'A LOOK AT THE LIFE EVENTS OF OUR LONG LOST,
AND NOW FOUND, GRAND-AUNT, MABEL WARE'.
Now found and embraced by her family after 120 years of, later born, family members not knowing her true relationship within the family.
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Miss Mabel Ware has been chosen organist of the M. E. Sunday School.

(Above, 'Cambridge City Tribune' Aug. 30, '1883'.(Cambridge City, Wayne Co, Indiana)
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The main feature of interest in our town, last week, was the Commencement exercises of the High School, which were held at Odd Fellows Hall, on last Friday evening, and we but join in the common expression that it was the most perfect and entertaining commencement that has ever been held in this place. The program was simple, but as well arranged as it probably could have been. There were thirteen graduates who received diplomas, ten regulars, and three Normals. They were George D. Palm, Isaac Adair, Walter Baird, John Lawson, Misses Glenna Floyd, Bertha Inman, Mabel Ware, Ina Cruil, Ollie White, Lillie Johns, Jennie Klug, Blanche Bilby, and Maggie Baird. John Lawson, Misses Bilby and Baird, being the Normal graduates.
If it were not for encroaching upon your space, we would like to particularize on each one of the class, but we find it would make too lengthy a report. The exercises of the ten regular graduates were excellent and well delivered, and at the conclusion Dr. A Southworth presented each one with a diploma, with appropriate remarks.

(Above, 'Cambridge City Tribune' April 30, '1885'-Cambridge City, Wayne Co, Indiana)
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The M.E. Sunday School had rather a pleasant entertainment on Christmas night, which consisted of recitations, dialogues, music, etc., after which quite a treat was given the Scholars, in the way of candles, nuts, apples, etc. Miss Mabel Ware as organist, received two presents on this occasion-one from Mr. F. Ward on behalf of the Choir, the other through the pastor, on behalf of the Church, for her faithful attendance as organist.

(Above, 'Cambridge City Tribune' December 31, '1885'.)
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Miss Mabel Ware, left one day last week for Cottonsville, Ala., where she has procured a school for the winter.

(Above, 'Cambridge City Tribune' November 28, '1888'-Indiana.)
*(Most likely, "Collinsville", Alabama-incorporated in 1887. She obtained a position as a school-teacher most likely)
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*(Park B. Swartzel is pitching on the 1884-5 baseball team, the 'famous' Cambridge City Grays, and is in their July 3, 1885 team photo, later posted in the 'Cambridge City Tribune'.)
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The Western League.
The Following is a list of the ball players who have signed with Kansas City:-... P.B. Swartzel...

(Above, 'The Emporia Weekly News' Emporia, Kansas-March 15, 1888)
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Contracts and Releases.
Secretary Morton, of the Western League has announced the following contracts.
Signed: With Kansas City, P.B. Swartzel, J.B. Gunson:...

(Above, 'The Saint Paul Daily Globe' Jan. 6, 1889-page 6)
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Married at Richmond, on Tuesday last, by Rev. Lamport, Park Swartzel and Miss Mabel Ware, both of Dublin. The Tribune unites with the friends, of the contracting parties in wishing them a life of prosperity and happiness.

(Above, 'Cambridge City Tribune' January 2, '1890'-Indiana.)
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Park B. Swartzel, the base-ballist, and Miss Mabel Ware, both of this place, were married at the parsonage of the first M. E. Church in Richmond on Tuesday morning Dec. 31-They are on a wedding journey to New Orleans and other Southern points.

(Above, 'The Indianapolis Journal' Sunday-January 5,1890-page3)
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Sporting News
Baseball Notes

At Richmond, Ind., Park Schwartzel, who signed with the Kansas City club, was yesterday united in marriage with Miss Mabel Ware, a school-teacher, of Dublin. Schwartzel says he has saved $7,000 out of his baseball earnings since he has been playing.

(Above, 'The Indianapolis Journal' Wednesday-January 1,1890-page5)
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***( attached with the above photos, is the Wayne County, Indiana Marriage Record, which shows who are actually Mabel's parents, as per Mabel herself, not the incorrect info in her obituary typed 74 years after her birth which said that her mother had died while she was young, and it did not list her father; or mention her deceased son.)
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(Backtracking; Mabel's father, William Ware, before she was conceived, had just come back home to his father's farm in Indiana. He had just been mustered-out of the Indiana 7th Cavalry in 1866, and was now 18 years of age. ( He had been captured at age 15, and imprisoned in 1864 at Andersonville Prison, and then at Florence Stockade.)

(On the 1870 census, Mabel is shown listed as the daughter of her mother-Sarah Doran, and she has the name of Mabel 'Doran'-3 years old. Mother and daughter are living on William's father's farm. Mabel's maternal, widowed grandmother, had married William's widower father.)

( Mabel's father and mother, were young and had not married; her father left home for Wisconsin sometime before Mabel was born. That is most likely why she had the last name of 'Doran' instead of 'Ware' as a young child. Mabel was left with her mother, Sarah Doran, and the two of them were living in Mabel's grandparents household-farm; (William's father and step-mother.
Later, Mabel's mother married and left Mabel in the great hands of Mabel's grandparents. Both of Mabel's parents had now left the household in order to start their own separate lives.)

(Mabel continued to live with her grandparents, Isaac Newton Ware and Mary Ann Huddleston/Ware, on the farm.
Isaac died when Mabel was about 11 years old, and Mary Ann continued to raise Mabel in her household. Mary Ann even listed Mabel "Ware" as her own daughter, on the census in 1880.)

(Mabel had then listed her maiden name as 'Ware' for the rest of her life; very possibly because of her grandparents, Isaac Newton Ware and Mary Ann Ware, and because of tradition; her father was a 'Ware'.
After Mabel married, she always listed a W. as her middle initial. The W. actually stood for the first letter of her maiden name as was a common tradition used by some married women back then.)

(Mary Ann and Isaac seemed to have performed an excellent job finishing the raising of Mabel; as a young teenager, Mabel played organ for the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School and also for the church; she graduated high school, was a school teacher, then married Park Swartzel at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Richmond. Mabel started her own business, and later became the treasurer for the Christian organization, 'Kings Daughters and Sons'-Southern California chapter. She was an extremely active participant in her church up until her death. She then left the bulk of her estate to her church; which had been the Christian Science Church for many years since her move to Los Angeles County from Orange County, California. Before that, Mabel had been very active in the Methodist Episcopal Church ever since her childhood days.)
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"Wayne County Indiana Marriage Record"

Married 12-31-1889 Richmond, Wayne Co, Indiana
Mabel Ware-23 years old, residence: Dublin, Indiana, born: Indiana
Park B. Swartzel-26 years old, Occupation: Ball-Player, Residence: Dublin, Indiana, Born: Indiana
Bride's father: William Ware
Bride's mother: Sarah Doran
Groom's father: Daniel H. Swartzel
Groom's mother: Lydia M. Lindemuth
Number of Groom's marriage: 1
Number of Bride's marriage: 1
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(On Mabel's certificate of death, the informant was her attorney, Girard Fred Baker. He most likely had previously prepared her will, etc., as he supplied some background info on the death certificate.)
(He listed Isaac N. Ware and Mary Ann Doran as Mabel's parents, but he did not know any other needed info on them.)
(This parent info is not correct, but would probably be what Mabel had previously told him. Mabel rightfully considered her 'fraternal' grandfather and her 'maternal' grandmother, as being closer to her than her own birth parents were. Mabel had lived with them both from the time of her birth. Her own birth parents had moved on, as they had not been married, and had left Mabel with her grandparents.
No record has yet been found indicating that Mabel, as an adult, ever had received any contact from her father or his subsequent children. It seems that those children had no knowledge, all throughout their lives, of their older half-sibling, Mabel (Ware) Swartzel.
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PITCHER PARK SWARTZEL.
Park B. Swartzel, the famous pitcher and all round player of the Western association, occupies a very creditable position among Americas baseball players. Swartzel, whose home is at Dublin, Ind., was born twenty six years ago, stands 5 feet 10 inches high and tips the beam at 156 pounds. He first began playing as a professional in 1886, with the Leavenworth (Kan.) Soldiers for whom he rendered yeoman service.
In the following year he signed with the Lincolns of the Western association, in which season he was well up among the leaders in pitching and general fielding. In 1888 he was secured by the management of the Kansas City Blues, His all round work was as usual of a very high order, and he was induced to wear a Kansas city uniform during the seasons of 1889 and 1890. His averages for the last named season were as follows: Batting. . 273, Pitching: .219. Last year he was also a member of the Kansas city team and surpassed all his previous records; but the unfortunate split in the Western association brought his exceptionally brilliant season to an abrupt conclusion.

(from the 'Orlean Weekly Democrat'- New York, Thursday, Mar 24, 1892)
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Park Swartzel, under assignment of the Western League, will pitch for the Minneapolis team.

(Above from the 'Cambridge City Tribune', Cambridge, Indiana March 1892)
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Swartzel Park B., player Mpls. Base Ball Club, r Dublin, Ind.

(Above news article, from the '1892' Minneapolis, Minnesota City Directory )
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Dudley Township, Henry County Indiana.
Park B. Swartzel.
73 1/3 acres.
Section 24, Range 11 east, T 16 North.

( Above listing is taken from the '1893' U.S. Indexed County Land Ownership Maps )
( the property is on the north side of, and adjacent to the 'National Road' which leads directly into Dublin, Wayne County to the east, where they had been living. Park and Mabel became farmers here, upon his 'first' pitching retirement in 1892.)
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Park Swartzel, the old-time pitcher, is going into the game again this season. He has signed with Manager Carney of Grand Rapids. Swartzel, in the latter part of the '80s, was as good as they made them. He was with Kansas City four years, and was one of the greatest favorites that ever played in that town. In '92 he was with Manager Watkins at St. Paul. At the close of the season in '92 he retired from the diamond, and since that time he has been on a farm near Dublin, Ind. Last season when the Kansas City team was here on it's last trip, Swartzel brought a load of hogs to the city and spent a couple of days with the boys. He had the reputation of being the greatest fielding pitcher that ever went on a diamond.
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( Above, 'Indianapolis News' April 11, 1896, page 12, col.7)
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Pitcher Swartzell's Arm Gone.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind., May 7.--Park Swartzell has returned to his home at Cambridge City, having been released from the Grand Rapids ball team. He had made fair progress in the practice games and felt assured that he was rounding up to his former high standard and could prove as effective in the box as in times-past, but his arm gave out entirely, and his physician pronounced the trouble paralysis and advised him never to attempt to play again or it might be necessary to have his arm amputated.

(Above, May 8, 1896-'The Indianapolis Journal' page10)
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--Dublin Items--
Mrs. Mabel Swartzel went to Indianapolis, last week, to spend some time in the opening of the wholesale millinery stores, as she intends opening a millinery store here.

('Cambridge City Tribune' 1896)
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Miss Mabel Swartzel has opened out her new Millinery room in the building in which she lives, just west of Odd Fellows Hall.

('Cambridge City Tribune' Sept. 17, '1896'-Indiana)
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Spring Millinery Opening.
I will hold my Spring Millinery Opening at Dublin, commencing on Wednesday, April 7th, and continuing throught the week. The ladies are invited to attend.
MRS. MABEL SWARTZEL

('Cambridge City Tribune' April 8, '1897'-Indiana)
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There is a movement on foot for a baseball game to be played soon between the old-time Cambridge City Grays and the present youngsters, the Red Onions. Of the Grays that could probably be brought into the game are Park Swartzel and Benjy Drischel-pitchers; Frank Larkey, Wesley Cornell and Douglas Hollowell-basemen; John Toms-catcher; W.H. Ingerman, George Drischel and Hez. Barnett-fielders. This would be an interesting and attractive game, and the Tribune sanctions it.

(from June24orJuly1,1897-The Cambridge City Tribune)
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The anticipated ball game between the old veterans of the Cambridge City Grays of 1884-5 and club of good players known as the Red Onions is now history. Over 500 enthusiastic persons and friends greeted the old veterans, who in full uniform, trotted onto the diamond. Their lineup was: Park Swartzel, pitcher; John Toms, catcher; Wesley Cornell, 1st base; Frank Lackey, 2nd base; Doug Hollowell, 3rd base; Benjy. Drischel, shortstop; Hezekiah Barnett, leftfield; J.R. Gray, centerfield; W.H. Ingerman, rightfield. Stombaugh struck out nine of the old Grays, but the Red Onions committed eight errors, and the vets only one. The article on the games said, "the youngsters were simply outbatted, outfielded and outgeneraled at every stage of the game, which was called at the end of the seventh inning because of rain." The score: Grays 8, Red Onions 1.

(from July 8,1897-The Cambridge City Tribune)
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**Note-
( Mabel and Park had only one child, a son named Cedric B. Swartzel.
Mabel, Park, and Cedric, had moved to Orange, Orange County, California, 'about' June to July, of 1900;
*apparently moving due to Park being accused in a financial scandal with his hardware store employer/owner, that is brewing in Cambridge City, Indiana.
*Any legal issue must have been settled later between Park and the owner, as Park had joined his wife in returning to town to visit and stay with relatives, as per a newspaper article.
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( the below is from the '1901' 'Orange County Directory'; living in the city of "Orange" near the "center" of town; which is now called 'the circle'.)

-ORANGE-
Swartzel, P.B. and wife, res south Glassell st, near Center
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(Have now found that in 1901, very soon after Park had moved to Orange from Indiana, that he had joined into business with a fellow resident who was a real estate agent who had been working for himself. This Samuel M. Craddick and Park Swartzel then placed newspaper advertisements selling ranch land with crops or orchards, in and around their town of Orange.)

(below; Los Angeles Times, April 7, 1901, Sunday page 16)

FOR SALE--ONE OF THE FINEST alfalfa and celery ranches in Orange county; 60 acres, fenced and cross-fenced; good house, barn, etc.; for quick sale, $85 per acre will take it.
Owner is offered $500 cash rent for it this year. CRADDICK & SWARTZEL, Orange, Cal.
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('Los Angeles Herald' Sept. 18, '1901'-Los Angeles, California.
*below; Mabel, listed as Mrs. P.B. Swartzel, is in charge of the music for the funeral of the president of her new church in Orange. The church is still there today, in a new bldg. a few years later. Only a block from their house at 432 S. Glassel St.)

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...Memorial Services to Be conducted on Thursday Morning...
..............(Special Correspondence).....................
-ORANGE. Sept. 17--At a meeting of citizens held in the Methodist church last night, it was decided to hold memorial services for the late president in the Methodist church at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning. During the time of service an effort will be made to suspend all business. Rev. John Pattenger was elected chairman of the meeting, and Samuel Armor secretary.
- The following committees were appointed; Decorations of church--A.H. Bibber, S.M. Craddick, Captain J.M. Hart, P.W. Ehlers, Mrs. A.B. Tiffany and Miss Susie Scarritt; music--Mrs. P.B. Swartzel; program--Rev. A. Parker, Rev. J.E. Meese, Rev. Jacob Kogler and D.F. Campbell; ushers--Vandecar, Black and Bradstreet.
To the committee on program was also slotted the duty of requesting business men to close their places.

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-( 3 weeks after the above article--A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT IS REPORTED BELOW; which started near the now called, Irvine Regional Park, and ending at Madame Modjeska's ranch.)

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('San Francisco Call'- October 7, '1901'-California)
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DRAGGED TO DEATH BY A FRIGHTENED HORSE

Boy Tries to Arrange Harness and Misses His Footing on the Shaft.
Orange, Oct. 6.
"While P.B. Swartzel and his eight-year-old son Cedric were in the Santiago Canyon to-day the boy got entangled in the harness and was dragged to death. Cedric got out upon the shaft to unloosen the check rein and slipped. His foot caught and he was dragged ten miles. The body was terribly mutilated."
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(The original full article that the above San Francisco article was based on, is from the 'Los Angeles Times', Oct. 7, '1901', below.)-
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SMALL BOY'S AWFUL DEATH
Caught in horse's harness and Body Dragged Ten Miles.
ORANGE, Oct 6--(From the Times' Correspondent.)
Cedric Swartzel, aged 8 years, only child of P. B. Swartzel of this city, met death in a horrible manner this afternoon while out driving with his father. They had gone to Santiago canyon and were about to return when Mr. Swartzel stepped out upon the shafts of the buggy to fasten the check rein. As soon as he touched the horse the animal began to kick and plunge and Swartzel sprang to the ground, carrying the reins with him. He tried to hold the horse, but finding that the animal would get away from him he shouted to his son to jump out.

The little fellow sprang from the seat, and in falling his foot became caught either in the singletree or in some portion of the harness, and he fell to the ground with his foot still fast. This added to the fright of the horse, and although Mr. Swartzel clung to the reins the animal began running away. The father hung on to the lines as long as possible and was dragged quite a distance. All the time the little boy's body and head were being dragged along the road. Swartzel was compelled to release his hold, and the horse, free of the burden, dashed down the road.

Almost crazed, the father followed on foot, but was, of course, unable to overtake the runaway. The horse started to run at the first road crossing near the County Park, and stopped only when it reached the gate which crosses the road at the entrance to Mme. Modjeska's ranch, a distance of fully ten miles. There the men who had followed on horseback and in wagons found the horse, and there they also found the terribly mangled body of the boy with his foot still fast in the harness. The head had been pounded almost off the shoulders and the flesh on the body had been torn into shreds.

The father was almost crazed with grief, and had to be restrained by those who accompanied him. The body was brought to the family home in this city tonight.
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('Los Angeles Herald' Oct. 8, '1901' )
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INQUEST ON DEATH OF CEDRIC SWARTZEL
(Special Correspondence.)
ORANGE, Oct. 7.--On account of the absence of the coroner and deputy coroner, Justice of the Peace Charles Chandler this morning held an inquest over the remains of little Cedric Swartzel, who met a tragic death yesterday. The jurors were: Samuel Annor, foreman: J. Purcell Boring, A.T. Smith, G.W. Moore, Roy W. Huff, Charles P. Peelor, James J. Gray and O.K. Brownell. The jury brought in a verdict that the boy came to his death by being caught by the foot between the shaft and the harness with his head downward and was dragged to death.
P.B. Swartzel, the boy's father, is quite ill as a result of the mental and physical strain. The funeral was held this afternoon and was attended by Cedric's classmates in a body. Floral offerings were numerous and very beautiful.
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**(newspaper articles show that Park had still been a starting pitcher for a very-small local team in Missouri, just a couple weeks or so before this terrible accident.)

(Apparently, during the baseball season, he was still pitching for small Midwestern teams, and then returning to Orange, CA after the season ended in September, then returning to his other occupation as a real-estate agent.
He then took his son out for a Sunday, father-and-son, horse and buggy ride in the country, when the above death occurred.
Is it possible that Cedric had accompanied his father during the baseball season in the mid-west, since school was out for the summer?)
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( the below is from the '1903' 'Orange County Directory' )

-ORANGE-
Swartzel, P. B., (Mrs. P. B.) Clerk, 432 S. Glassell St.

(Park's occupation is now of a hardware-store 'Clerk', just like what he did back in Indiana during the off season. He apparently has 'entirely' quit his baseball career, after his son's tragic death. Perhaps he is also no longer in the real-estate business here in Orange?
Currently; the house is no longer there on the empty lot; but next door neighboring houses are still standing in "old town", in the "center" of town.
Mabel's M.E. Church is still there around the corner, but the original building has been replaced. Cedric's grave is a mile south down the road in Santa Ana.)
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**(The below 1903 short notice is the only known reference of Park's middle name 'Bert'. His Major League Baseball and minor league baseball career statistics, which are numerous, do not have his middle name; he is listed in M.L.B. as Park B. Swartzel.)

(the below is from the '1903' 'What's What and Who's Who: A Handbook and Directory of Orange County 1903'.)

-HARDWARE-
Swartzel. P. Bert, Orange

(Mabel and Park's deceased son's middle initial was 'B'.
It is very likely that it was 'Bert', same as his dad's.)
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(Below, from the 'Weekly Blade' June 13, 1902-Santa Ana, CA.)

P.B. Swartzel received a telegram last Saturday announcing the sudden death of his brother-in-law, W. S. Binkley, of Dublin, Ind. Mr. Binkley was a newspaper man and a very prominent Odd Fellow in Eastern Indiana.
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Mrs. A.L. Needham of Dublin, Ind., aunt of Mrs. P.B. Swartzel, and Miss Bessie Shute of Salida, Colorado, arrived from the east last Monday morning. They will be the guests of Mrs. Swartzel on East Chapman street during the summer. Their journey to California was not very pleasant, as they were detained along the route by several wrecks, one of which occurred to their train.
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(Below, 'Cambridge City Tribune' Oct. 22, 1903 Wayne County, Indiana )

'Daniel Swartzel will soon go on a trip to California in company with his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Binkley.'
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(Park's father, and Park's recently widowed sister, came to see Park and Mabel in Orange; they stayed for 2 years, probably helping with Mabel and Park's upcoming move to Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. )
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(the below is from the '1905' 'Los Angeles City Directory')
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Swartzell Park B. clk Harper & Reynolds Co. h 1711 Griffith av.

(A hardware 'clerk' at Harper & Reynolds Co.)
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(Below, 'Los Angeles Herald' Nov. 14,1908)
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THE FIRST ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF THE KINGS DAUGHTERS AND SONS WAS HELD YESTERDAY AT THE FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
All day session of King's Daughters and Sons Held.
Miss G.H. Libby, Vice President of International order, speaks of her work with founder of organization.
... The following officers were selected: ...Mrs. P.B. Swartzel, treasurer.
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(Below, 'LOS ANGELES HERALD', Wednesday morning February 16, 1910. page 9)
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KEPPEL TO URGE ANNEXATION VOTE
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BELIEVES EAST HOLLYWOOD SHOULD JOIN CITY
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Will Be One of Speakers at Meeting This Evening
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That Action at election February 18 Means Much to residents Shown by Property Owner
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...Not only is the sentiment of the affected district practically unanimous for the proposition, but business men of Los Angeles are working for annexation. One of these is P.B. Swartzel of the Harper & Reynolds company.
"I formerly had a home in the Hollywood district, but sold it," said Mr. Swartzel last evening. "I now am preparing to build again. My wife and myself favor East Hollywood, where I own property, but are holding plans in abeyance to observe the outcome of the election. If it carries we will build on Finley avenue. It is our desire to live in a city, under municipal government, benefits and protection. If the election does not carry we will build in the Wilshire district of Los Angeles. I do not pretend that this decision is one which will sway votes, but The Herald has asked for my sentiments and I have given them in as practiced a manner as possible."
There is little doubt that Mr. Swartzel's argument will carry weight. He is known in the Hollywood section as a progressive citizen and business man who has the interest and welfare of his city always at heart.
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(Below, 'Orange Daily News'-Orange,CA-May 29, 1912; p.1/c.5)

Mrs. P.B. Swartzel of Long Beach arrived here today for a visit with friends. Mr. Swartzel will join her tomorrow.
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(Below, 'Los Angeles Times', Jan. 5, '1940'.)

DEATHS.
SWARTZEL. Park B. Swartzel, beloved husband of Mabel W. Swartzel; brother of Mrs. Margaret Binkley.
Services Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the Wee Kirk O'the Heather.
Forest Lawn Mortuary in charge.
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(Below, 'Los Angeles Times', Aug. 13, '1941'.)

DEATHS.
SWARTZEL, Mabel W. Swartzel, sister-in-law of Margaret Swartzel Binkley.
Services today at 2:30 p.m. in the Wee Kirk O' the Heather.
Forest Lawn Mortuary in charge.
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(below, is the obituary from the 'National Road Traveler', Oct. 30, '1941'. Cambridge City, Wayne Co.,Indiana)

Mrs. Mabel Swartzel Passes Away In California.
Harry Demaree of Dublin has received word of the recent death of Mrs. Mabel Swartzel, widow of Park Swartzel, which occurred at Los Angeles, Calif., recently.

She was found by a friend dead in bed. Mrs. Swartzel in her youthful days was a resident of Dublin, her maiden name being Ware. Her mother died while she was a small child and Mrs. Swartzel was raised by Mrs. Josephine Needham of Dublin.

She was married to Park B. Swartzel, who at that time was at the height of his career as a National League baseball pitcher and who one season practically won the pennant for the Kansas City Blues. Mr. Swartzel was the only Dublin baseball player to reach the big leagues.

After Mr. Swartzel's retirement from baseball he and his wife became residents of Cambridge City where he was in the hardware business for several years. Later they removed to California where he became a man of considerable wealth through real estate transactions on the west coast.

Mr. Swartzel died last winter at his home in Los Angeles. Mrs. Swartzel for many years has been prominent in the Christian Science church and was well known on the west coast as a reader and practitioner for that denomination.

Mrs. Swartzel's remains were cremated and placed in a crypt alongside the ashes of her husband in Forest Lawn, Los Angeles. Surviving are a sister-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Binkley, Huntington Park, Calif.; a cousin, formerly Nettie Needham, Chico, Calif., and two cousins, Raymond and Russell Protsman, both of Dublin.

With the exception of small bequests to Mrs. Binkley and the former Miss Needham, Mrs. Swartzel left her entire fortune to the Christian Science church.
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(above bio. researched, written, compiled by grand-nephew, t.garlow)

*(After researching more on the unusual first name of Mabel's husband, Park.
He was listed as "Americus Swartzel"-age 4 on the '1870' Federal Census living in his parents household with his siblings. On the '1880' Census, his parents have now stated that his name is 'Park'.)