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James Swindle

Male 1822 - 1909  (86 years)


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  • Name James Swindle 
    Birth 30 Aug 1822  Linden, Perry County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 2 Aug 1909  (Corsicana, Barry County, Missouri) Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Corsicana Cemetery, Corsicana, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I28722  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2014 

    Father Caswell Swindle,   b. 30 Sep 1794, Hyde County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1867, Perry County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Anne "Ann" Moore,   b. 1799, Linden, Perry County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1867, Linden, Perry County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage (North Carolina) Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1820  White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1850  Perry County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F6768  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Vianna Weeks,   b. 1826-1833, (Perry County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880, (Perry County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Residence (Family) 1880  Perry County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    _MARRIED N 
    _MSTAT Partners 
    Children 
     1. William Henry Weeks,   b. 4 Feb 1852, Perry County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1946, Purdy, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     2. Charlie L. Weeks,   b. 1867, Perry County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1900, Perry County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
    Family ID F13992  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

    Family 2 Eliza Ann Fly,   b. 2 Apr 1827, Carroll County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1863, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 19 Aug 1852  Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
     1. Martha Swindle,   b. Aft 1852, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John Swindle,   b. 31 Oct 1854, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1930, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     3. Lafayette Swindle,   b. 0___ 1859, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. George Swindle,   b. 0___ 1861, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Eliza Swindle,   b. 0___ 1864, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Martha Swindle,   b. Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F14191  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

    Family 3 Elizabeth J. Davidson,   b. 13 Feb 1832, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1904, (Corsicana, Barry County, Missouri) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 0___ 1866  Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
     1. Abe Swindle,   b. 0___ 1867, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Nancy A(nn) "Nannie" Swindle,   b. 0___ 1867, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Mary Frances Swindle,   b. 0___ 1869, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F14192  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Aug 1822 - Linden, Perry County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 19 Aug 1852 - Barry County, MIssouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 0___ 1866 - Barry County, MIssouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (Family) - 1880 - Perry County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Aug 1909 - (Corsicana, Barry County, Missouri) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Corsicana Cemetery, Corsicana, Barry County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • August 12, 1909, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO

      Aged Citizen Gone

      James Swindle, one of Barry County's oldest and most highly respected citizens, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. O. S. Overton at Corsicana, Monday, August 2, at the advanced age of 86 years, 9 months and two days.

      Funeral services were held Tuesday and the remains laid to rest in the cemetery at Corsicana near where he had lived for more than half a century.

      James Swindle was born at Linden, Perry County, Tenn., August 30, 1822. He came to Missouri in 1851 and located at what is now Rocky Comfort where for two years he worked as a blacksmith. In 1853 he moved to Pogues Creek and in the same year was married to Miss Eliza Fly. To them were born three sons, John, Lafayette and George, and two daughters, Martha J. Parks of Washington and Eliza A. Overton, wife of Robert Overton of Corsicana. Mrs. Swindle died in 1863. In 1865 he married Mrs. Elizabeth J. Davidson of Lawrence County. To this union were born one son, J. A., and two daughters, Nancy A., wife of Dr. O. S. Overton, and Mary F., wife of J. K. Holmes of Rocky Comfort. Mr. Swindle's second wife died February 28, 1904, since which time he has made his home with his children, living most of the time at Corsicana with his daughter, Mrs. O. S. Overton. Always having been actively engaged at some vocation he could not be contented even in his last days to be without something to do and had for some time conducted a small store at Corsicana.

      James Swindle was a man of Christian character, a man of high ideals and his worth and the influence of his life is evinced by the noble family he reared to be our country's most useful citizens. To such men as he, devoted to the right, willing to brave the hardships, of the pioneer and build a home in the wilderness, we owe the greatest credit for not only the material advancement of our county but for its general welfare.
      [3]
    • James SWINDLE was born about 1822 in Linden, Perry Co., Tennessee. Born on the Swindle Prong of Cedar Creek. He appeared on the census in 1850 in Perry Co., Tennessee. He was Attended Mechanic School in 1850 in Perry Co., Tennessee. He was Founded Old Swindle Coledge in 1855 in Missouri. He died on Aug 2 1909 in Corsicana, Barry Co., Missouri. James founded the Old Swindle College in Barry Co., MO, near Wheaton, Missouri. in 1855.


      Hi Charles,

      The obit is as follows and the paper has a picture of James Swindle and second Wife Elizabeth Gibson/ Davidson.

      "While the Butterfield Overland Stage was the first stage coach to haul regular passengers and mail on a regular schedule through Barry Co to the West Coast it was by not means the only state route through Barry County.

      Following the Civil War several other stage routes sprang up throughout the county including one from Pierce City to Fayetteville which came down the western side of Barry Co.
      The home of James Swindle of Wheaton which served as a stage coach stop for the Pierce City to Fayetteville route was built shortly after the war by Swindle who had been born in 1822 in Linden, Perry County, Tennessee on the Swindle Prong of Cedar Creek.

      A most industrious young man, James Swindle made a wagon for oxen, and everything belonging to it, bows for cover, and yoke for the oxen, loaded his property and set out for southwest Missouri in 1851. He came then to Barry County and during the Civil War was a blacksmith at Cassville. He was married first to Eliza Fly on August 19, 1852 and had Martha (Mrs. Jim Parks), John (Professor at Swindle College), LaFayette (A minister in the Christian Church), George, and Eliza (Mrs. Robert Carter Overton). After his first wife died in 1863 in the middle of the war, he remarried in 1866 to Mrs. Elizabeth Davidson and there were three children born to this union. Twins - Abe (at one time Tax Assessor and Collector for Barry County), Nannie (married Dr. Oscar Overton) and Mary Francis (married Dr. Jim Holmes). James Swindle died at his home at Corsicana on August 2, 1909.

      The Swindle home which was torn down in 1905 had five fire places and its large commodious rooms provided refuge for many a weary traveler of the rough roads of that era.

      Perhaps the most notable achievement of the Swindle family was the found of "Swindle College" Their son, Professor John Swindle, who started a subscription school on their premises in the early 1880's and erected the Swindle College Building in the year 1885 or 1886. Beginning with the first grade, courses were taught which would compare with those of the higher college levels. Courses in advanced mathematics and literature were taught by John Swindle, who won acclaim as a scholar at the University of Kentucky. Many young people boarded at the Swindle home while attending school at Swindle College down through the years. It was located two miles south of Corsicana at a spring after crossing Pogue's Creek. The college was located on a hill near the residence.

      Swindle College in later years suffered the fate of many rural academies, becoming a consolidated school with Wheaton, and in 1955 the building was sold to Gray McMillen and was moved to his farm. The old bell which summoned generations of students to the study of the three R's is still in the belfry, and were it to be rung today within the hearing of its former teachers and pupils, there would doubtless be a strong pull of the listener heartstrings as they recalled the past chapters in the history of the sturdy old school.

      Recently a great-great nephew of James Swindle, Tracy David Cary, President of the Pampa Genealogical Society of Pampa, TX visited the old landmarks of his family here compiling data from the cemetery, Bible, county and school records of the Swindle Family. He would appreciate any additional information.
      {Article written in July 1960} Corsicana was in Barry Co but destroyed by a tornado and never rebuilt.

      Later, Judy [10]

  • Sources 
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    3. [S52144] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=swindle&GSfn=james&GSby=1822&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=26.

    4. [S52576] "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M66Z-G47 : accessed.

    5. [S5916] "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDY-11J : accesse.

    6. [S2251] 1820 White County,TN Census, published by the White County Genealogical, p. 28 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S12606] "William Hogg I (abt. 1675 - abt. 1749)", Profile & Descendants, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hogg-839, by David A. Hen.

    8. [S52149] "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDWQ-MHP : accessed.

    9. [S52095] Linda Mills | 20 Nov 2013 | iluvmygrands@gmail.com.

    10. [S52570] Prepared by Charles Swindle | 19 Apr 2000 | 377 Belcher Drive.


  

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