This grave seems to have never been recorded. No record of Mary can be found at Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.com. Regretfully, I seem to have neglected to photograph the north and east faces of this obelisk. Any help with identification would be much appreciated.
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The following very helpful bio was offered on August 19, 2022 by John Freed (FG Member ID 50100194):
Mary Swaner (or Swanner) usually went by the name Maria or Mariah. She was born 4 January 1835, probably in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and married twice there: first to David Galentine (probably the same man as Find a Grave memorial 92017758) and second to John Bell, who was much older than her, born about 1804. John Bell's father was John Carson Bell (memorial 111142329).
The only known child from her first marriage was Perry Galentine (memorial 65531174). He appears with Mariah in the 1900 census in Nachusa, then moves to Cherokee, Iowa, where his half sister, Elizabeth (Bell) Means, was living. Elizabeth was the informant for Perry's death certificate.
Children from her second marriage were:
John, born about 1864
Lydia, born 18 March 1868
Elizabeth, mentioned above, born 11 April 1870
Susan, born about 1874
By 1880, she was separated from John Bell, who was living in the Somerset County Poorhouse while she had relocated to nearby Meyersdale. He probably died there in the ensuing few years. By 1893 she was living in Nachusa, Illinois, where her daughter Elizabeth married Harvey Means and relocated to his farm in Cherokee County, Iowa. Elizabeth died in Cherokee in 1947 (memorial 65533147). Lydia married George Weyant in 1896 and remained in Nachusa, where she is buried (memorial 109580817).
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See also Mary Swaner at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9Z3C-26Y
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The following very helpful bio was offered on August 19, 2022 by John Freed (FG Member ID 50100194):
Mary Swaner (or Swanner) usually went by the name Maria or Mariah. She was born 4 January 1835, probably in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and married twice there: first to David Galentine (probably the same man as Find a Grave memorial 92017758) and second to John Bell, who was much older than her, born about 1804. John Bell's father was John Carson Bell (memorial 111142329).
The only known child from her first marriage was Perry Galentine (memorial 65531174). He appears with Mariah in the 1900 census in Nachusa, then moves to Cherokee, Iowa, where his half sister, Elizabeth (Bell) Means, was living. Elizabeth was the informant for Perry's death certificate.
Children from her second marriage were:
John, born about 1864
Lydia, born 18 March 1868
Elizabeth, mentioned above, born 11 April 1870
Susan, born about 1874
By 1880, she was separated from John Bell, who was living in the Somerset County Poorhouse while she had relocated to nearby Meyersdale. He probably died there in the ensuing few years. By 1893 she was living in Nachusa, Illinois, where her daughter Elizabeth married Harvey Means and relocated to his farm in Cherokee County, Iowa. Elizabeth died in Cherokee in 1947 (memorial 65533147). Lydia married George Weyant in 1896 and remained in Nachusa, where she is buried (memorial 109580817).
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See also Mary Swaner at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9Z3C-26Y
This grave seems to have never been recorded. No record of Mary can be found at Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.com. Regretfully, I seem to have neglected to photograph the north and east faces of this obelisk. Any help with identification would be much appreciated.
◙ ◙ ◙ ◙
The following very helpful bio was offered on August 19, 2022 by John Freed (FG Member ID 50100194):
Mary Swaner (or Swanner) usually went by the name Maria or Mariah. She was born 4 January 1835, probably in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and married twice there: first to David Galentine (probably the same man as Find a Grave memorial 92017758) and second to John Bell, who was much older than her, born about 1804. John Bell's father was John Carson Bell (memorial 111142329).
The only known child from her first marriage was Perry Galentine (memorial 65531174). He appears with Mariah in the 1900 census in Nachusa, then moves to Cherokee, Iowa, where his half sister, Elizabeth (Bell) Means, was living. Elizabeth was the informant for Perry's death certificate.
Children from her second marriage were:
John, born about 1864
Lydia, born 18 March 1868
Elizabeth, mentioned above, born 11 April 1870
Susan, born about 1874
By 1880, she was separated from John Bell, who was living in the Somerset County Poorhouse while she had relocated to nearby Meyersdale. He probably died there in the ensuing few years. By 1893 she was living in Nachusa, Illinois, where her daughter Elizabeth married Harvey Means and relocated to his farm in Cherokee County, Iowa. Elizabeth died in Cherokee in 1947 (memorial 65533147). Lydia married George Weyant in 1896 and remained in Nachusa, where she is buried (memorial 109580817).
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See also Mary Swaner at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9Z3C-26Y
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The following very helpful bio was offered on August 19, 2022 by John Freed (FG Member ID 50100194):
Mary Swaner (or Swanner) usually went by the name Maria or Mariah. She was born 4 January 1835, probably in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and married twice there: first to David Galentine (probably the same man as Find a Grave memorial 92017758) and second to John Bell, who was much older than her, born about 1804. John Bell's father was John Carson Bell (memorial 111142329).
The only known child from her first marriage was Perry Galentine (memorial 65531174). He appears with Mariah in the 1900 census in Nachusa, then moves to Cherokee, Iowa, where his half sister, Elizabeth (Bell) Means, was living. Elizabeth was the informant for Perry's death certificate.
Children from her second marriage were:
John, born about 1864
Lydia, born 18 March 1868
Elizabeth, mentioned above, born 11 April 1870
Susan, born about 1874
By 1880, she was separated from John Bell, who was living in the Somerset County Poorhouse while she had relocated to nearby Meyersdale. He probably died there in the ensuing few years. By 1893 she was living in Nachusa, Illinois, where her daughter Elizabeth married Harvey Means and relocated to his farm in Cherokee County, Iowa. Elizabeth died in Cherokee in 1947 (memorial 65533147). Lydia married George Weyant in 1896 and remained in Nachusa, where she is buried (memorial 109580817).
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See also Mary Swaner at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9Z3C-26Y
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