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Lydia “Liddie” <I>Huffman</I> Swart

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Lydia “Liddie” Huffman Swart

Birth
Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
9 Feb 1911 (aged 71)
Swart, Vernon County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Drive E on Grand Rd. & enter at 2nd cemetery entrance, then 100 feet ahead; GPS 37.761657,-94.648638
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Born to James C. Huffman (1804-1882) & Rebecca Roach Huffman (1820-1862), both of Pennsylvania. In 1850, Lydia is shown with her parents in Washington township, Greene County, PA. By 1860, her parents had moved to Amwell township in Washington County, PA, where they remained.

Lydia married Dennis Siegel Swart (1836-1914) on April 30, 1857 in PA. They had 14 children; 12 were living in 1900. Dennis & Lydia moved from Pennsylvania to Vernon County, MO, between 1862 and 1863. There he established the village of Swart, MO, in Harrison Township in 1888. Its post office existed from 1893-1919. From Fort Scott, KS, take Hwy. 54E over the Missouri line to County Road T. Go right (south) to County Road F, then left (east) on County Road F. The town of Swart, no longer extant, was less than a mile down this road.

14 children:
• Elizabeth Swart Lee (1858-1906; this cemetery is 2.2 miles N of Swart, Missouri)
• James A. Swart (1860-1939)
• Franklin S. Swart (1861-1936)
• Rebecca Ann Swart Adamson (1862-1940)
• Charles Ellsworth Swart (1864-1926)
• Sherman D. Swart (1867-1933)
• Sarah Ellen Swart Brown (1868-1936)
• Laura Swart (1870-died young)
• George S. Swart (1872-1927)
• William Sheridan Swart, M.D. (1875-1958)
• Edward Swart (1877-died young)
• Henry Swart (1878-1904)
• Alice Mary Swart Lee (1881-1946)
• Lydia May Swart Morris (1884-1966)
Born to James C. Huffman (1804-1882) & Rebecca Roach Huffman (1820-1862), both of Pennsylvania. In 1850, Lydia is shown with her parents in Washington township, Greene County, PA. By 1860, her parents had moved to Amwell township in Washington County, PA, where they remained.

Lydia married Dennis Siegel Swart (1836-1914) on April 30, 1857 in PA. They had 14 children; 12 were living in 1900. Dennis & Lydia moved from Pennsylvania to Vernon County, MO, between 1862 and 1863. There he established the village of Swart, MO, in Harrison Township in 1888. Its post office existed from 1893-1919. From Fort Scott, KS, take Hwy. 54E over the Missouri line to County Road T. Go right (south) to County Road F, then left (east) on County Road F. The town of Swart, no longer extant, was less than a mile down this road.

14 children:
• Elizabeth Swart Lee (1858-1906; this cemetery is 2.2 miles N of Swart, Missouri)
• James A. Swart (1860-1939)
• Franklin S. Swart (1861-1936)
• Rebecca Ann Swart Adamson (1862-1940)
• Charles Ellsworth Swart (1864-1926)
• Sherman D. Swart (1867-1933)
• Sarah Ellen Swart Brown (1868-1936)
• Laura Swart (1870-died young)
• George S. Swart (1872-1927)
• William Sheridan Swart, M.D. (1875-1958)
• Edward Swart (1877-died young)
• Henry Swart (1878-1904)
• Alice Mary Swart Lee (1881-1946)
• Lydia May Swart Morris (1884-1966)

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