The Swanger Family Histories Section
v21   8/23/09

Philip
Schwanger
Ephriam
Swanger
Jefferson
Swanger
Bertha
Swanger
Joel
Swanger DeWitt
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Philip
Schwanger

(ref)

(son of Jacob Swanger, Jr. (ref)
and Anna Maria Schmid)
World Expert on this family is Alvin Swonger: (ref)

Jacob Schwanger Jr. was born in 5 May 1743 in Helleringen, Lorraine, Germany, but came to America at age 4 with his parents in 1747. His parents were Jacob Schwanger (b. 1714) and Maria Susanna Leyenberger, the original immigrant Schwangers to America. (ref)

1791: Marriage in Exeter, Berks Co, PA  (See Berks Co. MAP)
1807:
Lived in Heidelburg, Berks Co, PA
1810: Lived in Beavertown, Northumberland Co., PA
1820:
Lived in Beavertown, Union Co, PA
1830: Lived in Adamsburg, Union Co, PA

Berks county's county seat is Reading which developed during the 1740s and the northern inhabitants of Lancaster County sent several petitions requesting that a separate county be established. With the help of Conrad Weiser, the county was formed on March 11, 1752 from Chester County, Lancaster County, and Philadelphia County and named after William Penn's family home of Berkshire, England. Berks County began much larger than it is today. The northwestern parts of the county went to the founding of Northumberland County in 1772 and Schuylkill County in 1811, when it reached its current size.

His siblings were:
Paulus, Peter, Maria Magdalen, Isaac, Catharina, Anna Maria, Eva Elizabeth, Michael and Abraham


Album

INACTIVE
Parents

Children of Philip Schwanger (ref)
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Philip Schwanger (b. Bef 1770 d. 1850)
and Anna Maria Hess (b. ?  d. ?) (ref)
married 3 Mar 1791 in Exeter, Berks Co, PA (ref)
Anna Maria F b. 4 Feb1792 Heidelberg, Berks Co., PA 15 Mar 1875 Lloyd-Lepley Cemetery in Liberty Twp, Adams Co., OH.  Adam Lepley ? Ephraim
Joseph John 
John 
Harriett 
Isac 
Henry 
Mary
(ref)
Philip M 13 Apr 1794 Heidelberg, Berks Co., PA 26 Jul 1794 Moravian churchyard, Heidelberg Twp.,
       Berks Co., PA 
- - -
Johannes Thomas
(John Thomas) 
M 20 Jul 1795  Heidelberg, Berks Co., PA 1854 Lloyd-Lepley Cemetery, Liberty Twp., Adams, OH Maria Stitzer (ref)
(Stetzer)
? Amelia Ann
Thomas Jefferson
William 
Elizabeth 
Sophia
Charlotta Isabel 
Mary Martha
Philip  (ref)
Harriet 
(ref)

Anna Christina F 24 Dec 1796 Heidelberg, Berks Co., PA ? ? John Houser


? ?
Joseph
(Swonger)
M 23 Oct 1800 Heidelberg, Berks Co., PA 1882 Adams Co, OH Elizabeth ?
b. Abt 1800
? Rheuben
John W.
Mary Jane
Caroline Agnes
James J.
William H.
(Ref)

Daniel
(Swanger)

lived in Snyder Co PA between 1860-1885
M 19 May 1802 Heidelberg, Berks Co., PA 11 Jul 1885 Manbeck Cemetery, West Beavertown,  Snyder Co., PA


Spring Township
Located 2 miles N. W. of Adamsburg
(ref)
Elizabeth Manbeck
b. 4 Nov 1801
d. 28 Feb 1881

died age 79y3m24d

Manbeck Cemetery, West Beavertown,  Snyder Co., PA


Spring Township
Located 2 miles N. W. of Adamsburg
(ref)




dau of Leonard Manbeck
and
Anna Maria Lichtel


? Levi
   b. 13 Dec 1823
   d. 29 Jun 1904
  m. Lovina Baker
  both buried in Manbeck
  Cem
(ref)

Isaac
   b. 20 Jun 1826
   d. 20 Mar 1888
  m. Susanna Margaret
       Renninger

Sophia (Snook)
   b. 27 Apr 1828
   d. 25 Mar 1896
  m. Isaac Snook

Henry H.
   b. Sep 1830
   d. 7 Mar 1917
  m1. Sarah A Renninger
  m2. Leah Hostettler

John Phineas
   b. 20 May 1835
   d. 19 Dec 1915
  m. Leah ?

Julian
   b. Feb 1838
   d. 1935

   m. Michael Nerhood

Lovina
  b. May 1841
  d. 1928
(cem)
  m. Amos L Hackenberry
    marriage 11 Apr 1861
  b. 29 Apr 1840 PA
  d. 1894 PA (cem)
    children
      Daniel
      Washington
      William Jacob
      Joseph
      Naomi Eliz (Snook)
      Charles F

Catherine Swanger lived with them in 1860

Children used
Swanger last name.
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Christian M 14 Dec 1805 Northumberland Co., PA 3 Jun 1894 Fredericksburg, Chickasaw Co., IA Esther (Hettie) Goss
b 1812
d 1874

1829 Amelia
Delilah
Elmira
Catharine
Promelia
Louisa
Robert
Ervin Spencer
James Oliver

Children used Swanger last name.

Ephriam


listed as
Ephraim Swonger
in 1850
in Armagh Twnshp, Mifflin Co, PA

M 5 Sep 1808 Heidelberg,
Northumberland Co., PA (ref)
30 Jul 1853 Milroy, Mifflin Co., PA  Sarah Howel
b.
Bef 1830
d. Mar 1838
Bef 1830
Jefferson

Savinia
Priscilla 
John Phillip
Sarah R.
(ref)

living with only
father in 1850

Rebecca Duck
b.
d. 1849

Aft
1838
Caroline Agnes
b. 1844 in Milroy, PA
Catherine
(not in (ref)) (but in (ref)

F AFT 1808

or maybe 1807

Heidelberg, PA ? ? John Fortan
(ref)
? ?
Philip M 23 Dec 1812 Northumberland Co., PA 27 Sep 1899 PA Sarah Wommer
b. 18 Feb 1817
    in PA
d. 8 Mar 1879
Clinton,PA

living in
Gregg Township, on 9 Jun 1860
near Spring Mills, Centre Co. PA
1838 Mary Elizabeth
  b. 1840
  d. 1912

Sarah
Matilda
  b. 1842
  d. 1909

Joseph
  b. Abt 1844
  d. Aft 1860

John
  b. Abt 1848
  d. Bef 1870

Rebecca
  b. 1848
  d. ?

Sophia Jane
  b. Abt 1849
  d. Aft 1860

Caroline
Agnes
  b. Abt 1851
  d. 14 May 1920
    Lock Haven,
    Clinton Co, PA
  m. William Huber

Margaret A.
  b. 19 Dec 1852
  Millheim,Centre,PA

  d. 5 Jun 1927
   Aaronsburg,Centre,PA
  m. David Bowersox

Ephraigm 
  Jefferson (ref)
  b. 4 Aug 1854
    Millheim,Centre,PA
  d. 17 Aug 1901
    Millheim,Centre,PA

 
m. Mary Jane Schultz

Emma
  b. May 1870

She was listed on ancestry.com in their
Five Generations of Descendents of Jacob Schwanger



                             
Ephriam (Ephraim)
Swanger
/ Swonger

(son of Philip Schwanger
and Anna Maria Hess)
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INACTIVE
Parents

Children of Ephriam Swanger/Swonger (ref)
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Ephriam Swanger (b. 5 Sep 1808 Heidelberg, PA  d. 30 Jul 1853 Milroy, PA)
(ref)
Listed as Ephraim Swonger in 23 Jul 1850 in Armagh Twnshp, Mifflin Co, PA

and Sarah Howel (b. ?1808 PA  d. ? Mar 1838 PA )
married Bef 1830
Jefferson


Swonger family
living with only children & father on 23 Jul 1850
in
Armagh Twnshp, Mifflin Co, PA

M b. 30 May
1830
Beavertown,
Union Co., PA
(now Snyder Co)

listed as a shoemaker along with his father in 1850
20 Jun 
1919
Oakwood Cemetery,
Milan
Sullivan Co, MO
Sara Ann 
Camp (Campe)

b. 30 Apr 1833,
    Huntington
    Co., PA

d. 22 Sep 1903
    according to
    her OBIT

22 Jan
1857
Armaugh Township, 
Mifflin Co., PA

Family moved to MO. in 1859 (from Jefferson's Obit.)
Isabelle
Francis "Frank"
Mary Priscilla
Bertha Agnes

Allie "Alice" 
John Ephriam
Usula Jane
Carrie Salena
Savinia
"Savina"
"Lavina"


Swonger family
living with only children & father in 1850
in
Armagh Twnshp, Mifflin Co, PA

F 28 Nov 1831 Beavertown, 
Union Co. PA
(now Snyder Co)
14 Oct 1906 Oakwood Cemetery,
Milan MO
James Steven Graham
b.
30 Jan 1834
Mifflin, PA
d. 13 Nov 1902 *
Milan, MO

Served in Union Army.. 139th Reg, PA Infantry, company E, Private rank

Savinia was listed as a widow in 1900 census
1854 Willis  A
Joseph Bruce 
Martha "Mattie" H.
Carrie A
Mary Ellen
  "Mollie"
Lillie M.
Charles Edgar
Cassius "Cash"
Bertie
Quillen

Priscilla

Swonger family
living with only children & father in 1850
in
Armagh Twnshp, Mifflin Co, PA

F 16 Dec 1833
Armaugh, 
Mifflin Co., PA
1909

died  before her brother
Jefferson
from his OBIT
PA? Willis  Van B Coplin (ref)
or Copeland
from Jefferson Swanger's
OBIT.
b. 1837
d. Aft 1900?
Bef 1910
24 Dec 1857
Armaugh, 
Mifflin Co., PA

living in PA in 1916
according to
Jefferson's
 OBIT
Elizabeth "Lizzie"
John W.
John Phillip

Swonger family
living with only children & father in 1850
in
Armagh Twnshp, Mifflin Co, PA

M 15 Feb 1836 Armaugh, 
Mifflin Co.,
PA
29 Jun 1867  Baltimore, MD

A John P Swanger (25)
was living with his wife Leah (22) and dau. Anna (3) in 1860
in Brown, Mifflin Co, PA


Harriet H. Housel (ref)
b. 23 Jan 1840
d. 23 Dec 1863
Center Co, PA
? ?
Sarah R.

Swonger family
living with only children & father in 1850
in
Armagh Twnshp, Mifflin Co, PA

F 7 Mar 1838 Mifflin Co.,
PA
25 Jun 1916

died 5 days before her brother
Jefferson
from his OBIT

Prob Altoona, PA
Martin  H
Mackey (ref)
b. 17 Mar 1832
Milesburg, PA
d. 1913 Altoona, PA

Sarah and martin living in Altoona, PA in 1910

He was a sergeant in the 148th reg, Penn Infantry, Company F

6 Oct 1857
John A
Harry Lincoln
Leroy B
Willis E
Edith G
Edmund M
Maud M
Children of Ephriam Swanger (ref)
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Ephriam (b. 5 Sep 1808  d. 30 Jul 1853)
and Rebecca Duck (b. 27 Apr 1806 Mifflin,  PA  d. 1 Aug 1849)
married ?
Caroline Agnes

She was
living with only children & father in 1850
in
Armagh Twnshp, Mifflin Co, PA

Living with daughter Cary Fullington in 1920 in St Louis
F 7 Aug 1844 Milroy,
Mifflin Co, PA

Lived in Mifflin Co, PA in 1850.

In 1860, lived in Milan, Sullivan Co, MO

living at age
16 with
brother?
Jefferson
Swanger
and working
as a domestic
in Milan,
Sullivan Co.
in 1860


31 Aug 1925

died after her brother
Jefferson
from his OBIT
St Louis, MO Martin H.
Witter (ref)
b. Aug 1847
    in MO
d. 2 Aug 1917
St Louis, MO

'Wittar" in 13 Aug 1870

lived in Sullivan Co. Mo in 1850,
with parents Marshall and Martha Witter

was a Sgt in the MO 42nd Inf in 1864-1865 in the Civil War

lived in St Louis in 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910 and 1916
(ref)

Caroline applied for invalid's pension on
17 Sep 1908

and widow's pension on 10 Aug 1917
8 Sep 1869
Sullivan Co, MO
4 children
2 alive in 1900 & 1910

Cary M.
  b. 15 Sep 1870
  d. 28 Nov 1921
  m. Eberle Fullington

but he married Lillie A Krause
5 Nov 1924.

Charles E
  b Jul 1874
  d. Aft 1900
  m. Katherine J
      b. Feb 1876
      d. Aft 1900

Charlies and wife
living with parents
in 1900 in St. Louis, MO

* Information about Priscilla's family provided by Karen Scott and Betty Clingman


                             
Jefferson
Swanger

(son of Ephriam Swanger
and Sarah Howel)
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ACTIVE
Parents
 
Children of Jefferson Swanger (ref)
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Jefferson Swanger (b. 30 May 1830  in Union Co, PA  d. 30 Jun 1916)
and Sara Ann Camp (Campe) (ref) (b. 30 Apr 1833   d. 22 Sep 1903)
married 22 Jan 1857 in Armaugh, Mifflin Co., PA
Isabelle
(a.k.a
Isabella or Bell)
F  24 Oct 1857
(ref)
Murray, Mifflin Co, PA 26 Jun 1891

Wintersville, MO

Obit
Isabelle Swanger Cochran, born in Muray, Miffin Co., Pa., Oct. 24, 1857 and died at her home near Wintersville June 26, 1891. She was the wife of R.H. Cochran.
(ref)
Robert Hyndman *
Cochran

b.
l852
d. l939


son of Robert Cochrane
b. 1805
d. 1888
and
Elizabeth Hyndman
b. 1830 in County Derry, Ireland

Robert immigrated to Nova Scotia, CAN, in 1835 and then moved into NY and then Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA

m. 1851 in Mauch Chunk, PA

other children of Robert and Elizabeth were:

Jane
  b. 1856
  d. ????
Mary Ann
  b. 1859
  d. ????
Ella Elizabeth
  b. 1861
  d. ????

Another child of Robert with first wife Jane ?? (b. 1904) was:

William 
  b. 1826 in
  County Derry,
  Ireland
  d. 1897
  buried.in
  Sullivan Co.
  MO,
  (Shatto Cem.)
  Note: He
  married Alice
  Swanger (see
  below)

* middle name and Cochrane family information
from Annabelle
Shonig, dau. of son Ralph

by personal communication
6/11/2004



24 Oct 1877 Francis* Bruce
 
(see photo below)

William
* Ralph
    b. 27 Nov 1882
    d. 22 Apr 1963
  (see photo below)
  m. 1) Mabel Leona Terry,
            15 Aug 1907
      b. 8 Aug 1884
      d. 28 Apr 1918
  children:
    Randall Terry (twin)
      b. 9 May 1908
      d. 31 May 1957
    Isabelle Swanger (twin)
      b. 9 May 1908
      d. abt 31 May 1908
    Carroll Clark
      b. 1 Oct 1909
      d. 1 Mar 2001
    Annabelle (Shonig)
      b. l0 Jan l9l3
          in Vici, Ok.
      d. --
    Ralph (a.k.a "junior")
      b. ?
      d. ?

  m. 2) Bertha Caldwell
           Hopewell,

             28 Sep 1928
      b. ?
      d. Abt 1969

Walter* Raymond
 
(see photo below)
    b. 6 Aug 1885
        in Harris,
        Sullivan Co, MO
    d. 19 Oct 1966
        Valparaiso, IN
        Graceland Cem.
  m. Etta Lavena Johnson
    b. 23 Sept 1888
        in Princeton,
        Mercer Co, MO
    d. 15 Jun1965
        Valparaiso, IN
        Graceland Cem.
  children:
    Martha Isabelle
        b. 3 May l908
        m. Samuel R. Mitchell
    Marian Eulalia
        b. 17 Jan l911
        d. 1 Sep 1982
    Walter Raymond, Jr.
        b. 12 Apr 1912 
        d. 23 Apr 1945 (WWII)
    Thomas Welch
        b. 27 Mar 1914 
        d. ? Dec 2003
        m. Rosemary Bradney
    Mary Elizabeth
        b. 23 Jan 1916
        d. 3 Jun 1997
        m. Mark Forrest Rowland
    Robert Hyndman
        b. 21 Jul 1918 
        d. 18 Nov 1990
        m. Marjorie Martin
    Mila Jeanne
        b. 14 Dec 1921 
        d. no date
        m. Donald Bradney
    Shirley Frances
        b. 2 Apr 1927 
        d. --
        m. Joseph L.Wiencken
    LeRoy Johnson**
        b. 22 Sep 1928 
        d. no date
        m. Ellen Lois Wilcox
    Geraldine Joan
        b. 10 Aug 1930
        d. no date
        m. John Barrington

   Walter's family moved to
   Valparaso, IN in the 1930s
   per Jim Cochran.

Johnnie
  (died young*)
  
(see photo below)
 
(ref 2)

* first names and info
from Annabelle Shonig,
dau. of son William Ralph
by personal communication
6/1/2004 and 6/23/2004

** Jim Cochran is
a descendant


Francis Asbury "Frank"

living with parents in 1880
in Sullivan Co, MO

M May 1859
(ref)
Milroy,
Mifflin Co,
PA
9 Feb 1939 Salt Lake City, UT

A Francis Asbury Swanger
(age 79) died in Salt Lake City, U
on 9 Feb 1939 from UT Death Index

Ada Jean Smith
(Birth Record of daughter Eva provides maiden name)
b. Sep 1868 in IA
d. Aft 1900
Bef 1910
or divorced

She probably died in California because they were living there in 1900



25 Aug 1887 in
Lancaster,
Schuyler Co, MO
Eva Harrison
b. 27 Nov 1888
(Birth Record)
in Kirksville, Adair Co, MO

d. Aft 1910
(Francis was mentioned in Jefferson's 1916
obit as Francis A. of Salt Lake City, UT)

On 8 Jun 1900, Frank A. Swanger (b. May 1859 in PA) was living in
Woodland, Yolo Co., CA with wife Ada (b. Sep 1868 in IA)
with daughter Eva H (b. Oct 1888 in MO with mother born in IA)

On 18 Apr 1910, Francis A and Mary Swanger, with child Eva were living in
Springfield City, Greene Co, MO

In 1920, Francis A and Mary Swanger, with children John and Mary were living in
Downey Twnshp, Bannock Co, ID.

On 3 Apr 1930, Frank A (age 69) and Mary (age 59) Swanger, with children John and Mary were living in Nezperce Village, Lewis Co, ID  Frank was County Superintendent of Schools.

Several refs list his middle name as Asbusy, but his Death Cert lists it as Asbury.

The following biographical information regarding Francis Asbury Swanger appeared in Herringshaw, Thomas William: "Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century", Chicago, IL: American Publishers' Association, 1902.  (ref)

BIOGRAPHY: SWANGER, FRANCIS ASBURY, educator, college president, was born May 3, 1859, in Milroy, Pa. He attended the State Normal school of Kirksville, Mo., and the State university of Columbia, and has had the degrees of M.S.D. and A.M. conferred upon him. For many years he taught in the district schools of Sullivan county, Mo., and has been principal of schools in Greencastle, Lancaster and Kirksville. He taught physics and language in the State Normal school of Kirksville, Mo, during 1889-91; then taught mathematics until 1894; since which time he has been president of that institution of learning.

Mary Pelagie Clay
b. 22 Sep 1872
    in Sedalia, 
    Doublas Co.,
    CO
d. 1943
12 Nov 1909

(Mary was 39)  -- from 1930 census
John E.
b. 7 Nov 1910 in MO
(mother born in CO)

d. 10 Aug 1989
Salt Lake City, UT
(from Soc Sec Death Index)
 

John enlisted in Salt Lake City, UT, into the army during WWII on 5 Nov 1943.
He was single, with dependents.  He was born in 1910.

Another John E. Swanger was born in 1864 and is the brother of this John's father Francis (see below.)

Mary Belle (or Marybelle)

b. Abt 1914 in UT
(mother born in CO)

d. Aft 1930

Mary Priscilla **

listed as Mary P and age 9 in 1870 census
F 12 Sep 1860 ? 6 May 1908 Cheyenne Wells, CO Walter Malcolm
Clark
b. 28 Sep 1851 in Paris,Edgar,IL

d. 9 Jan 1912

Cheyenne Wells, CO.
28 Oct 1881 in Sullivan Co,MO

or

28 Sep1881
in Paris IL

Coonie Pearl 
 
(see photo below)
  b: Mar 1883 in
    Milan, Sullivan Co, MO
 d. 3 Jun 1960 in Denver, CO
     (ref)

Lulu Mertle (Myrtle?)
 (Hedland)
**
  b. Jan 4, 1885 
    in Milan MO 
  d. Nov 1972 in Telluride,
       San Miguel, CO
  m. Clarence Robert Hedlund

  (see photo below)

Charles Walter 
  b. Jul 1887 MO
  d. 1901 CO
    in Kit Carson, CO
    of Typhoid Fever
    Listed as Charley in 1900

Cecil Swanger
  b. 29 Aug 1889 MO
 d. 8 Sep 1972 CA
 m. Helen Bulkley

Anna Bell
  b. Sep 1892 MO
 d. Abt 1970 (ref)
 m. Dwight G Perkins

Mabel Leland
  b. Aug 1894 MO
 d. Aft 1920


Mary Marjorie (Jacobsen) (ref)
  b. 30 Apr 1908
 d. 12 Mar 1987
  m. James W Jacobson
(ref 2)

** Karen Scott and Frances Mitterer are descendants.
Bertha Agnes
F 27 Feb
1862
Milan, Sullivan Co, MO 16 Sep 1935 buried Oakwood 
Cemetery, Milan, MO
Mark Pinkney DeWitt 27 Dec 1883 Eula Blanche
  (see photo below)

Joel Swanger


Allie
May
(Maynger)

(aka Alice)

(ref)
F 1 May 1863 Milan, Sullivan Co, MO 29 Aug 1955 Columbia,
MO

buried, Oakwood Cem. Milan, MO

Listed as Allie Cochran on Death Certificate
William
Cochrane, Jr. *
  b.  20 Oct 1854
      in Mauch
      Chunk,
      Carbon Co,
      PA
 d. 23 May 1926
     in Kansas City,
     Jackson Co,
     MO in St.
     Joseph Hosp.
     His residence
     was Milan, MO

* Listed as William Cochran, not Cochrane on Death Certificate

father:
William Cochrane
b. 10 Oct 1826 in County Derry, Ireland
d. 19 Aug 1897 in Sullivan Co, MO

mother:
Elizabeth Hyndman
b. 1830 in County Derry, Ireland
d. 1863 in Sullivan Co, MO

children:
Robert H
Cochran
b: 6 Aug 1852
in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co, PA

William A Jr
Cochran
b: 20 Oct 1854
in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co, PA

Jane
Cochran
b: 16 Dec 1856
in
MO

Mary Ann Cochran
b: 11 Mar 1859
in MO

Ella Elizabeth
Cochran
b: 25 Oct 1861
in
MO

married in 1864 to
second wife:
Mary Shatto
children:
James Edward
Cochran
b: 7 Dec 1865
Marilla Alice
Cochran
b: 1 Nov 1867
Hugh Wilson Sr
Cochran
b: 23 May 1870
Martha
Cochran
b: 22 Feb 1872
Lydia Belle
Cochran
b: 11 Apr 1874
Adeline
Cochran
b: 21 Jan 1876
Charles E
Cochran
b: 23 Mar 1878
Erminnie
Cochran
b: 20 Sep 1880
Bertha
Cochran
b: 1 Nov 1882 in Sullivan Co, MO
Chester Allen
Cochran
b: 10 Sep 1885
Sarah Margaret
Cochran
b: 30 Dec 1887


See note in last column to the right about all the Cochranes living near each other in 1900.

7 Jun 1885
in Sullivan Co. MO
Beulah Grace
  b. 8 Jan 1889
 d. 28 Mar 1979 in
     Columbia,
     Boone Co,  MO
 m. Truman Baldridge
       on 29 Apr 1911
         b. 29 Jan 1887
      d. 11 Oct 1952 in
          Milan,
Sullivan Co,
          MO

      children
       Marion Alice
       Joseph Daniel

R(see photo below)

Edith Marian
b. Bef 1900
d. Bef 1900
Her mother had had 2 children by 1900 and one had died.


Marion? is 3rd child?
(ref 2)

Several Cochrane
families are listed
in Polk Township,
Sullivan Co, MO
in the 1900 census.
I do not know who
they are.

The heads of the
households are:

James H.
Cochrane b 1859
wife: Ellen b 1860
plus children:
Alexander, Robert,
Bertha, Albert & John
Also a mother Catherine
b 1821 is there.

James B. Cochrane b 1835
wife: Lydia b 1843

Mary Cochrane b 1845
with children:
Alice M, Lydia B, Addice?, Charles E, Bertie, Chester A, Sarah M

Robert Cochrane b 1841
wife: Harriet b 1842
with children:
John E, Thomas B, Samuel and Frederick

James B Cochrane b 1866
wife: Alice L
with daughter Hester M and step son Lavarane?


John Duncan Carr (ref)
28 Aug
1907 in Pocatello,
Bannock Co, ID

?
John Ephriam
(became 
Sec. of State of Mo.) (see photo) and executor of Jefferson's will.

Another John E. Swanger was born in 1910 and is the son of this John's older brother Francis (see above.)
M 24 Jun 1864 Milan, Sullivan Co, MO

Missouri Secretary of State in 1904.
Served terms in Missouri House of Representatives in 1892 and1896.
Editor of the Milan Republican 1898-1904.

(Ref)

Living in Milan, Polk Township, Sullivan Co, MO
in 1900 with Norma F, and Norma's mother Flora Eubanks (b. 1845)  A Flourence J Eubanks (b. 1858) and children lived nearby.

19 Oct 1936 Rochester,
Olmsted Co., MN

buried in Sullivan Co, MO

from Cemetery Inscriptions of Sullivan County, Missouri Volume 3



Norma Fay Eubanks
b. 10 Feb 1870
    in Milan,
    Sullivan Co,
    MO

d. 17 Dec 1943
     in Colorado
     Springs, CO

(from her Obit)

buried in Sullivan Co, MO
? none
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John E. Swanger was Secretary of the State of Missouri, elected in November, 1904. The following additional biographical information appeared in Herringshaw, Thomas William: "Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century", Chicago, IL: American Publishers' Association, 1902. (ref)

BIOGRAPHY: SWANGER, JOHN E, lawyer, educator, legislator, was born June 22, 1864, in Milan, Mo. For a number of years he taught school, was a superintendent of public schools for three years, and is now engaged in the practice of law at Milan Mo. In 1892 he was elected to the Missouri slate legislature and received re-election in 1894.


Ursula Jane F 26 Jul 1867 Milan, Sullivan Co, MO 21 Oct 1958 Trenton, MO
buried Oakwood
Cemetery, Milan, MO
Marion Columbus
Stone
b: 30 Dec 1864
d. 19 Nov 1957 in Excelsior Springs, MO
burial in Crown Hill Cemetery, Excelsior Springs, MO
22 Jun 1887
in Sullivan Co. MO
Erma Jean (ref)
  b: 3 May 1888
      in Milan,
      Sullivan Co, MO
  d. 4 Feb 1973
      in Milan,
      Sullivan Co, MO
   m. Charles Darwin Milligan
        on 8 Mar 1911
         b. 4 Oct 1882 in
            Woodfield,
             Monroe Co., OH
          d. 21 May 1956 in
              Milan,
              Sullivan Co., MO

 
(see photo below)

Geraldine

  b: Aug 1895
  d: ?
  m. W J Weigel

Sara Sadie

   m. Guy W Moore

Sara
   b: 1902
   d: ?
   m. Carl Harris
         b. 1901 in MO
         d. ?
(second Sara found in ancestry.com)

(ref 2)
Carrie Salena F 21 Jan 1874 Milan, Sullivan Co, MO 12 Aug 1874 MO
died in infancy (from Jefferson's obit)
- - -

* Information about Isabelle's family from Annabelle Shonig,  dau. of son William Ralph by personal communication 6/1/2004
** Information about Priscilla's family provided by Karen Scott and Betty Clingman

                             
Bertha Agnes Swanger
(DeWitt)

(daughter of Jefferson Swanger
and Sara Ann Camp)
Album

ACTIVE
Parents
Children of Bertha Agnes Swanger
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Bertha Agnes Swanger (b. 27 Feb 1862 d. 16 Sep 1935) 
and Mark Pinkney DeWitt (b. 18 Mar 1858 d. 27 Oct 1937)
married 27 Dec 1883
Eula Blanche F 8 Feb 1886  ? Sullivan Co., MO ? Jun 1986 buried Oakwood 
Cemetery, Milan, 
Sullivan Co., MO
James Alexander Shatto
b. 18 Feb 1887
d. 1 Oct 1964
buried Oakwood Cemetery, Milan, MO
9 Jun 1909 Marjorie (Jones)
John DeWitt
James Alexander, Jr.
Bertha Alice 
  (Loder)
Rachel Josephine
  (Booth/Cassity)
Joel Swanger
M 4 Apr 1893 Reger, Sullivan Co., MO 2 Apr 1987 Meadville Cemetery, Meadville, Linn Co., MO Mary Doris
Harvey
b. 19 Oct 1895
d.   5 Jan 1978

29 Aug 1913 PRIVATE
2 other ? ? ? Sullivan Co., MO ? headstone in Henry 
Cemetery, Reger, Sullivan Co., MO says: Infant children of MP and BA DeWitt
- - -

JSDeWitt Sr
                             
Joel Swanger
DeWitt, Sr.

(son of Mark Pinkney DeWitt
and Bertha Agnes Swanger)
Album
picbook
ACTIVE
Parents
Children of Joel Swanger DeWitt
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Joel  (b. 8 Apr 1893  d. 2 Apr 1987) 
and Mary Doris Harvey (b. 19 Oct 1895  d. 8 Jan 1978)
married 29 Aug 1913
PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE  -  - PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE



References:
  1. Most information after Bertha Agnes Swanger has been gathered via family conversations.
  2. Additional Information about Bertha Agnes Swanger and Jefferson Swanger was provided by Karen Scott, granddaughter of Lulu Mertle Clark
  3. Information before Jefferson was found at www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com
  4. Information about the Cochrans was obtained from James M. Cochran at his website: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=:1026136&id=I48133761

Special Photos
The Swanger Cousins
(See below for 
identifications.)

These young people are some of the grandchildren of Jefferson and Sarah Swanger
 

Location: Milan, MO
Date: 1905

From the collection of Karen Scott
(jamscott at gjct.net)

grandchildren of
Jefferson and
Sarah Swanger


children of 
Jefferson and
Sarah Swanger

Back row:
Left to right:
Parents
Erma Stone Ursula Jane Swanger and Marion C. Stone's daughter 
William Ralph Cochran
(see commentary below)*
(Jim Cochran's grandfather)
(Annabelle Shonig's father)
Isabella Swanger and Robert Cochran's son
(see commentary below)*
Pearl Clark Mary Priscilla Swanger and Walter Clark's daughter
Walter Raymond Cochran
(see commentary below)*
Isabella Swanger and Robert Cochran's son
(see commentary below)*
Beulah Grace Cochrane
(see commentary below)*
(Karen Scott's grandmother)
Allie (Alice) Swanger and William Cochrane's daughter
(see commentary below)*


Front row:
Left to right:
Parents
Lulu Mertle Clark Mary Priscilla Swanger and Walter M. Clark's daughter 
Francis Bruce Cochran
(see commentary below)*
Isabella Swanger and Robert Cochran's son
(see commentary below)*
Eula DeWitt
(Don DeWitt's great aunt)
Bertha Swanger and Mark Pinkney DeWitt's daughter
(Don DeWitt's great  grand parents)

* Information about the Cochrans
from Jim Cochran (Neosho1962 at aol.com)
His website: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=:1026136&id=I48133761
written to Karen Scott (jamscott at gjct.net)
1/30/02

 
    I have seen this picture many times. One of my aunts has it in a photo album. I thought I made a copy of it, but I can't find it at this point.

The Cochran Boy on the back row is my grandfather -- Walter Raymond (Ray or Pappy to us). Ralph and Bruce were his brothers. They had another brother that died as an infant.

In answer to another email about Isabelle and Alice -- Yes. They married brothers. Isabelle married Robert H Cochran (My great grandparents) and Allie married William A Cochran, Jr. Allie and William had 2 children -- Marion that I believe died young and Beulah Grace.

Given that this appears to be the grandchildren of Jefferson and Sarah -- I would guess that the girl on the back next to my grandfather is Beulah Grace. She was 4 years younger than my grandfather -- it looks about right. That would make the most sense.

My aunts live in Indiana. I will try to confirm with them at some point.

I maybe skipped making a copy of the picture because the other names didn't mean anything to me at the time. Now I see how they all fit in.

Maybe some info on my family would be appropriate. My grandparents had 10 children. My father is the 9th -- so relatively young in the family. I am the youngest child of my family. At 39, I am the third youngest grandchild. Not so young anymore, but still missed out on really knowing my Cochran grandparents -- much less distant cousins.

After living in NW Missouri for most of their lives, my grandparents and most of their children moved to Valparaiso, IN in the 30's. My father was about 7 -- so that is where he grew up for the most part. My mother was from Nebraska. After living in both Indiana and Nebraska, they ended up living in SW Missouri -- where I was raised.

Visiting my father's family meant going to Indiana every other year or so. With 20+ cousins -- that seemed like a lot of people to me. We never visited anyone in NW Missouri. I had heard names and seen pictures, but for the most part it was all foreign to me until about a year ago when I started trying to compile this information. 




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