Amos SWEM

1829 - 1910  (80 years)

• Name	Amos SWEM
  Born	25 Nov 1829	, Clermont, OH   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	, Shelby, TN
  Military	Sep 1862 - Jun 1865	,, OH
  	Co L 4th OH Vol Cav, Corporal
  Census	1870	, Clermont, OH
  Census	1880	, Clermont, OH
  Census	1900	, Clermont, OH
  Occupation	carpenter
  Buried	Jan 1910	, Clermont, OH   [1]
  	Mt Moriah Cem
  Died	17 Jan 1910	New Palestine, Clermont, OH   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I4434	Moore / McRaven Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	John SWEM,   b. 7 Jul 1795,   d. 23 Sep 1877, Amelia, Clermont, OH  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Bathia CORD,   b. 27 Dec 1799,   d. 09 May 1841  (Age 41 years)
  Married	6 Oct 1816	, Clermont, OH   [4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary E STEWART,   b. 1843, ,, IN ,   d. 1915, Eddyville, Mahaska, IA  (Age 72 years)
  Married	There has been no marriage record found, nor a divorce decree. Both married others - Mary in 1865 and Amos in 1867.
  Children	1. William Lewis SWIM,   b. 16 Oct 1861,   d. 2 Dec 1929, , Monroe, IA  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Belle BENNETT,   b. 21 Dec 1846, New Richmond, Clermont, OH ,   d. 15 May 1927, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH  (Age 80 years)
  Married	17 Apr 1867	New Palestine, Clermont, OH   [7, 8]
  Children	1. Louisa Northrop SWEM,   b. 18 May 1868, New Palestine, Clermont, OH ,   d. 11 Feb 1914, , Hamilton, OH  (Age 45 years)   2. Daisy Arnold SWEM,   b. 19 Dec 1870, New Palestine, Clermont, OH ,   d. 11 May 1952, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH  (Age 81 years) + 3. Mollie Thornton SWEM,   b. 23 Jan 1885, Tobasco, Clermont, OH ,   d. 9 Jul 1967, Maysville, Mason, KY  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	31 May 2018
  Family ID	F154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Swem, Amos; date unknown Photo in possession of Rodney Franz
  		Swem, Amos; date unknown Copy of photo provided by Rodney Franz
  		Swem, Amos and Jules Moore (age 3) Original belonged to Jules V Moore; now in possession of Jamie Burnett.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Obituaries - Elizabeth Bennett Swem Unidentified clippings kept by Dr. J.V. Moore
  		Letter from Jules Verne Moore to Amos Swem, 1908 In possession of Jamie Burnett
  		Obituary - Amos Swem
  		War Record of the Family written by Daisy Moore; date unknown Daisy was mistaken, great-grandfather John Swem was born in 1795 and could not have participated in the Revolutionary War, however, John's father Jesse Swem did in fact fight in the Revolutionary War. In possession of Jamie Burnett
  		Veteran's Administration Pension Payment Card Amos Swem, Certificate 420.368
  		Veteran's Administration Pension Payment Card Elizabeth Swem, widow of Amos Swem, Certificate 699.284
  		Death Certificate - Daisy Arnold Moore, 1952
  		Death Certificate - Amos Swim, 1910
  		Death Certificate - Elizabeth Belle Swem, 1927
  		Letter from Amos Swem to daughter Mollie Swem; undated Original in possession of Rod Franz. Copy provided to Jamie Burnett with the following note: "This is the only letter I found in Amos' handwriting. He wrote Mollie from Memphis. Mollie was little, but she kept the letter among her treasures for a lifetime. Amos tells her Santa Claus didn't come here because of the mud. This was probably a postscript to a longer letter."
  		Handwritten copy of birth record in Swem Family Bible, notarized; 02 Jan 1908 Taken from Invalid Pension File #420.360 of Amos Swem.
  		Marriage Record of Amos Swem and Elizabeth Bennett, copy; 31 Jan 1910 Taken from Widow's Pension File #935.093 for Elizabeth Swem.

  
  

• Notes

  1860 Shelby, TN - Memphis 5th Ward taken 31 Jul 1860 by Frank M Paul pg 95 written 137 printed, line 9 dwelling 493 / fam 613 boarding house Swem, Thos 27 OH carpenter 1870 Clermont Co OH - Pierce Twp taken 07 June page 255 Swim, Amos O 41 OH farmer Elizabeth 23 OH keeping home Louisa 2 OH living next door is Swim, John 74 KY farmer Nancy 66 OH keeping home Rebecca Lindsey 32 OH at home 1874 Cincinnati City Directory Swwm, Amos, carpenter, boards nw corner Broadway and 2d 1880 Clermont Co OH - Palestine,Pierce Twp Swem, Amos 49 OH Lizzie wife 20 OH (she should have been approx 34) Louisa dau 12 OH Daisy dau 9 OH 1881 Cincinnati City Directory Swem, Amos - carpenter, boards nw corner of Broadway and 2nd 1887 - 1891 Cincinnati City Directory Swem, Amos - carpenter, boards at Schneider House 1890 Vetrans and Widows Census pg 1 supv dist 3 ED 254, #6 Swem, Amos of New Palestine Copl L 4 OH Cav 4 Sep 62 - 24 Jun 65 prisoner of war 1 year and 5 days scurvy, chronic diarhea, disease, rhuematism 27 years 1900 Clermont Co OH - Pierce Twp taken 01 Jun by JB Winspear ED 43 printed pg 195 A house 4/4 Swem, Amos Nov 1829 OH OH OH carpenter Elizabeth wife Dec 1846 OH OH KY Lulu dau May 1871 OH OH OH Mollie T dau Jan 1885 OH OH OH married 33 years 3/3 kids Living next door is Elizabeth's brother George Documents: obituary, honorable discharge Buried in Section 3 in Mt Moriah.

  
  

• Sources

  [S35] Death Certificate, OH File # 664; Amos Swim. [S69] Civil War Pension File, Invalid Pension Claim #420.360, Amos Swem, notarized hardwritten copy from Swem Family Bible. [S71] Bennett-Swem Family Bible, in possession of Rod Franz. [S73] Marriage Book, Clermont, OH bk 1 pg 79. [S205] Ohio County Marriages 1790-1950, (familysearch.org), Clermont Co, vol not given, pg 34. [S85] Moyer's Clermont County, OH Marriage Index 1800-1849, Moyer, Herb, (Clermont Co Genealogical Society; 2013), p 320, cites original bk 1 pg 079. [S193] Ohio Marriages 1800 - 1958, (familysearch.org). [S69] Civil War Pension File, Widow's Claim # 935.093, Elizabeth Swem.