Benedict Robert Swisher (1828-1880) - Find a Grave Memorial

Benedict Robert Swisher

Birth

4 Mar 1828

Pennsylvania, USA

Death

13 Dec 1880 (aged 52)

Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, USA

Burial

Hillcrest Cemetery

Brighton, Washington County, Iowa, USA Add to Map

Plot

Lot 14 Blk 2 North (old) Unit

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Benedict was born in Pennsylvania, married Eliza Jane McAdams in Champaign County, Ohio, and they settled in Brighton, Washington County, Iowa, and raised their seven children there. Benedict died in a construction accident when a scaffold that he was standing on broke away from the icehouse he was working on.

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Eliza Jane McAdams Swisher

1832–1913 (m. 1852)

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Eliza Jane McAdams Swisher

John Franklin Swisher

Charles A Swisher

Milton William Swisher

Eliza Jane "Lida" Swisher Moyle

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Charles A Swisher

Milton William Swisher

Eliza Jane "Lida" Swisher Moyle

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