U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Swisher, S. N. (1848-1929) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Page 496 S. N. Swisher, son of David Swisher, was born in Hampshire County in 1848; he is of German, French, Swiss and English descent; he gets his Swiss from the Swishers and his English from the Bonifields. In 1875 he married Mary S., daughter of Jesse Parsons. Children: Minnie B. and Scott N. He has taught eleven schools — three in Hampshire County, two in Mineral and six in Tucker; he is a number one teacher, but has now retired from the profession and has turned his whole attention to farming; he came to Tucker in 1873 and bought a farm on Horse Shoe Run, live miles from St. George. It contains 80 acres of improved land and 94 acres of wild land. His farm is in the very best condition, and is a model of modern agriculture. Besides his Horse Shoe Run farm, he has a half interest in the Job Parsons farm, in the Holly Meadows, five miles from St. George. It contains 327 acres, with 120 acres improved. In 1869 he was a brakeman on the B. & O. R. R. from Piedmont to Grafton; he followed this work a short time, and then went west, visiting the States as far as Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. Not being altogether pleased with it, as he found it, he returned to West Virginia and bought him a farm. He has been on the teachers' board of examiners and president of the board of education. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Randolph County, WV #8042 FULL-NAME: S. N. Swisher BIRTH-DATE: May 26, 1848 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: May 31, 1929 DEATH-PLACE: near Elkins, Leadsville District, Randolph County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed (Mary Parsons Swisher) OCCUPATION: School Teacher FATHER: David Swisher (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Catherine Bonifield (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Senility & Complications INFORMANT: Minnie B. Taylor (of Elkins, W.Va.) BURIAL: Parsons Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------