............................................WILLIAM PLUMMER SWIFT......................................................
William Plummer Swift, son to Richard Swift and Elizabeth Plummer. He was born in Maryland, October 30, 1819, and came to this county with his parents, traveling in a two wheeled cart. They located at the place where C.C. Bolander now lives, (Blooming Grove Township, Franklin County, Indiana), arriving about 1824. William P. Swift followed farming throughout his life, his holding consisting of one-hundred and twenty acres in Metamora township.
Children consisted of five brothers and four sisters, Harry and Richard served in the Civil War. Richard enlisted in the Sixty-eight Indiana Volunteers. He died while returning to his home from the front. Harry, the other brother, served in the Eighteenth Indiana Volunteers. He was captured by the Confederates and taken prisoner. While being removed to prison, he jumped off the train and was shot, but succeeded in escaping.
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William Plummer Swift married Mary Ann Roop, Mar 9, 1840, at Franklin County, Indiana.
They had 10 children;
1.Mary Ellen (Swift)(Curry) Ellison
2.Richard Morgan Swift
3.Harrison (Harry) Lemuel Swift
4.Milton Taylor Swift
5.Elizabeth F. Swift
6.Thomas Swift
7.John Fremont Swift
8.William H. Swift
9.Female Swift
10.Female Swift
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"History of Franklin County", Brookville Public Library, Brookville, Indiana.
Compiled/transcribed by Dennis W. McWhorter, 2'nd Great Grandson.
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William Plummer Swift, son to Richard Swift and Elizabeth Plummer. He was born in Maryland, October 30, 1819, and came to this county with his parents, traveling in a two wheeled cart. They located at the place where C.C. Bolander now lives, (Blooming Grove Township, Franklin County, Indiana), arriving about 1824. William P. Swift followed farming throughout his life, his holding consisting of one-hundred and twenty acres in Metamora township.
Children consisted of five brothers and four sisters, Harry and Richard served in the Civil War. Richard enlisted in the Sixty-eight Indiana Volunteers. He died while returning to his home from the front. Harry, the other brother, served in the Eighteenth Indiana Volunteers. He was captured by the Confederates and taken prisoner. While being removed to prison, he jumped off the train and was shot, but succeeded in escaping.
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William Plummer Swift married Mary Ann Roop, Mar 9, 1840, at Franklin County, Indiana.
They had 10 children;
1.Mary Ellen (Swift)(Curry) Ellison
2.Richard Morgan Swift
3.Harrison (Harry) Lemuel Swift
4.Milton Taylor Swift
5.Elizabeth F. Swift
6.Thomas Swift
7.John Fremont Swift
8.William H. Swift
9.Female Swift
10.Female Swift
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"History of Franklin County", Brookville Public Library, Brookville, Indiana.
Compiled/transcribed by Dennis W. McWhorter, 2'nd Great Grandson.
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............................................WILLIAM PLUMMER SWIFT......................................................
William Plummer Swift, son to Richard Swift and Elizabeth Plummer. He was born in Maryland, October 30, 1819, and came to this county with his parents, traveling in a two wheeled cart. They located at the place where C.C. Bolander now lives, (Blooming Grove Township, Franklin County, Indiana), arriving about 1824. William P. Swift followed farming throughout his life, his holding consisting of one-hundred and twenty acres in Metamora township.
Children consisted of five brothers and four sisters, Harry and Richard served in the Civil War. Richard enlisted in the Sixty-eight Indiana Volunteers. He died while returning to his home from the front. Harry, the other brother, served in the Eighteenth Indiana Volunteers. He was captured by the Confederates and taken prisoner. While being removed to prison, he jumped off the train and was shot, but succeeded in escaping.
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William Plummer Swift married Mary Ann Roop, Mar 9, 1840, at Franklin County, Indiana.
They had 10 children;
1.Mary Ellen (Swift)(Curry) Ellison
2.Richard Morgan Swift
3.Harrison (Harry) Lemuel Swift
4.Milton Taylor Swift
5.Elizabeth F. Swift
6.Thomas Swift
7.John Fremont Swift
8.William H. Swift
9.Female Swift
10.Female Swift
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"History of Franklin County", Brookville Public Library, Brookville, Indiana.
Compiled/transcribed by Dennis W. McWhorter, 2'nd Great Grandson.
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William Plummer Swift, son to Richard Swift and Elizabeth Plummer. He was born in Maryland, October 30, 1819, and came to this county with his parents, traveling in a two wheeled cart. They located at the place where C.C. Bolander now lives, (Blooming Grove Township, Franklin County, Indiana), arriving about 1824. William P. Swift followed farming throughout his life, his holding consisting of one-hundred and twenty acres in Metamora township.
Children consisted of five brothers and four sisters, Harry and Richard served in the Civil War. Richard enlisted in the Sixty-eight Indiana Volunteers. He died while returning to his home from the front. Harry, the other brother, served in the Eighteenth Indiana Volunteers. He was captured by the Confederates and taken prisoner. While being removed to prison, he jumped off the train and was shot, but succeeded in escaping.
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William Plummer Swift married Mary Ann Roop, Mar 9, 1840, at Franklin County, Indiana.
They had 10 children;
1.Mary Ellen (Swift)(Curry) Ellison
2.Richard Morgan Swift
3.Harrison (Harry) Lemuel Swift
4.Milton Taylor Swift
5.Elizabeth F. Swift
6.Thomas Swift
7.John Fremont Swift
8.William H. Swift
9.Female Swift
10.Female Swift
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"History of Franklin County", Brookville Public Library, Brookville, Indiana.
Compiled/transcribed by Dennis W. McWhorter, 2'nd Great Grandson.
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