Albert Switzer
Mary Etta Schweitzer
(1866-1947)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lorenzo D. Bicher

2. Allen Cave

Mary Etta Schweitzer 2

  • Born: 12 Aug 1866, , Fairfield, OH 1
  • Marriage (1): Lorenzo D. Bicher
  • Marriage (2): Allen Cave on 1 Aug 1889 in , Fairfield, OH 1
  • Died: 28 Jan 1947, Lancaster, Fairfield, OH at age 80 1
  • Buried: Lancaster: Forest Rose Cemetery, Fairfield, OH 1

   Another name for Mary was Mary C. Switzer.1 3

   FamilySearch ID: L49J-QD7.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Bloom Twp., Fairfield, OH. 1 4 Allen Cave, 57, born Jul 1842, is living with wife Mary E., 33, Jul 1866. She had birthed 7 children, 5 alive in 1900. Living with them: Thurman [step son by Mary's first marriage], 17, Jul 1882; Ethel [step daughter], 14, Sep 1886; Clarissa M, 9, Dec 1891; Thomas, 5, Jun 1894; Allen D., 1, Feb 1898. Everyone and their parents were born in Ohio, except Allen's mother in Maryland.

2. Newspaper: Lancaster Gazette, 30 Nov 1905, Lancaster, Fairfield, OH. 1 5 Allen Cave asked for a divorce from Mary Cave and for custody of their children. They were married in Fairfield County on August 1, 1889, and have 5 children: Clarissa, aged 15, Thomas, aged 11, Allen Dewey, aged 6, and Theodore, aged 9 months, and Homer, aged 4 years.

3. Death Certificate: 28 Jan 1947, Lancaster, Fairfield, OH. 1 Mary A. Cave resided and died at 327 Fairfield Ave., Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio, Jan. 28, 1947, aged 80y 5m 16d. Widow of Allen Cave. Born Aug. 12, 1866 in Fairfield Co., OH, to Albert Switzer b unknown and unknown mother. Informant was Thurman Becker of Lancaster. Buried Forest Rose Cem., Jan. 31, 1947.


Mary married Lorenzo D. Bicher, son of J. Henry Bicher and Sarah A. Weiser. (Lorenzo D. Bicher was born about 1860 in Bloom Twp., Fairfield, OH,6 died on 4 May 1889 in Greencastle, Fairfield, OH 1 7 and was buried in Bloom Twp.: Salem U. B. Church, Fairfield, OH 7.)


Mary next married Allen Cave on 1 Aug 1889 in , Fairfield, OH.1 (Allen Cave was born in Jul 1842 in , , OH 4.)

Sources

1 Hallard, Shelly, Foor Family Genealogy Website (http://www.foorgenealogy.com), 08 Jul 2008. Email from Shelly Hallard.

2 FamilySearch.org, Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6XS-RKW Ethel L. Talbott, d. 15 Jul 1974 Powell OH, b. 1887 estimate, father Lorenzo Bicher, mother Mary Etta Schweitzer.

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org : accessed 14 May 2013), entry for Mary Switzer, person ID L49J-QD7.

4 1900 United States Census, Ohio, Fairfield County, Bloom Township, Series: T623 Roll: 1265 Page: 53.

5 Genealogical Abstracts from The Lancaster (Ohio) Gazette, V6, 1901-1905 (Fairfield County Gen., Society, 2005), page 204.

6 1870 United States Census, Ohio, Fairfield County, Bloom Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1198 Page: 64.

7 The Weiser Family : A Genealogy of the Family of John Conrad Weiser, the elder (d. 1746) : prepared on the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of his arrival in America, 1710-1760 (Manheim, Pa.: John Conrad Weiser Family Association, 1960, 905 pgs.), Page 647.


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