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John SWEM

Male 1795 - 1877  (82 years)


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  • Name John SWEM 
    Born 7 Jul 1795  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1820  , Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1830  , Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1840  , Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1850  , Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  , Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  , Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Possessions 1870  Pierce Twp, Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    40 acres 
    Died 23 Sep 1877  Amelia, Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Will Proved 1 Oct 1877  , Hamilton, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Obituary 3 Oct 1877  [5] 
    Buried Amelia, Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Amelia IOOF Cem
    Person ID I4448  Moore / McRaven Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2019 

    Father Jesse SWEM,   b. 17 Feb 1759, , Middlesex, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1837, Ohio Twp, Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Mary LINDSEY,   b. 25 Jan 1772, Ft Pitt, Westmoreland, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1825, , Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 1790 
    Family ID F138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Bathia CORD,   b. 27 Dec 1799,   d. 09 May 1841  (Age 41 years) 
    Married 6 Oct 1816  , Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    Children 
     1. Mary SWEM,   b. 20 May 1817,   d. 15 Mar 1900, , Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Sarah Ann SWEM,   b. 30 Mar 1819,   d. 1906  (Age 86 years)
    +3. William SWEM,   b. 20 Jul 1821,   d. 6 Nov 1907  (Age 86 years)
     4. Elizabeth SWEM,   b. 5 Sep 1824
    +5. Katherine SWEM,   b. 14 Mar 1827,   d. 1 Jun 1850, ,, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
    +6. Amos SWEM,   b. 25 Nov 1829, , Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1910, New Palestine, Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     7. Jesse SWEM,   b. 21 Aug 1833
     8. Bathia SWEM,   b. 1833
     9. Rebecca SWEM,   b. 25 Feb 1838
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2018 
    Family ID F126  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nancy ?,   b. 1803, ,, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1889  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 7 Jan 1842  , Clermont, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Children 
     1. Louisa SWEM,   b. 1847
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2018 
    Family ID F307  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    War Record of the Family written by Daisy Moore; date unknown    		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
    Death Certificate - Amos Swim, 1910    		Death Certificate - Amos Swim, 1910
    Handwritten copy of birth record in Swem Family Bible, notarized; 02 Jan 1908     		Handwritten copy of birth record in Swem Family Bible, notarized; 02 Jan 1908
    Taken from Invalid Pension File #420.360 of Amos Swem.

    Headstones
    Swem, John    		Swem, John
    Amelia IOOF Cemetery, Amelia, Clermont Co., OH

  • Notes 
    • 1820 Clermont Co OH - Ohio Twp page 73 written, 37 printed
      Swim, John 1 person engaged in agriculture
      1 male 16 - 26 2 females under 10
      1 female 16 - 26

      1830 Clermont Co OH - Preble Twp page 317 written
      Swem, John
      2 males under 5 1 female under 5
      1 male 10 - 15 2 females 5 - 10
      1 male 15 - 20 2 females 10 - 15
      1 male 30 - 40 1 female 30 - 40

      1840 Clermont Co OH
      pg 211 line 25
      Swem, John
      1 m 5 - 10 1 f < 5
      1 m 15 - 20 1 f 10 - 15
      1 m 40 - 50 1 f 15 - 20
      1 f 40 - 50

      1850 Clermont Co OH - Ohio Twp
      taken 01 Oct by AM Gest
      printed page 413, writtem page 258 house 1925/1925
      Swem, John 54 OH farmer
      Nancy 47 OH
      Rebecca 12 OH
      Louisa 3 OH
      Mary Winnas 24 OH
      Elizabeth " 21 OH
      Catherine Swem 50 OH
      Daniel B'Hymer 45 OH laborer idiotic

      1860 Clermont Co OH - Pierce Twp
      pg written 407 printed 205
      taken 14 Jun by LB Johnson
      line 32 house 352 / 341
      Swem, John 65 KY farmer $3000 $550
      Nancy 56 OH
      Mary 30 OH

      1870 Clermont Co OH - Pierce Twp taken 07 June page 255
      Swim, John 74 KY farmer
      Nancy 66 OH keeping home
      Rebecaa Lindsey 32 OH at home

      In "Ohio Records and Pioneer Families", Vol. 13, page 78 John Swem witnessed will of Thomas Massie of Preble Co OH 4 June 1824

      Son Amos was sometimes referred to as Thomas.

      The Clermont Sun - Batavia, OH
      Wed 03 Oct 1877, page 8 col 1
      John Swem, aged 82 years, 2 months and 16 days, died at the residence of his son-in-law, Nathaniel Donhan, near Amelia on Sunday Sept 23rd. Mr Swem was one of the old pioneers of this county and was held in the highest esteem by the
      people of Clermont and Hamilton counties.

      There have been accounts that dau Mary married Richard Hawkins in 1847, however, she married Donham in 1838
      and he is mentioned in John's obit - ruling out Hawkins.

  • Sources 
    1. [S116] tombstone.

    2. [S69] Civil War Pension File, Invalid Pension Claim #420.360, Amos Swem, notarized hardwritten copy from Swem Family Bible.

    3. [S192] Indexed County Land Ownership Maps 1860 - 1918, (ancestry.com).

    4. [S118] OH Wills and Probate Records 1786-1998, (ancestry.com), Hamilton Co Wills Vol 37-38 1873 - 1874, book 38 pg 395.
      Though Ancestry titled this data set 1873-1874, in fact, vol 38 covers 1874 - 1879

    5. [S88] Obituary, Clermont Sun, 03 Oct 1877, page 8 col 1.

    6. [S73] Marriage Book, Clermont, OH bk 1 pg 79.

    7. [S205] Ohio County Marriages 1790-1950, (familysearch.org), Clermont Co, vol not given, pg 34.

    8. [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.

    9. [S73] Marriage Book, Clermont, OH bk 3 pg 283.

    10. [S85] Moyer's Clermont County, OH Marriage Index 1800-1849, Moyer, Herb, (Clermont Co Genealogical Society; 2013), p 361, cites original bk 3 pg 283.
      John SWEM, widower; Nancy WINANS widow


  

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