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Jeremiah J Swihart

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Jeremiah J Swihart

Birth
Stark County, Ohio, USA
Death
19 Aug 1919 (aged 83)
Wyandot County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Little Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Section 3, Lot 22, Grave 1
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Jeremiah is a son of Ezekiel and Rhoda (Miller) Swihart, natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. They were married in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1835, settling near Canton, Stark County, Ohio, remaining there about two years, then moving to this Wyandot County, near Carey, buying 100 acres of land, on which they resided till about 1840, when they removed near Little Sandusky. They had two children-Jeremiah J. and Peter M. The father died in 1862, aged forty-nine years.

At the age of nineteen, Mr. Swihart was apprenticed to learn the blacksmith trade, which he has since engaged in. He located in Little Sandusky in 1856, and operated a threshing-machine and huller twenty-five seasons, having the first thresher in the township about 1848.

Jeremiah was married, April 19, 1858, to Sophia Vroman, daughter of David and Sally Vroman, of this Wyandot County. Their children were Randolph, David, Francis, Launa, Peter, Henry, Bessie, Hancock and Clistia.

Mr. Swihart was a Democrat; served four years as Constable and one year as Township Clerk.
Jeremiah is a son of Ezekiel and Rhoda (Miller) Swihart, natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. They were married in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1835, settling near Canton, Stark County, Ohio, remaining there about two years, then moving to this Wyandot County, near Carey, buying 100 acres of land, on which they resided till about 1840, when they removed near Little Sandusky. They had two children-Jeremiah J. and Peter M. The father died in 1862, aged forty-nine years.

At the age of nineteen, Mr. Swihart was apprenticed to learn the blacksmith trade, which he has since engaged in. He located in Little Sandusky in 1856, and operated a threshing-machine and huller twenty-five seasons, having the first thresher in the township about 1848.

Jeremiah was married, April 19, 1858, to Sophia Vroman, daughter of David and Sally Vroman, of this Wyandot County. Their children were Randolph, David, Francis, Launa, Peter, Henry, Bessie, Hancock and Clistia.

Mr. Swihart was a Democrat; served four years as Constable and one year as Township Clerk.

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