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Washington Sylvester Swift 1834–1921 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Feb 1834

Birth Location: Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 10 Mar 1921

Death Location: Davis, Iowa, USA

Father: Currin Swift

Mother: Anna McMurray

Spouse(s): Lavina Dunlavy

Children(s): Lillie Swift, Howard Swift, Harriet Swift, Curran Swift, James Swift, Elizabeth Swift, Mary Swift, Jessie Swift

In 1834, Washington Sylvester Swift entered the world in Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana, USA, born to Currin Efford Swift And Anna Lucinda Mcmurray. In 1860, Washington Sylvester Swift resided in Soap Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA. In 1870, Washington Sylvester Swift resided in Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA. Washington Sylvester Swift married Lavina Jane Dunlavy, and had children including Curran Freeman Swift, Elizabeth Emily Swift, Harriet Susannah Jane Swift, Howard Cole Swift, James Franklin Swift, Jessie Tildon Swift, Lillie May Swift, Mary Catherine Swift. Washington Sylvester Swift passed away in 1921 in Davis, Iowa, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1834, Washington Sylvester Swift entered the world in Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana, USA, born to Currin Efford Swift And Anna Lucinda Mcmurray.
  • In 1860, Washington Sylvester Swift resided in Soap Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA.
  • In 1870, Washington Sylvester Swift resided in Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA.
  • Washington Sylvester Swift married Lavina Jane Dunlavy, and had children including Curran Freeman Swift, Elizabeth Emily Swift, Harriet Susannah Jane Swift, Howard Cole Swift, James Franklin Swift, Jessie Tildon Swift, Lillie May Swift, Mary Catherine Swift.
  • Washington Sylvester Swift passed away in 1921 in Davis, Iowa, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Currin Swift
1813–1897
Birth Location: Knox, Kentucky, USA
CS
Anna McMurray
1817–1882
Birth Location: Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, USA
AM

Spouses(s)

Lavina Dunlavy
1839–1912
Birth Location: Indiana, USA
LD

Children(s)

Lillie Swift
1871–1940
Birth Location: Davis, Iowa, USA
LS
Howard Swift
1866–1917
Birth Location: Davis, Iowa, USA
HS
Harriet Swift
1863–1909
Birth Location: Davis, Iowa, USA
HS
Curran Swift
1861–1921
Birth Location: Davis, Iowa, USA
CS
James Swift
1860–1916
Birth Location: Davis, Iowa, USA
JS
Elizabeth Swift
1858–1943
Birth Location: Davis, Iowa, USA
ES
Mary Swift
1856–1918
Birth Location: Davis, Iowa, USA
MS
Jessie Swift
1874–1960
Birth Location: Davis, Iowa, USA
JS

Washington Swift's Ancestors

Self
Washington Swift
1834–1921
Birth Place: Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana, USA
Parents
Currin Efford Swift
1813–1897
Knox, Kentucky, USA
Anna (Lucinda) McMurray
1817–1882
Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
John Swift
1789–1875
Old Town, Grayson, Virginia, USA
Catherine Bird
1793–1867
Burke, North Carolina, USA
Joseph McMurray
1780–1856
North Carolina, USA
Rebecca Creswell
1786–1849
Sevier, Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
Flower Swift
1750–1813
Mary Bedsaul
1754–1839
Robert Bird
1745–1821
Catherine Cady
1757–1845
Samuel McMurtry
1750–1802
Nancy Bogle
1760–1839
Andrew Creswell
1757–1838
Dorothy Evans
1756–1833
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Swift
1726–1802
Martha London
1725–
Elisha Bedsaul
1730–1804
Mary Edwards
1735–1860
Robert Bird
1709–1767
Adicia Williamson
1710–1766
James McMurtry
1727–1772
Nancy Todd
1742–1775
Joseph Bogle
1730–1790
Jean Mcintire
1735–1797
Henry Creswell
1723–1776
Rebecca R
1734–1822
Samuel Evans
1730–1798
Nancy Colville
1733–1790

Washington Swift's Descendants

1.
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Washington (Sylvester) Swift (17 Feb 1834–10 Mar 1921) m. Lavina (Jane) Dunlavy (9 Jan. 1839–19 Mar 1912)
  1. 1. Lillie (May) Swift 1871–1940 m. Homer (Robert) Parks 1866–1955
    1. 1. Roy (Homer) Parks 1895– m. Ruth (Mary) Jones 1895–
      1. 1. Donald (Eweng) Parks 1914– m. Irene (Glee) Rose 1912–
      2. 2. Dorothy (Christene) Parks 1917–1992 m. Joseph (E) Graham 1918–
      3. 3. Wendell Parks 1921–
    2. 2. Alta (Florence) Parks 1902–2003 m. Floyd (H) Martin 1901–1988
    3. 3. Jennie (Hildred) Parks 1898–1992 m. Joseph (Hanson) Coffman 1894–1957
    4. 4. Gladys (Fay) Parks 1904–1995 m. Walter (Harold) Stevenson 1904–1955
    5. 5. Leah (Mamie) Parks 1896– m. Arlie (W) Anderson 1889–1966
    6. 6. Claude (Harold) Parks 1899–1988 m. Margaret (E) Harl 1897–1946
      1. 1. Geraldine (R) Parks 1924–
    7. 7. Ruth (Elizabeth) Parks 1892–1983 m. Herman (O) Seville 1893– m. Guy (Emery) Battin 1889–1957
      1. 1. Betty (Jane) Battin 1918–2015 m. James (L) Lekos 1914–1999
      2. 2. Helen (Elizabeth) Battin 1915–2007 m. Robert (T) Angstead 1915–2007
        1. 1. Marsha (Sue) Angstead 1937–2002
        2. 2. Carla (Dee) Angstead 1945–1979
      3. 3. Jack (W) Battin 1926–2004
      4. 4. Bobby (Parks) Battin 1924–2015 m. Ruth (L) Polanchek 1930–2013 m. Esther (Mae) Katsis 1924–
      5. 5. Carl (Emery) Battin 1913–1996 m. Myrtle (Fountella Standage) Battin 1913–2008 m. Juanita E 1919–
  2. 2. Howard (Cole) Swift 1866–1917 m. Augusta (G) Swaim 1869–
    1. 1. Howard (P) Swift 1899–
    2. 2. Florence (R) Swift 1903–
    3. 3. George (Clay) Swift 1901– m. Beulah (Irene) Parker 1904–1983
    4. 4. Marion (G) Swift 1897–
  3. 3. Harriet (Susannah Jane) Swift 1863–1909
  4. 4. Curran (Freeman) Swift 1861–1921 m. Tina (Ellen) Koolbeck 1865–1925
    1. 1. Katherine Swift 1905–2000 m. Ralph (Octgen) Bartling 1904–1974
    2. 2. Russell (Freeman) Swift 1893–1977 m. Aasta (Christine) Boysen 1900–1983
      1. 1. Freeman (Boysen) Swift 1925–2007 m. Virginia (Mae) McLaughlin 1927–2002
      2. 2. Russell (Allen) Swift 1931–1978
      3. 3. Nancy Swift 1933–2007
    3. 3. Helen Swift 1889–1976 m. Winfield (Verner) Mayne 1888–1931
      1. 1. Robert (Verner) Mayne 1922–1997
      2. 2. Mary (Elizabeth) Mayne 1917–2000
      3. 3. Winfield (Swift) Mayne 1915–1993 m. Anne (Laura Jeannette) Gaynor 1917–1988
    4. 4. Gaillard (K) Swift 1887–1980 m. Elizabeth Husband 1887–
  5. 5. James (Franklin) Swift 1860–1916 m. Sarah (Ann) Bales 1863–
    1. 1. James (L) Swift 1886–
    2. 2. Louise (B) Swift 1900– m. Rowland (Ward) Fogarty 1895–1971
      1. 1. Rowland (W) Fogarty 1922–
      2. 2. John (J) Fogarty 1925–
    3. 3. Eve (Ginevra) Swift 1888–
    4. 4. Virginia (Elizabeth) Swift 1882–1942 m. Emanuel Kaplansky 1884–1951
  6. 6. Elizabeth (Emily) Swift 1858–1943 m. Ezra (Newton) Johnson 1853–1934
    1. 1. Ada (Faye) Johnson 1884–1972 m. Charles (Clinton) Ingersol 1873–1952
      1. 1. Bessie Ingersol 1907–
      2. 2. John (F) Ingersol 1909–
      3. 3. Emma (Olive) Ingersol 1910–2009 m. Robert (Raymond) Price 1910–2005
        1. 1. Carol (Emma) Price 1935–1935
      4. 4. Freeman Ingersol 1914–
      5. 5. Henry Ingersol 1918–
    2. 2. William (Jesse) Johnson 1879–1958
  7. 7. Mary (Catherine) Swift 1856–1918 m. Luther (Clay) Vaughan 1849–1916
    1. 1. Vincent (Sylvester) Vaughan 1872–1927 m. Julia 1874–1966 m. Myrtle (E.) Helvey 1877–
    2. 2. John (Franklin) Vaughan 1874–1955 m. Myrtle (Francis) Abercrombie 1879–1930 m. Ivy (Vina) Burright 1895–1968
      1. 1. Velma (V) Vaughan 1904–
      2. 2. Melville (St Clair) Vaughan 1904–
      3. 3. Gertrude (L) Vaughan 1906–1990 m. Marion Karr 1906–
      4. 4. Lucian (Clay) Vaughan 1917–1986
    3. 3. Maud (Emily) Vaughan 1875–
    4. 4. Dewitt (Rutherford) Vaughan 1873–1960 m. Mae (McDonald) Evans 1873–1957
      1. 1. Birchard (DeWitt) Vaughan 1899–1969
    5. 5. William (Swift) Vaughan 1879–1952
  8. 8. Jessie (Tildon) Swift 1874–1960 m. Ira Christy 1875–1944
    1. 1. Eula (May) Christy 1902–1902
    2. 2. Lovena (Christina) Christy 1905–1991 m. Dallas (Franklin) Grigg 1908–1994
      1. 1. Eleanor Grigg 1934–2019 m. William (Dickerson) Gaston 1927–2019
    3. 3. Eugene (Ura) Christy 1898–1977 m. Myrtle (Ethel) Clendenen 1912–1995 m. Opal (Edith) Brooks 1898–1962
      1. 1. Gail (Dean) Christy 1933–2017
      2. 2. Marley (Wayne) Christy 1929–1977 m. Patricia (Ruth) Eagan 1930–2019
      3. 3. Donald (Eugene) Christy 1925–1979 m. Ingeborg (Rita) Steiner 1926–1994
        1. 1. Peter (Dieter) Christy 1946–1961

Washington Swift's Timeline

9 Records

1834
17 Feb 1834
Birth of Washington Sylvester Swift in Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana, USA
Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana, USA
1860
1860
Age 26
Washington Sylvester Swift resided here in Soap Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
Soap Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
1870
1870
Age 36
Washington Sylvester Swift resided here in Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
1880
1880
Age 46
Washington Sylvester Swift resided here in Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
1900
1900
Age 66
Washington Sylvester Swift resided here in Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
1910
1910
Age 76
Washington Sylvester Swift resided here in Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
1920
1920
Age 86
Washington Sylvester Swift resided here in Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
1921
10 Mar 1921
Age 87
Death of Washington Sylvester Swift in Davis, Iowa, USA
Davis, Iowa, USA
1921
23 Apr 1921
Age 87
Washington Sylvester Swift - Probate in Davis, Iowa, USA
Davis, Iowa, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1834
    Event Place: Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Public Member Trees, Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network
    [2] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa; Roll: T625_485; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 973.
    [3] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa; Roll: T9_335; Family History Film: 1254335; Page: 30.2000; Enumeration District: 42; Image: 0768.
    [4] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa; Roll: M593_386; Page: 106B
    [5] OneWorldTree
    [6] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa; Roll: 427; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 1240427
    [7] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Soap Creek, Davis, Iowa; Roll: M653_317; Page: 62; Image: 208.
    [8] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa; Roll: T624_399; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 1171.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Soap Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Soap Creek, Davis, Iowa; Roll: M653_317; Page: 62; Image: 208.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa; Roll: M593_386; Page: 106B

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa; Roll: T9_335; Family History Film: 1254335; Page: 30.2000; Enumeration District: 42; Image: 0768.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa; Roll: 427; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 1240427

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa; Roll: T624_399; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 1171.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Lick Creek, Davis, Iowa; Roll: T625_485; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 973.

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1921
    Event Place: Davis, Iowa, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Public Member Trees, Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network
    [2] OneWorldTree
    [3] Iowa, Wills and Probate Records, Probate Bonds, 1856-1938; Author: Davis County (Iowa). Clerk of the District Court; Probate Place: Davis, Iowa

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 23 Apr 1921
    Event Place: Davis, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: Iowa, Wills and Probate Records, Probate Bonds, 1856-1938; Author: Davis County (Iowa). Clerk of the District Court; Probate Place: Davis, Iowa
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