Viola's Bible


From the Bible of Viola NUTTER SWISHER

-w/o Miner Elbert SWISHER
-d/o (Rev) Christopher Boyce NUTTER & Mary E. DEEM

((I'll make this ver batum))

Page 1

family Register

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Parents' Names

Husband  Miner E. Swisher

Born   April 7    1878

  Ritchie co. West Virginia

Son of  A  W  Swisher

and   Anna Swisher

Wife     Viola Nutter Swisher

Born  June 15    1878

Ritchie co west Virginia

Daughter of  Rev C  B  Nutter

and  Mary E Nutter

PAGE TWO

Births


Carl Raymond Swisher
Born May 1 1901

Pearlie Gail Swisher
Born June 25 1904

Daisy Bell Swisher
Born Oct 20 1906

Leonard Earl Swisher
Born Feb 28 1909

Oran Cleo Swisher born
Jan 13 1912. Tony Dexter Swisher

Born April 28 1915. Roy Clarence Swisher
Born Sept 26 1917. Robert Elbert Swisher

Born Aug 1st 1920


PAGE THREE

Deaths


Leonard Earl Swisher died May 16

1942

Miner E Swisher died Jan 10 1944

Viola Swisher died May

12, 1951

((Of course, Viola's death info and the next few entries were in someone else's handwriting.))

Oran Cleo Swisher

Nov 15, 1952

Tony Dexter Swisher

May 14, 1962

Pearl Gail Swisher died Jan 1 - 1975


PAGE FOUR

((This was the title page for the New Testament))

THE
SELF-PRONOUNCING

NEW TESTAMENT

of
OUR LORD AND SAVIOR

JESUS CHRIST

TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK,
AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED
AND REVISED


((Then handwriting again))

Carolyn Sue Swisher
Borned June 5 1947

Allen Cleo Swisher
Borned October 1, 1952


On the upper right hand corner of this page there was a purple faded stamp with a white Liberty Bell in the center of it.

Inside the Liberty Bell it said:

Federal Use Tax
ON MOTOR VEHICLES

$5.00

THIS STAMP
EXPIRES
JUNE 30, 1945.
KEEP THIS STAMP
POSTED ON VEHICLE.

STAMP TRANSFERRABLE
WITH VEHICLE

UNITED STATES
INTERNAL REVENUE


Stuck inside the bible was a picture of Nazareth.

Written on the back in Viola's handwriting:

Mrs Viola Swisher

Her Bible

Mrs Miner E Swisher

The U B Church

Big Bend WVa

steal not this Book for fear of
shame for in it is the

owners name


**Notes: This bible was missing the page which noted the published dates and publisher.

Miner E. SWISHER & Viola NUTTER were married 11/19/1899

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