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Bennet Swearingen

Male 1842 - 1922  (80 years)


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  • Name Bennet Swearingen 
    • Also seen spelled as Bennett
    Born 4 Feb 1842  Meigs County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 26 Feb 1922  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 28 Feb 1922  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I51  Rossville
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2019 

    Father Bennet S Swearingen, Sr.,   b. 27 May 1805, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1857  (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Sarah Robinson Swearingen,   b. 27 Feb 1806, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1871, Fulton, Fulton County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F2543  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Jane Startup Swearingen,   d. 3 Feb 1888, Cook County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 2 Nov 1866  Iola, Allen County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Louie Swearingen,   b. 17 Jul 1871,   d. 6 Sep 1871  (Age 0 years)
     2. Charles C Swearingen,   b. 27 Dec 1872,   d. 12 Feb 1873  (Age 0 years)
    +3. Hattie Swearingen Miller,   b. 7 Sep 1874, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1949, Panama City, Bay County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     4. Edna May Swearingen,   b. 19 Apr 1877,   d. 28 Apr 1885  (Age 8 years)
    +5. Anna Swearingen Wilt,   b. 18 Oct 1879, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1967, Howard, Elk County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     6. Ernest B Swearingen
     7. Infant Swearingen,   d. 17 Mar 1870
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2019 23:32:52 
    Family ID F26  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Cordelia Heslet Swearingen 
    Married 12 Oct 1912 
    Last Modified 18 Mar 2014 11:08:16 
    Family ID F27  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Documents
    Obituary- Swearingen, Bennet 1
    Obituary- Swearingen, Bennet 1
    BENNETT BWEARINGEN
    Bennett Swearingen passed away last Sunday evening at 11 o’clock at his home in Rossville after a long illness, aged 80 years and 20 days. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 28, at 2 o’clock at the Christian Church conducted by Rev. A.C. Reed, of Topeka, whose services were re¬quested by the deceased. Inter¬ment was made in Rossville cem¬etery.
    Bennett Swearingen was born Feb. 4, 1842, in Meigs County, Ohio. When 10 years of age he moved to Fulton County, Ill., and remained two years, then moved to McDonough County and farmed until coming to Kansas in 1866. He located on an 80 acre farm near Rossville.
    Obituary- Swearingen, Bennet 2
    Obituary- Swearingen, Bennet 2
    Mr. Swearingen enlisted in October, 1861, at Bushnell, Ill., in Co. F. 55th Ill. Inf. as private. He saw action at Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Chattanooga and the Atlanta campaign. He went through with Sherman in his famous march to the sea and was at Savannah and Atlanta. He was wounded at Shiloh and Atlanta and spent about four weeks in the hospital. He was promoted to corporal Oct. 1, 1864 and to Ser¬geant June 1865. He was mustered out in August, 1865 at Little Rock, Ark., and was finally discharged August 27, 1865, at Chicago.
    He was married November 2, 1866 at Iola, Kansas, to Mary J. Startup, a native of Ohio. To this union nine children were born, of whom three survive him.
    In 1888 while living in Cook,. Fla., Mrs. Swearingen died and the family removed to Rossville. On October 12, 1912 he was married to Miss Cordelia Heslet of Rossville.
    Mr. Swearingen served as town¬ship treasurer in Rossville for 5 years and also held the postmast¬ership for a number of years. He early became a member of the Christian Church and remained a faithful member to the end. He was a member of the Rossville A.O.U.W. lodge and a member of Hesperian lodge, A.F. & A.M. under whose auspices the funeral was conducted.
    He is survived by his widow, three children, Mrs. Hattie Miller of Topeka; Mrs. I.B. Wilt and Mr. Ernest Swearingen of Rossville; one sister, Mrs. Mary Rankin, of Topeka.