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     George Otto Swartz was born on 22 June 1874.¹ He was the son of Rev. Joel Swartz and Adelia Rosecrans.¹ George Otto Swartz died on 5 August 1953 at age 79.¹

     George W. Swartz was born on 20 February 1830 at Ohio.¹ He married Sarah Jane Cowgill.¹ George W. Swartz died on 15 November 1905 at Forest Village, Jackson Twp., Hardin Co., OH, at age 75.

     Gideon Swartz was born on 25 May 1825 at Cottontown, Shenandoah Co., VA.^2,1 He was the son of Philip Swartz and Regina Funkhouser.¹ Gideon Swartz died before 1861 at McGaheysville, Shenandoah Co., VA, "[Gideon] was a genial, hilarious boy, an attendant upon College with me, studious, but not inclined to a professional life. He continued farming with father. While yet a young man, a sudden and painful accident in which he was caught in the machinery of a mill, caused his death." Swartz, Joel, 1904, A Short History of a Long Life, Poughkeepsie, p. 10.²

     Gordon Sylvester Swartz was born on 5 August 1915 at Kenton, Hardin Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Burton B. Swartz and Flossie M. Haners.¹ Gordon Sylvester Swartz died on 23 July 2005 at Allegheny Co., PA, at age 89 Dates per SSDI, last residence Pittsburgh.

     Hannah Swartz was born circa 1780 at Shenandoah Co., VA. She was the daughter of Peter Swartz Sr. and Susanna Patton. Hannah Swartz was confirmed on 25 April 1795 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Strasburg, Shenandoah Co., VA; page 231, St. Paul's church records. She married Peter Blind on 30 November 1801 at Shenandoah Co., VA.¹ Hannah Swartz died after 9 September 1830. She was buried at Small cemetery north of Strasburg, Shenandoah Co., VA. She left a will on 11 November 1839 at Shenandoah Co., VA;

Shenandoah Co., VA, Will Bk V, pp. 105-107, Estates of Hanah & Peter Blind, 11 Nov 1839
Valentine Rhodes, Jr. confirms that he has received in full his wife's shares of the first & second payment Jacob Blind is in Ohio and is represented by an attorney. Daughter Mary Ann is now Mary Ann Cooper. Daniel Strickly is the guardian of Peter Strickly, David Strickly, Wm Strickly, & Eliza Strickly heirs of Barbara Strickly (Late Barbara Blind, de c'd).

     Hannah Swartz was born on 22 May 1792 at the Woodstock area, Shenandoah Co., VA.¹ She was the daughter of Johannes Swartz and Susannah Lehman. Hannah Swartz married Daniel Grabill on 14 February 1814 at Shenandoah Co., VA.¹ Hannah Swartz married John Henry Wilkin on 3 May 1816 at Shenandoah Co., VA.¹ Hannah Swartz died on 10 November 1866 at Shenandoah Co., VA, at age 74.¹

     Harrison L. Swartz was born on 16 March 1844 at Shenandoah Co., VA.¹ He was the son of Samuel S. Swartz and Mary Gibler. Harrison L. Swartz married Belinda Catherine Statler on 25 August 1867 at Shenandoah Co., VA. Harrison L. Swartz died on 20 August 1885 at Preble Co., OH, at age 41.

     Harvey Grant Swartz was born on 12 January 1866 at Shenandoah Co., VA.¹ He was the son of William Swartz and Harriet Baker.¹ Harvey Grant Swartz married Annie Barbara Rickard on 4 December 1901.¹ Harvey Grant Swartz died on 6 October 1939 at Shenandoah Co., VA, at age 73.¹ He was buried in October 1939 at Maurertown Cemetery, Maurertown, Shenandoah Co., VA.¹

     Helen May Swartz was born circa 1908 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Charles A. Swartz and Nellie F. (?)¹

     Henrietta Swartz was born on 22 October 1832 at Shenandoah Co., VA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Daniel Swartz and Mary L. C. Mowrey.¹ Henrietta Swartz died on 20 November 1886 at age 54.¹

     Henrietta Swartz was born circa 1858 at Shenandoah Co., VA.¹ She was the daughter of Noah Swartz and Eliza Ellen Copp.¹

     Henry Swartz was born on 10 June 1836 at Shenandoah Co., VA.^1,2 He was the son of Daniel Swartz and Mary L. C. Mowrey.¹ Henry Swartz married Sarah Jane Dutro at Muskingum Co. (probably), OH.³ Henry Swartz died before 14 June 1900 at Harrison Twp., Muskingum Co., OH.

     Herman Frank Swartz was born on 12 May 1871.¹ He was the son of Rev. Joel Swartz and Adelia Rosecrans.¹ Herman Frank Swartz died on 10 May 1972 at age 100.¹

     Homer H. Swartz was born on 10 September 1884 at Preble Co., OH. He was the son of Harrison L. Swartz and Belinda Catherine Statler. Homer H. Swartz lived in June 1900 at Washington Twp., Preble Co., OH, Boading with sister Ida (Swartz) Piatt. He died on 13 August 1905 at Lewis, Edwards Co., KS, at age 20.

     Ida Alberta Swartz was born on 6 May 1868 at Shenandoah Co., VA, In 1900 census (June, 1900), Ida gave birth date as August, 1867, and age as 32. She was the daughter of Harrison L. Swartz and Belinda Catherine Statler. Ida Alberta Swartz married Marion A. Piatt on 24 June 1888. Ida Alberta Swartz died on 24 October 1935 at Eaton, Preble Co., OH, at age 67. She was buried in October 1935 at Mound Hill Cemetery, Eaton, Preble Co., OH, Findagrave #24530613.

     Ina Catherine Swartz was also known as "Ina Kate". She was born on 3 May 1883 at Rockingham Co., VA. She was the daughter of John S. Swartz and Anna Margaret Coffman. Ina Catherine Swartz married Elmer Jane Shenk, son of Isaac S. Shenk and Rebecca Jane Smith, on 1 January 1905. Ina Catherine Swartz lived on 10 January 1920 at 743 Metcalf Street, Lima, Allen Co., OH. She died on 16 January 1968 at Spring City, Chester Co., PA, at age 84

Obituary (via Findagrave.com):

Brenneman, Ina K., daughter of John S. and Ann (Coffman) Swartz, was born in Rockingham Co., Va., May 3, 1883; died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Amos H. Bechtel, Spring City, Pa., Jan. 16, 1968; aged 84 y. 8 m. 13 d. On Jan. 1, 1905, she was married to Elmer J. Shenk, who died May 27, 1949. On July 2, 1960, she was married to Jacob A. Brenneman, who survives. Also surviving are 4 children (Waneta-Mrs. Wm. Hunsberger, Arvilla-Mrs. Amos H. Bechtel, Isaac, and Wilmer), 4 stepchildren (Edna-Mrs. Merle Stemen, William Brenneman, Freda-Mrs. Paul Smith, and Elizabeth-Mrs. Richard Ross), 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, 19 stepgrandchildren, 35 step-great-grandchildren, one sister (Bertie Stalter), and 2 brothers (Jacob, William, and Alden). She was a member of the Vincent Church, Spring City, where funeral services were held Jan. 20, with Jacob Kolb and Elmer G. Kolb officiating.
Transcriber's Note-"stepgrandchildren" in original.

Gospel Herald
Volume LXI, Number 8
February 27, 1968.

She was buried in January 1968 at Vincent Mennonite Church Cemetery, Spring City, Chester Co., PA, Findagrave #121739479.

     Irvin E. Swartz was born in July 1898 at Cumberland Co., PA.¹ He was the son of Mervin Hanna Swartz and Aldora Birdella Shulenberger.¹

     Isaac S. Swartz was born on 6 September 1840 at Woodstock, Shenandoah Co., VA.^1,2,3 He was the son of Samuel S. Swartz and Mary Gibler. Isaac S. Swartz married Mary Ann Wisman, daughter of Abraham Wisman and Mary Magdalene Coffelt, on 11 July 1872 at Shenandoah Co., VA. Isaac S. Swartz lived on 11 June 1880 at Stonewall Magisterial District (Woodstock), Shenandoah Co., VA, Merchant.³ He died on 22 January 1928 at Stonewall Magisterial District (Woodstock), Shenandoah Co., VA, at age 87. He was buried in January 1928 at Mount Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Alonzaville, Shenandoah Co., VA, Findagrave #124720634.

     Jacob Swartz was born circa 1825 at Shenandoah Co. (probably), VA.¹ He was the son of Christian Swartz and Mary (?)¹

     Note: The parents and origins of Martin Swartz are from the Ben K. Swartz article The Descendants of Martin Schwartz (Swartz) (1702 - 1771), Immigrant to America from Eislingen (Dietlingen) Baden (HRE) on the Ship St. Andrews 1738, published online 1997, revised 2006, by B. K. Swartz, Jr.: http://www.zirklereunion.org/archives/swartz.pdf No other documentation is known to support this ancestry.

Jacob Swartz married Margarethe Baer on 9 June 1702 at Evangelische Kirche, Essingen, Jagstkreis, Württemberg, Germany. Occupation: shoemaker for nobility at Lauterburg, Jagstkreis, Württemberg, Germany.

     Jacob Brunk Swartz was born on 26 July 1893 at Rockingham Co., VA. He was the son of John S. Swartz and Anna Margaret Coffman.

     Jacob H. Swartz was born on 9 October 1848 at Shenandoah Co., VA, 1900 census shows 1850 but he was listed as age 1 as of the 1850 census (September), and his brother Obed was born in 1850.^2,1,3 He was the son of Philip Peter Swartz and Susan Copp.¹ Jacob H. Swartz married Malinda M. Pansing, daughter of J. Henry Pansing and Johanna Lucinda Borcherring, on 18 May 1875 at Montgomery Co., OH. Occupation: Miller in 1880 at Miamisburg, Montgomery Co., OH.⁴ Jacob H. Swartz died on 27 April 1915 at Miamisburg, Montgomery Co., OH, at age 66.² He was buried in 1915 at Hill Grove Cemetery, Miamisburg, Montgomery Co., OH, Findagrave #70717712.

     Jacob H. Swartz was born on 3 July 1862 at Shenandoah Co., VA.¹ He was the son of Simon Swartz and Catherine Coffman.¹ Jacob H. Swartz died on 16 December 1929 at age 67.²

     James Albert Swartz was born on 15 March 1875 at Madison or Henry Co., IN.¹ He was the son of Simon Swartz and Catherine Coffman.¹ James Albert Swartz married Viola (?) circa 1898 at Madison Co., IN.² James Albert Swartz died on 14 February 1971 at Madison Co., IN, at age 95.

     James Eldred Silas Swartz was born on 3 November 1899 at Shenandoah Co., VA.¹ He was the son of Charles Franklin Swartz and Ida B. Coffman.¹ James Eldred Silas Swartz married Virginia Ruth Hornsby, daughter of L. A. Hornsby and Sudie A. Shield, on 2 November 1940 at Charlottesville City, VA. James Eldred Silas Swartz died on 14 July 1994 at Mt. Jackson Cemetery, Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah Co., VA, at age 94 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=160601126&ref=acom.

     James Garnett Swartz was born on 5 September 1881 at Shenandoah Co., VA. He was the son of Silas H. Swartz and Martha Ellen Webb. James Garnett Swartz married Dora Moomaw, daughter of George W. Moomaw Jr. and Lydia N. Walker, after April 1910. James Garnett Swartz died on 19 October 1918 at age 37. He was buried in October 1918 at Hudsons Cross Roads Community Cemetery, Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah Co., VA, Find A Grave Memorial# 20707477.

     Jennie Swartz was born on 4 April 1873.¹ She was the daughter of William Swartz and Margaret Carver. Jennie Swartz married William L. Deen, son of David Deen and Mary E. Price, on 19 June 1895, Ceremony by Rev. Charles L. Fry.¹

     Note: [Joel Swartz]....."studied at Woodstock Academy [Virginia] and [on a particular occasion] had to escape from a second floor room when the building caught fire. Later he went to Morgantown, W. Va., and he graduated from Capitol University, Columbus, Ohio" [in 1854] (Swartz, Philip Allen, 1955, The Swartz Family of the Shenandoah Valley, Va., Poughkeepsie, p. 18). He was ordained as a Lutheran minister at a meeting of the English branch of the Tennessee Synod, McGaheysville, VA [in 1855] (Swartz, Joel, 1904, A Short History of a Long Life, Poughkeepsie, p. 145). "The first church that gave him a real opportunity was in Circleville, Ohio. There he gained a reputation for liberal outlook by not observing the exclusiveness of that branch of the Lutheran Church. Shortly after he was barred from his pulpit by his ministerial brothers 'for foresaking the fellowship of his bretheran and consorting with sectarian heretics.' He was charged with opening his pulpit to ministers who were not of the same order. He held prayer meetings at which he had persuaded some of his unordained bretheran to pray. The local church voted to sustain their pastor, to withdraw from that ecclesiastical connection and to proceed in the construction of a new church. [He was convicted of heresy by his synod, but subsequently this trial was censured by the church]. About this time a call came from a Lutheran Church in Baltimore, Md. During the years of the Civil War this city was divided in its sympathies. In 1865-66 he was a Professor of Homiletics and Hermeneutics at Wittenberg Lutheran Theological Seminary, Springfield, Ohio. He was chairman of the committee that prepared the General Synods's Book of Worship. He was awarded a D.D. by Wittenberg College in 1867. ..... He was in Cincinnati for l866-67, in Carlisle from 1867-71, in Williamsport from 1871-74 and Philadelphia in 1874-75. Then came his call to probably his largest and most influential pastorate, Zion Lutheran Church in Harrisburg, Pa. He served this church from 1875-81.....and had up to a thousand people in his congregation" (Swartz, Philip Allen, 1955, op. cit., p. 18).

He was pastor at Gettysburg, PA, 1881-94 (Lutheran); Steubanville, OH, 1894-96 (Congregational); Devon, PA, 1896-07 (Presbyterian); Maplewood, MO, 1907-10
(Congregational); and Sanford, FL, 1910-13
(Congregational).

He dedicated the unveiling of a statue of Martin Luther in Philadelphia on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his birth, May 21, 1884, by reciting his Lyra Lutherana.

He wrote two works of poetry, Dreamings of a Waking Heart (1877), 130 pp. and Poems (1901), 237 pp., his autobiography, A Short History of a Long Life (1904), 224 pp. and a number of smaller works and pamphlets.²

Rev. Joel Swartz was born on 18 August 1827 at Cottontown, Shenandoah Co., VA.^1,2 He was the son of Philip Swartz and Regina Funkhouser.¹ Rev. Joel Swartz married Adelia Rosecrans on 18 July 1854 at Delaware Co., OH.² Rev. Joel Swartz died on 16 March 1914 at Baltimore, Fairfield Co., OH, at age 86.²

     Joel B. Swartz married Emily Hunter, daughter of James Hunter and Abigail Gilmore, on 25 October 1855 at Ohio.

     Note: Swartz descendant information based in large part on The Descendants of Martin Schwartz (Swartz) (1702 - 1771), Immigrant to America from Eislingen (Dietlingen) Baden (HRE) on the Ship St. Andrews 1738, published online 1997, revised 2006, by B. K. Swartz, Jr.: http://www.zirklereunion.org/archives/swartz.pdf.

Johann Martin Swartz was christened on 30 October 1702 at Lauterburg, Jagstkreis, Württemberg, Germany. He was the son of Jacob Swartz and Margarethe Baer. Johann Martin Swartz immigrated on 27 October 1738 to Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA; from Rotterdam via Cowes, on the ship St. Andrew. He died before 21 December 1771 at Dunmore (now Shenandoah) Co., VA.