Nodaway
County, Missouri History of 1882
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(transcibed
by Pat O'Dell: genpat@netins.net)
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[page 981] - Hughes Township - J.C. Swank, farmer and stock raiser, section 34, is the second son of Cornelius and [?] Swank, and was born on the 15th day of February, 1850, in Putnam County, Indiana. When at the age of seventeen years, with his parents, he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and settled where he now resides. In the spring of 1865 he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged May 24, 1865. Mr Swank was united in marriage on the 26th of November, 1873, to Miss Mira M. McRoberts, an estimable lady, a native of Polk County, [page 982] Iowa. She was born on the 28th day of April, 1849. By this union they have three children: Robert Harlan, Gertrude B. and Nellie C. Mr Swank's farm consists of eighty acres of improved land. Additional info from Jack Harris: jharris_hiker@verizon.net :---J C Swank is John Collins Swank, son of Cornelius Swank and Lovina Collins. Her father was John Collins, so, J C Swank was named after his maternal grandfather.
Interestingly, Lovina Collins’ brother, Thomas Collins, must have been good friends with Cornelius Swank, because he named his oldest son, Cornelius Swank Collins, who is my g-grandfather.
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