. ANNA M. SWIGER, b. August 1889, West Virgina; d. Unknown; m. GEORGE
LAUGHERY.
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