Joseph M. Swinney

1852 - 1928  (76 years)

• Name	Joseph M. Swinney
  Birth	23 Sep 1852	Mercer, VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Nov 1928	Hill, MT
  Burial	Gildford, Hill, MT
  Person ID	I5059	Swinney Line
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2001

  
  

  Father	James Turner Swinney,   b. 24 Aug 1832, Flat Top, Giles, VA d. 13 Jun 1910, Montgomery, KS (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Clara C. Peters,   b. 1832, VA d. 11 Dec 1917, Montgomery, KS (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1851	Mercer, VA
  Notes	CHAN: NOTE 18:13
  Family ID	F1435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Artia M. Mahurin,   b. Abt 1853, KY d. 15 Jun 1926, Hill, MT (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1872	Wilson, KS
  Notes	CHAN: NOTE 18:13
  Children	1. Levi H. Swinney,   b. 27 May 1873, Wilson, KS d. 15 Nov 1890 (Age 17 years) + 2. William Turner Swinney,   b. 2 Dec 1874, Wilson, KS d. 20 Sep 1961, Buffalo, Wilson, KS (Age 86 years) + 3. Jacob Tilden Swinney,   b. 6 Sep 1876, Wilson, KS d. Aug 1942, Wilson, KS (Age 65 years)   4. Frederick Martin Swinney,   b. 12 Sep 1879, Wilson, KS d. 17 Sep 1951, Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada (Age 72 years)   5. Thaddeus Claude Swinney,   b. 28 Nov 1882, Wilson, KS d. 24 Sep 1905 (Age 22 years) + 6. Abel B. Swinney,   b. 12 Nov 1883, Wilson, KS d. 22 Feb 1957, MT (Age 73 years) + 7. Clara Ann Swinney,   b. 30 Jan 1886, Wilson, KS d. 22 Dec 1978 (Age 92 years) + 8. Mattie Rose Swinney,   b. 23 Jul 1888, Wilson, KS d. 17 May 1980, MT (Age 91 years) + 9. Ruth R. Swinney,   b. 4 Dec 1890, Wilson, KS d. 22 Dec 1978 (Age 88 years) + 10. Joseph Edward Swinney,   b. 29 Sep 1893, Wilson, KS d. 7 Jun 1976 (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2001
  Family ID	F2888	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  !His early manhood was spent in VA/WV and he moved west wi t h his parents after the Civil War spending a year or tw o in MO and arrived in s outhern Wilson County, KS in 1870 . Joseph homesteaded about 2 miles eas t of LaFontaine, KS . About 1890 he and Artia moved just west of Roper, KS; i n 18 97 they bought a farm east of Buffalo, KS. In Nov 191 0 they moved to Hill C o., MT where they homesteaded NE o f Gildford. (Wilson County History, 1988 , copied from USG enWeb, Wilson Co., KS Digital Archives; July 1998)