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Clarion & Venango Cos PA 1860; Lanark, Carroll Co, IL

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Clarion & Venango Cos PA 1860; Lanark, Carroll Co, IL

Posted: 28 Feb 2003 1:46PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 7 Jul 2005 9:45AM GMT
Surnames: SWAB, LONG, FERRENBURG, MELLINGER, MURRAY, EBY, ESHELMAN, BOUGH
ISAIAH SWAB, b 1 Jul 1834, d 28 Sep 1867, bur Cherry Grove Brethren Cem near
Lanark, Carroll Co IL. He m in Carroll Co IL 3 Sep 1857 Sarah Ann LONG, b
30 Jun 1836 PA, d 16 Jul 1905, bur Black Creek Cem, Butler Co MO. She m/2
William Ferrenburg 8 Sep 1897 in New Madrid Co MO.

Isaiah and Sarah married in IL, went back to PA, then returned to IL. They had three children: Benjamin, Araminta and Loretta Swab.

1. Benjamin F. Swab, b 31 Aug 1858 PA, d 7 Feb 1922 Harmon Twp,
Lee Co IL; m in Carroll Co IL 25 Nov 1879 Alice Bell "Allie" Mellinger, b ca
1860 IL, d 19 Jul 1935 Harmon Twp, Lee Co IL, dtr of Henry Mellinger of
Whiteside Co IL. Benjamin and Allie had three children: Ernest F. Swab, b
Oct 1880, d 16 Dec 1928 Whiteside Co IL; m ca 1905 Elizabeth Murray; Lloyd
Swab, b Jun 1883 IL, d by 1930; and Roy Swab, b Jul 1884.

2. Araminta Ann "Minta" Swab, b 12 Oct 1865 IL, d 1943 MD, m in Carroll Co IL 15 May 1884 Ira P. EBY, b Dec 1860, d 1952 MD. Six children: Ruth, Evangeline, Paul, Marion, Galen and Shirley.

3. Loretta Swab (18 Dec 1860-6 Apr 1867, bur Cherry Grove Brethren Cem).

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CLARION CO PA 1860 CENSUS
(All born PA unless otherwise indicated.)

120 Elk Twp, 14 Jul 1860, P.O.: Clarion, PA
RICHARD SWAB 29, Catharine 51, Abraham 57, Amos 21, Fanny 18, Lydia 15,
Catharine 12, Henry 10

197 Knox Twp, 23 Jun 1860, P.O.: Fryburg
WILLIAM SWAB 24, Elizabeth 21, married within the year

691 Washington Twp, 21 Jun 1860, P.O.: Fryburg

Household 148
JOHN SWAB 52, Elizabeth 52 Russia, Sarah 17, Paul 15, Anna 13, Wilhelmina (probably 9, but possibly 7 or 1).

Household 149
ISAIAH SWAB 26 carpenter, Sarah A. 24, Benjamin F. 1

Households 150
WILLIAM SWAB 22, Eliza 21, married within the year.
[Despite age discrepancy, possibly the same couple listed on page 197 as William and Elizabeth. This William might also be Adam William Swab, who was guardian of his brother Isaiah's children in Carroll Co IL in 1857. Eliza's maiden name may have been Eshelman. See query at Swab Gen Forum:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/swab/messages/2.html ]

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VENANGO CO PA 1860 CENSUS
All born PA unless otherwise indicated.

197 Cranberry Twp
LOUISA SWAB 20 Germany, widow, in household of Fred BOUGH 53 Germany

Pine Grove Twp, P.O.: Lineville
399 HENRY SWAB 63, Kate 55, Solomon 28, William 25, Simon 20, Elizabeth 19, Paul 18

401 ADAM SWAB 54, Elizabeth 48 (Germany?), Lewis 16, Andrew J. 15, Eliza 18, Catharine 4

402 JACOB SWAB 35, Catharine 30, Levi 11, Simon 9, Magdalena 7, A. W. (or A.M.?) 5, Eli F. 3, Mary M. 1

403 DANIEL SWAB 64 (married within the year), Catharine 58, David 31, Hannah 21, Peter 15, Clara 7, Hannah S. 2

404 SOLOMON SWAB 28 (My notes do not show him living alone; if there were others in this household, I did not copy them.)

404 REUBEN SWAB 30, Frances 28, James 7, William 5, Susan 2
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