Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Swisher, Portia E.  October 7, 1924
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The El Dorado Times, October 7, 1924
Portia E. Swisher, Butler Pioneer, Dies

Portia E. Swisher, wife of J. H. Swisher, 523 North Denver Street, died this 
morning at 5 o'clock. Mrs. Swisher was 73 years old. She was one of the oldest 
settlers in Butler County. She and Mr. Swisher home-steading a piece of land 
east of El Dorado and living there for 48 years with the exception of a short 
time spent in Coffeyville.

Mrs. Swisher was born on June 6, 1851 at Detroit, Mich. She was married to J. 
H. Swisher on Decmeber 24, 1874 at Brighton, Iowa and they moved to Kansas in 
1876k. She is survived by her husband and six children, B. L. Swisher, El 
Dorado; A. R. Swisher, Piedmont; Mrs. Bert McCullough, Marion; Mrs. John 
Franklin, Council Grove; Mrs. Walter Lukins, Oil Hill; Mrs. Russell Jay, Kansas 
City, Mo.; sixteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

For the past 30 years Mrs. Swisher was a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. She and Mr. Swisher would have celebrated their Golden Wedding 
anniversary next Christmas eve. Mrs. Swisher was a fine Christian type of 
womanhood and had a host of friends.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Byrd 
Brothers Funeral Home. The Rev. C. A. Kitch, of the Methodist Church, will be 
in charge of the services. Burial will be in West Cemetery.

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