Delilah Permelia (Lyons) Swiger (abt. 1832 - 1885)

Born about Oct 1832 in Tyler, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Aaron Swiger — married 31 Oct 1850 in Tyler, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Aug 1885 at about age 52 in Salona, Montague, Texas, United States

Biography

Delilah was born in October of 1832 to William and Nancy Boyce Lyons. She is listed with her parents on the 1850 Census.^[1] Delilah Lyons married Aaron Swiger on October 31, 1850 in Tyler, Virginia.^[2] She is listed with her husband on the following census reports:

• 1860 Census: Doddridge, Virginia^[3]
• 1870 Census: Waverly, Lincoln, Missouri^[4]
• 1880 Census: Montague, Texas^[5]

She passed away in August of 1885.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DT-XNV : 23 December 2020), Delila Lyons in household of William Lyons, Tyler, Tyler, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4P-5J9 : 30 January 2020), Delilah Lyons in entry for Aaron Swiger, 1850.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41V-L69 : 18 February 2021), Delilah Swiger in entry for Aaron Swiger, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46N-HXQ : 29 May 2021), Deliah Swiger in entry for Aaron Swiger, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJS-N8G : 15 January 2022), Delilah Swiger in household of Aaron Swiger, Justice Precinct 4, Montague, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82833938/delila-permelia-swagger: accessed 21 July 2022), memorial page for Delila Permelia “Lila” Lyons Swagger (Oct 1832–6 Aug 1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82833938, citing Salona Cemetery, Salona, Montague County, Texas, USA; Maintained by K Hancock (contributor 48190321).

See also:

• "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5PX-9N1 : 12 December 2019), Delila Swiger in entry for Jesse Swiger, 1858.
• "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMZ3-S8J : 10 March 2018), Delia in entry for Jere Swiger, 26 Mar 1858; citing Sycamorefork of McElroy, Doddridge, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 838,202.
• "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMZ3-XJ8 : 10 March 2018), Delia in entry for Christopher Swiger, 03 Dec 1865; citing Doddridge Co., West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 838,202.