Carrie Ruth Swails Colyer (1895 - 1979) was the daughter of William Sylvester Swailes and Mary Elizabeth Pennebaker.

She was born on 21 Mar 1895 and died on 7 Aug 1979 at the age of 84.

Carrie Ruth Swails married Luther Roy Colyer on 11 Nov, 1912.
They had seven children
  Douglas Earl
  Chester Roy
  Elizabeth Jane
  Gladys Irene
  Ruth Ellen
  Catherine Caroline
  Luther Lehmen

Douglas Earl Colyer was born 28, Oct. !913 in Loganton, Clinton County Pennsylvania.
He died 7, Oct. 1977 in Halfway, Oregon.
He married 1 Frances Amy Dinsmore. Frances died in 2001. They had one child.
  Constance June Colyer was born in 1936
  Constance (Connie) died 16 August 2016 Apison County, Hamilton, Tennessee.

Douglas married 2 Elva. They had three children.
  Gregory Ward Colyer was born 29, Jan.1950 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
   He died 23 Jan.1951 in Valdez, Cordova County, Alaska.
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Chester Roy Colyer was born 8, Nov. 1915. He died 12, Jan. 2000 In Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
He married Janet E Dickey. She was born 19, Oct. 1917 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
She died 8, Nov. 2006 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
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Elizabeth Jane Colyer was born 1, Sept, 1918 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
She died 30, Aug. 2014 in Piscataway, NJ.
She married Leland J. Kennedy. He was born 2, Feb. 1912 in Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania.
They had two children.
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Gladys Irene Colyer was born 2, Aug. 1920. She died Dec, 1976.
She married James Cooper.
They had two children
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Ruth Ellen Colyer was born 1, Aug.1922. She died 5, Oct, 2005 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
She married James Detrick. They had two children.

Shirley Irene Detrick was born 19, Nov.1947 in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. She died 19, Dec. 2005 in Williamsport and is interred in Montoursville Cemetery, Montoursville, Pennsylvania.
Shirley married 1 Harold Alvin Emick born 23, Feb 1947. He died 2 April 2012 in Los Angeles, Ca and is interred in the Riverside Cemetery in Riverside, Ca.
Shirley married 2 Wayne D. Eberhart, born July 15, 1953. Wayne died 27, Dec.2013 in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa.
Shirley had two children.

Catherine Caroline (Kitty) Colyer was born !3,Sept. 1923 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
She died 21, June 1981 in Rochester, Monroe County, NY.
Interred in Furnaceville Cemetery, Ontario, Wayne County, NY.
She married Jack Sanders Stovall. He was born 10, Mar. 1915 in Ault, Greeley County, Colorado.
He died 5, Sept. 2010 in Carson City, Nevada.
They had two children.
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Luther Lehmen Colyer was born 8, July 1925 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and died 24, Feb,1955.
Interred in Montoursville Cemetery.
Luther married 1 Betty Grassmyer on 6 Aug. 1942 in Winchester County, Virginia.
She was born 17, Jan. 1926 and died 13 Aug. 2013
They had one child
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Luther married 2 Phyllis Ellenburg 27, April 1944 in Gaffney, SC.
She was born 16, Oct. 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio. She died 10 June 2007. They had four children.
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Grampa Colyer built the family's house on Green Avenue in the Gardenview area of Williamsport Pennsylvania. There was an extension or bump-out on the dining room. This was not there from the beginning.

Catherine Colyer Stovall along with her two children relocated to Williamsport from Medford, Oregon. They stayed with Carrie and Roy till they found a house to rent.

Shortly after moving they met one of the neighbors. As they talked the two women realized they had both lived in Gardenview. The elderly lady told Catherine that she was the one that had crashed into the Colyer dining room while learning to drive. She went on to say that as she realized she was headed for the home she thought, "Oh no, this is going to be just like the movies"! She was not injured and no one was in the dining room when it happened.

When Grampa repaired the house he added that small extension which was probably welcome as the family grew to seven children.