William Swinney, Sr

1785 - 1872  (87 years)

• Name	William Swinney
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	7 Oct 1785	Pittsylvania Co., VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Nov 1872	Pulaski, Davis, IA
  Burial	Pulaski, Davis, IA, N. Pulaski Cem.
  Person ID	I103	Swinney Line
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2001

  
  

  Father	James Semore Swinney,   b. Abt 1750, Ireland [County Cork] d. 28 Aug 1836, Monroe Co, VA (Age ~ 86 years)
  Mother	Susanna (Susan) Hammock,   b. 1756, Pittsylvania, VA d. 1850-1860 (Age 104 years)
  Marriage	1773
  Notes	CHAN: NOTE 08:58
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Hutchison,   b. 3 Jul 1789   d. 30 May 1826, Monroe, VA (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	31 Jan 1809	Monroe Co., VA
  Notes	CHAN: NOTE 08:58
  Children	1. John Swinney,   b. 7 Dec 1809, Monroe, VA d. Yes, date unknown   2. James Swinney,   b. 14 May 1812, Monroe, VA d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary Swinney,   b. 22 May 1814, Monroe, VA d. Yes, date unknown   4. Ann Swinney,   b. 15 Aug 1816, Monroe, VA d. 1863 (Age 46 years)   5. William Swinney, Jr,   b. 2 Jul 1820, Monroe, VA d. 1880, Chariton, Lucas, IA (Age 59 years)   6. Susanna Swinney,   b. 3 Apr 1823, Monroe, VA d. 7 Jan 1881, Wayne, IA (Age 57 years)   7. Margaret Swinney,   b. 30 May 1826, Monroe, VA d. 30 May 1826, Monroe, VA (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2001
  Family ID	F34	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Nancy Miller,   b. 29 Jun 1794   d. 8 Apr 1893, Ottumwa, Wapello, IA (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	5 Nov 1827	Monroe, VA
  Notes	CHAN: NOTE 08:58
  Children	+ 1. Delaney Swinney,   b. 13 Oct 1828, Monroe, VA d. 21 Dec 1882, Elgin, Chautauqua, KS (Age 54 years) + 2. Margaret Swinney,   b. 24 Dec 1830, Monroe, VA d. 20 Nov 1898, Pulaski, Davis, IA (Age 67 years)   3. Sarah Jane Swinney,   b. 16 Mar 1832, Decatur, IN d. 8 Feb 1926, Wayne, IA (Age 93 years)   4. Sinah Swinney,   b. 12 Apr 1837, Decatur, IN d. 26 Mar 1926, Chariton, Lucas, IA (Age 88 years)   5. Rachel Swinney,   b. 24 Dec 1839, Decatur, IN d. 16 Feb 1918, Davis, IA (Age 78 years) + 6. Nancy Swinney,   b. 23 May 1841, Decatur, IN d. 21 Jan 1885, Bloomfield, Davis, IA (Age 43 years) + 7. Griffith Swinney,   b. 22 Jul 1843, Decatur, IN d. 11 May 1925, Jackson, MO (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2001
  Family ID	F1153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Marriages - Monroe Co., WV - Film #F9950 lists William Swin ney married Margaret Hutchison on 21 Jan 1809 !"He was twice married, seven children having been bor n b y the first marriage and five by the last. We have par t o f them ...." (Swinney Family, Emma Swinney Walker; p . 8) James L. Gore also records 7 childre n by Margaret (Lt r of 20 Jul 1994, p. 15) !From cemetery stone in Pulaski, his DOB looks more li k e 7 Oct 1783 or 1788. !"Wm. Swinney and wife moved from VA to Decatur County, I N ; coming to IA in 1848, settling on a farm north of Pulas ki . In 1858, they moved to Troy to educate their childre n in the Academy there. Then afte r a few years moved bac k to Pulaski. ... His last wife wa s buried beside him i n 1898, at the age of 98 years. She h ad directed the maki ng of her burial robe many years befor e her summons came. " (Ibid) !Per (Gay Price McLaughlin, Feb. 1994) William b. 1789 a n d Margaret's surname is Hutchison. !Per (James L. Gore, July 1994) William b. 7 Oct 1785 an d h e also indicates Margaret's surname is Hutchison; m. 2 1 Ja n 1809. !Listed in the 1860 and 1870 censuses of Davis County, Io w a (Prairie Twp.) !There is a Louisa Swinney, age 13, listed in the househo l d of Griffith Garten in the 1850 census of Decatur count y , IN; Clay Twp. Griffith is one of the VA Garten's. Cou l d this Louisa be one of William's children by Nancy?? !"Located in a Wayne County, Iowa museum is a Bible, cover e d by the skin of a bear which was shot by William Sweene y . xxx The Bible was printed in England during the year 17 7 2 -- thirteen years before William was born." (Bill Bent le y, July 1998) Most of descendant data for William's descendants comes fo r m Bill Bentley's "James Semore Swinney, Sr."