Missouri Family Group Sheet for the John SWAGER Family

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Husband: John SWAGER
Birthdate: 20 Jun 1846
Birthplace: De Kalb County, Indiana
Death date: 8 Dec 1927
Place of death: Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri
Burial: Stockton City Cemetery, Cedar County, Missouri
Father: Elias SWAGER
Mother: Matilda ATKINSON

Marriage date: 4 Jul 1868
Marriage place: Milo, Bureau County, Illinois by Rev. Harmon Reeves

Wife: Jennie H. DILLIE
Birthdate: 7 Oct 1847
Birthplace: Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Death date: 14 Mar 1928
Place of death: Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri
Burial: Stockton City Cemetery, Cedar County, Missouri
Father:
Mother:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: George Burton Bert SWAGER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 7 May 1869
Birthplace: Milo, Bureau County, Illinois
Death date: 5 Jun 1943
Place of death: Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri
Burial: Stockton City Cemetery, Cedar County, Missouri
Marriage date: 20 Nov 1892
Marriage place: Cedar County, Missouri
Spouse's name: # # Francis Marion Fannie GUNIER

Child No. 2: James Harmon SWAGER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 31 May 1871
Birthplace: Appanoose County, Iowa
Death date: 29 Mar 1959
Place of death: Linn Township, Cedar County, Missouri
Burial: Stockton City Cemetery, Cedar County, Missouri
Marriage date: 3 Sep 1891
Marriage place: Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri
Spouse's name: Rachel A Bettie YOUNGER

Child No. 3: Frank William SWAGER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 14 Jan 1874
Birthplace: Van Buren Township, Grant County, Indiana
Death date: 28 Sep 1950
Place of death: Eldorado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri
Burial: Stockton City Cemetery, Cedar County, Missouri
Marriage date: 7 Feb 1895
Marriage place: Cedar County, Missouri
Spouse's name: Charity Viola MCINTIRE

Child No. 4: John Melvin SWAGER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 9 May 1879
Birthplace: Arkansas
Death date: 5 Jan 1965
Place of death: Cedar County, Missouri
Burial: Pankey Cemetery, Lynn Township, Cedar County, Missouri
Marriage date: 16 Feb 1902
Marriage place: Cedar County, Missouri
Spouse's name: Martha Diana Mattie MCINTIRE

Child No. 5: Charley Lester SWAGER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 27 Aug 1885
Birthplace: Huntington County, Indiana
Death date: 13 Jun 1956
Place of death:
Burial: Stockton City Cemetery, Cedar County, Missouri
Marriage date: 23 Aug 1911
Marriage place: Stockton, Cedar Co, Missouri
Spouse's name: Elsie M. KENNEDY
 
 
Documentation:
Main source for family data: Declarations for Pension, affidavits and replies to Pension Bureau questionnaires, in John SWAGER's Civil War Union Pension Application File, S-870306, including: John's birthdate [in letter from sister Isabella "Bell" Reeves, reciting extracts from "Mother's old Bible"] and place, parents' first names, wife Jennie H. DILLIE's maiden name; also in the file a certified copy of their marriage record [married by Harmon Reeves, husband of John's sister Isabella], lists of birth dates of John and Jennie's children, date of death of John SWAGER and of widow Jennie SWAGER.
Death dates for both John and Jennie also given in United States Veterans Administration, Bureau of Pensions and Veteran's Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933; Washington, District of Columbia: The National Archives., 1971; Micropublication M850, roll 2209. Jennie stated her date and place of birth in Declaration for Pension in same file. Jennie H. Swager d. 14 Mar 1928, Stockton, Cedar Co., MO; was mrd. to John Swager; b. 7 Oct 1847 in IL to unknown; bur. 17 Mar Stockton [MO State DC 8194, Reg. No. 16, Reg. Dist. 165, Prim Reg. Dist. 4097; inft: G. B. Swager, Stockton]. John Swager died 8 Dec 1927 in Stockton, Cedar Co., MO, mrd. to Jennie Dillie Swager; was b. 20 Jun 1846 in IN (OH crossed off) to unknown; bur. 10 Dec Stockton [MO State DC 3624B, Reg. No. 28, Reg. Dist. 165, Prim Reg. Dist. 4097; inft: G. B. Swager, Stockton].
John's parents were married 26 Mar 1835 in Trumbull Co., OH [Trumbull Co, OH Court of Common Pleas Marriage Records, Vol. 2, p. 238].
Records disposing of lands of Elias SWAGGER's father, John SWAGGER (d. 1850) in De Kalb County, Indiana, also name John SWAGGER and Isabella SWAGGER as among the six heirs of Elias SWAGGER, deceased, who were to receive a share of the estate of the elder John SWAGGER.
Specific marriage dates of John and Jennie H. (DILLIE) SWAGER's children are all recorded in Circuit Clerk's Marriage Records of Cedar County, Missouri.
George Burton SWAGER's wife Francis died in Santa Clara County, CA [California Deaths Index gives father's surname GUNIER same as her maiden name in marriage record], though she is buried with husband in Stockton City Cemetery.
George Burton SWAGER d. 5 Jun 1943, mrd to Frances SWAGER (age 81); b. 7 May 1869, Milo, IL, to John SWAGER b. IN & unknown; bur. 7 Jun Stockton [MO State DC 21088, Reg. No. 96, Reg. Dist. 165, Prim Reg. Dist. 4097; inft: Mrs. Bessie HUDSON, Stockton].
Son #2, James Harmon SWAGER d. 29 Mar 1959, Linn Twp, Cedar Co, MO; b. 31 May 1871 in IA to John SWAGER & Jennie (nee DILL); bur. 2 Apr Stockton City Cem. [MO State DC 59-008703, Reg. No. 11, Reg. Dist. 62, Prim Reg. Dist. 5239; inft: Curtis Swager, Stockton].
Other vital dates from Cedar Co. Cemetery readings at http://cedar.mogenweb.org/,
Social Security Deaths Index listings.