Person:William Swiger (5)

Birth

William Andrew Harrison "Buck" Swiger was born on November 10,1875 In Wetzel County, West Virginia. He was the son of William Swiger and Alice (Hooper) Swiger.

Marriage

William Andrew Harrison "Buck" Swiger and Amy (Miller) Swiger married on April 4, 1901 at Arches (maybe Arches Fork), Wetzel, West Virginia by A J Starkey, Minister of the Gospel. He was 21. She was 17 with written consent of her mother, Martha Miller of Wetzel, West Virginia.

Children

1. Henry Floyd Swiger, Sr.
2. Myrtle Swiger
3. William Carl Swiger
4. Grace J. Swiger
5. Hazel Ollie/Opal Swiger
6. Dollie Mae Swiger
7. Wilbert Anderson Swiger
8. Archie Wilbert Swiger
9. John Wilbert Swiger
10. Charles McClellan Swiger
11. Percy Lee Swiger

Census

1910 Census -- Grant, Wetzel, West Virginia

• William A Swifer (Swiger) 32 WV Married 9 yrs
• Amy Swifer (Swiger) 23 WV married 9 yrs
• Harry F Swifer (Swiger) 7 WV
• Myrtle Swifer (Swiger) 4 WV
• Carl Swifer (Swiger) 3 WV
• Grace J Swifer (Swiger) 1 WV
• Note - married 9 years; 4 children born, 4 children living;

Death

William Andrew Harrison "Buck" Swiger passed away on May 31, 1947 in Salem, Harrison County, West Virginia. He was buried in Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Doddridge County, West Virginia.

Notes

Date of Birth - The date of birth is not clear. His marker is engraved 1875-1947. His record of death gives the date of November 10, 1871. His marriage record in 1901 gives his age as 21 (1879/1880).

1.   West Virginia Archives - Marriage Records.

   https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=1863310&frame=01263
   https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=839985&frame=00487

2.   Ira L. Swiger, in A Genealogical and Biographical History of the Swiger Family in the United States of America
   90.

   William H. Swiger married Anna Miller.
   https://archive.org/details/genealogicalbiog00swig/page/90