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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.

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