Swihart, Samuel L.

Birth Name Swihart, Samuel L.
Gramps ID I6524
Gender male
Age at Death 77 years, 19 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1865-01-22 Ohio, USA  
 
Census 1870 Van Wert, Van Wert Cty, Ohio, USA  
1a
Census 1880 Van Wert, Van Wert Cty, Ohio, USA  
2a
Census 1900 Toledo, Lucas Cty, Ohio, USA  
3a
Census 1910 Toledo, Lucas Cty, Ohio, USA  
4a
Census 1920 Toledo, Lucas Cty, Ohio, USA  
5a
Census 1940 Toledo, Lucas Cty, Ohio, USA  
6a
Death 1942-02-10 Toledo, Lucas Cty, Ohio, USA  
7a
Burial   Woodland Union Cemetery, Van Wert, Van Wert Cty, Ohio, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Swihart, Samuel [I6520]1814-05-131878-11-15
Mother Weible, Christina [I6513]1832-08-251917-03-20
    Brother     Swihart, Edward Lee [I6521] 1857-07-09 1917-04-13
    Brother     Swihart, Frank S. Benjamin [I6522] 1860-08-25 1892-05-22
    Sister     Swihart, Sarah L. [I6523] 1862 1906
         Swihart, Samuel L. [I6524] 1865-01-22 1942-02-10
    Brother     Swihart, Chester B. [I6525] 1869-07-15 1932-12-06

Families

    Family of Swihart, Samuel L. and Buckles, Sarah E. [F2137]
Married Wife Buckles, Sarah E. [I6556] ( * 1860-12-20 + 1927-09-02 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1888-01-29 Van Wert Cty, Ohio, USA  
8a

Narrative

Note: Researching Samuel L. Swihart

I have only found a handful of indexed records that seem most likely to apply to Samuel and his household, with a few gaps that add to the questions. He first appears in his father's household in the 1870 US Census, and again in his widowed mother's household in the 1880 US Census, both in Van Wert, Van Wert Cty, Ohio. Following this is a indexed marriage record from Van Wert Cty on 29 Jan 1888 for "S.L. Swihart and S.E. Buckles Leigh," with no other information given on the index entry.

Next are the US Census listings from 1900 through 1920 in Toledo, Lucas Cty, Ohio for Samuel and Sarah Swihart. In each listing, Sarah's age is given as four or five years greater than Samuel's, and Samuel's age is consistently reported in line with his birthdate as taken from his gravestone. (Notable in the 1910 listing is his mother, Christina, living with him, along with his niece Ruth Swihart.)

The 1927 death record for Sarah E. Swihart gives dates that match those on the gravestone she shares with Samuel and a death location in Toledo, and while I have not found a 1930 US Census listing for Samuel, he does appear in the 1940 US Census in Toledo, with his marital status given as "widowed." Following that is a death record form 1942 for Samuel which also gives vitals that match those on his gravestone.

Though the 1890 US Census listing for him is obviously not available, those that followed show no children of Samuel's living with him and his wife - only other family members and boarders, at times. The only indication I have found to show that Samuel and Sarah may have had any children is an indexed death record (with no image of the original record available) from early 1894 for L.C. Quintus Swihart, a four-year-old boy who died in Toledo with only the mother named on the index as "Sarah E. Buckles" and his birthplace given as "VanWert, Ohio." No burial information is given on the index entry, and I have not found a burial listing for him as of yet, though I would expect he is buried in the same cemetery as his parents. Given the time that has passed, it seems likely that his burial location may be lost. That I have been able to determine, this was the only child that seems to have been born to Samuel and Sarah, and he does not seem to have survived long.

Sarah's identity is not entirely established, either; in all the available census listings after her marriage, her birthplace is given as Ohio, but her death record reports her birthplace as Tipton, Tipton Cty, Indiana. On that death record, her parents are named "Zebedee T. Brins" and "Myron Pierson." Searches for a Zebedee Brins didn't turn up much, though Zebedee Buckles gave both some records of military pension from service in an Indiana regiment during the Civil War and a US Census record in 1870 from Rush Cty, Indiana for a "Z. Buckles" with wife "Miriam" (both Ohio-born) and several Indiana-born children, including a nine-year-old "Sarah E." I think it likely that this is the Sarah that would later marry Samuel Swihart, though possibly after a previous marriage (as their marriage record gave her another surname, Leigh). She may have been divorced, but I find it more likely she was widowed without children when she and Samuel married.

As mentioned above, I have found no indication that Samuel and Sarah had any surviving children.

Pedigree

  1. Swihart, Samuel [I6520]
    1. Weible, Christina [I6513]
      1. Swihart, Edward Lee [I6521]
      2. Swihart, Frank S. Benjamin [I6522]
      3. Swihart, Sarah L. [I6523]
      4. Swihart, Samuel L.
        1. Buckles, Sarah E. [I6556]
      5. Swihart, Chester B. [I6525]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. US Census of 1870 [S0020]
      • Date: 1870-06-13
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GM-NZ1 : 17 October 2014), Christena Swihart in household of Samuel Swihart, Ohio, United States; citing p. 50, family 376, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,774.

        Event Year 1870
        Event Place Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio, United States
        Samuel Swihart M 58 Ohio
        Christena Swihart F 36 Ohio
        Edward D Swihart M 13 Ohio
        Frank S B Swihart M 10 Ohio
        Saml S Swihart M 5 Ohio
        Sarah L Swihart F 8 Ohio
        Chester B Swihart M 0 Ohio

  2. US Census of 1880 [S0045]
      • Date: 1880-06-06
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M83Q-TH3 : 15 July 2016), Christiana Swihart, Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 150, sheet 337A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1073; FHL microfilm 1,255,073.

        Event Date 1880
        Event Place Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio, United States
        Christiana Swihart Self F 46 Ohio, United States
        Edward Swihart Son M 22 Ohio, United States
        Ben Swihart Son M 20 Ohio, United States
        Sarah Swihart Daughter F 18 Ohio, United States
        Sam Swihart Son M 5 Ohio, United States
        Chester Swihart Son M 10 Ohio, United States

  3. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900-06-07
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMDK-WLZ : accessed 13 May 2017), Samuel S Swihart, Port Lawrence Township, Precinct E Toledo city Ward 6, Lucas, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 4A, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,297.

        Event Year 1900
        Event Place Port Lawrence Township, Precinct E Toledo city Ward 6, Lucas, Ohio, United States
        Samuel S Swihart Head M 35 Ohio
        Sarah E Swihart Wife F 40 Ohio

  4. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910-04-23
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLDX-P4K : accessed 3 May 2017), Christina Swihart in household of Samuel Swihart, Toledo Ward 2, Lucas, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 12A, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1207; FHL microfilm 1,375,220.

        Event Date 1910
        Event Place Toledo Ward 2, Lucas, Ohio, United States
        Samuel Swihart Head M 45 Ohio
        Sahar A Swihart Wife F 49 Ohio
        Christina Swihart Mother F 76 Pennsylvania
        Ruth Swihart Boarder F 13 Ohio
        Gertrude Mccharry Boarder F 1 Ohio

  5. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920-01-10
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD56-CPL : accessed 13 May 2017), Sarah E Swihart in household of Danil L Swihart, Toledo Ward 2, Lucas, Ohio, United States; citing ED 26, sheet 10A, line 7, family 230, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1408; FHL microfilm 1,821,408.

        Event Date 1920
        Event Place Toledo Ward 2, Lucas, Ohio, United States
        Saml L Swihart Head M 54 Ohio
        Sarah E Swihart Wife F 59 Ohio
        Harold Sinols Lodger M 4 Michigan

  6. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940-04-25
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW8P-ZVH : accessed 13 May 2017), Samuel L Swihart, Ward 2, Toledo City, Toledo City, Lucas, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95-21, sheet 7B, line 44, family 134, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3257.

        Event Date 1940
        Event Place Ward 2, Toledo City, Toledo City, Lucas, Ohio, United States
        Samuel L Swihart Head M 74 Ohio

  7. Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 [S0096]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKPP-CLD : 8 December 2014), Samuel Swihart, 10 Feb 1942; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. , certificate number , Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus.

  8. Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958 [S0095]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDHZ-LPF : 8 December 2014), S. L. Swihart and S. E. Buckles Leigh, 29 Jan 1888; citing , Van Wert, Ohio, reference 2:TRCTXT; FHL microfilm 1,015,861.