Frank C. Swisher
1875 - 1953 (78 years)-
Name Frank C. Swisher Born 6 Jun 1875 Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1] Gender Male Census 1910 Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Census 1930 Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Died 19 Oct 1953 [1] Buried Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois [1] Person ID I2421 Gritton Last Modified 24 Feb 2023
Father William H. Swisher, b. 1839, Illinois , d. 19 Jul 1913 (Age 74 years) Mother Sarah Ann Fugate, b. 24 May 1845, Kentucky , d. 11 May 1919 (Age 73 years) Married 30 Oct 1867 Vermilion County, Illinois [1] Family ID F875 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Effie Ellen Moss, b. 23 Jun 1877, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 29 Jul 1968 (Age 91 years) Children 1. Grace Swisher, b. 19 Jun 1904, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 15 Dec 1993 (Age 89 years)2. Oral Swisher, b. 1906, Illinois , d. 1920 (Age 14 years)3. Gladys Anne Swisher, b. 8 Dec 1909, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 25 Sep 1993, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Age 83 years)4. Ruth Shiloh Swisher, b. 11 Jun 1913, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 14 Jan 2006 (Age 92 years)5. Martha Swisher, b. 1916 6. Lois Swisher, b. 1920 Last Modified 24 Feb 2023 Family ID F1024 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 6 Jun 1875 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Census - 1910 - Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Census - 1930 - Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Buried - - Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Frank Swishere to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary.
Golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Swisher will be celebrated next Sunday afternoon, with open house scheduled between 3 and 5 o'clock.
The former Effie Moss and Frank Swisher were married Feb. 18, 1903 in the home to the bride's father, the late William Moss. Mr. Swisher is a retired farmer, having moved to this city in 1937. Mrs. Swisher was a teacher in Vermilion County before her marriage. Both have retained active interest in their former occupations.
Mr. and Mrs. Swisher are the parents of five daughters, four having taught in Danville schools. They are Miss Grace Swisher, currently a teacher at Danville High School; Miss Ruth Swisher, a teacher at Washington School; Mrs. Lewis Hurley of Indianapolis; Mrs. Denley Woodruff of Danville, and Mrs. William Geer of Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Woodruff formerly was a teacher at Lincoln School and Mrs. Hurley taught at Roselawn School before her marriage. Mrs. Geer was a teacher at Green School near Catlin.
The Swishers also have six grandchildren. Their only son, Oral, died in 1920.
Newspaper clipping from Cora (Gritton) Hedges. Commercial News, Danville, Illinois. No date available.
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