William Baker Swisher

Birth Date

1825

Death Date

1914

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Kansas Territory physician and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Frances H. Swisher and Isadora J. Swisher. Father of Linneus V. Swisher. Physician in Breckenridge County, Kansas Territory, in 1860. Served in the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private, sergeant and regimental hospital steward from October 8, 1862, to November 28, 1863. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as assistant surgeon from November 28, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kansas Territory, Breckenridge County, Fremont, p. 522.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Montgomery County, Butler, p. 20A.
Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, vol. 11, 1861-1866 (Akron, Werner Printing, 1891), 100.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 451.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #1030.413, Certificate #788,057.
Find A Grave, "Dr. William Baker Swisher (1825-1914)," Memorial #11202090, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial11202090 (accessed June 22, 2020).

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