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Switzer, Charles K. (1853-1923)
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The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, 
From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time
by Hu Maxwell
The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899

Pages 462-463

Charles K. Switzer, born near Petersburg, Grant County, 1853, son
of David N. and Francis A. (Wilson) Switzer, was married May 29,
1879, of Fort Syebert, Pendleton County, to Minnie M., daughter of
Allen and Martha (Miller) Dyer. Children, Ola G., Fannie D., Neva
V. He is a member of the M. E. Church, a Democrat, and a merchant
at Mansfield, of the firm of Dyer & Switzer. He owns 26 acres of
improved land near Mansfield, and a nice residence. Mrs. Switzer is
a sister of E. R. Dyer, of Mansfield. The Switzer family is of
German and Swiss origin and was founded in America by three
brothers, John, Valentine and Nicholas, sons of John Switzer who
never came to America. About 1770 the three brothers settled in
Hardy, then Hampshire County. John Switzer's sons were Michael,
John, Isaac and Phillip, and his daughters, Margaret, (who married
Paul McKeever), Elizabeth, Sarah, Nellie and Catherine. The
children of John, the son of John, were Catherine, Madeline,
Rebecca, Maria, Elizabeth, Christina, Isaac, Adam, Michael,
Stephen, John, Henry, Anthony, David, William, Kile and Jacob. The
children of Nicholas, the son of John, were Daniel, Valentine,
Simon, Phoebe, Magdalen, (who married Jacob Oldacre). Of these,
Daniel married Mary Ogden, and their children were Jessie, Abram,
David N., Simon, Eveline, Perry, Valentine and Isaiah. Of these,
Simon married Harriet Rogers, and their children were Minerva and
William.

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From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #1787
FULL-NAME: Chas. R. Switzer
BIRTH-DATE: April 8, 1853
BIRTH-PLACE: West Virginia
DEATH-DATE: February 13, 1923
DEATH-PLACE: Philippi, Philippi District, Barbour County, WV
MARITAL-STATUS: married
FATHER: David Switzer (born in Virginia)
MOTHER: Francis A. Wilson (born in Virginia)
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Pneumonia
INFORMANT: C. O. Phillips
BURIAL: Fraternal Cemetery

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