William Dawson Swearingen and Elizabeth Swearingen

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Husband William Dawson Swearingen ¹

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           Born: 30 Oct 1800 - Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV 1
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           Died: 1868 - near Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

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         Father: Daniel Swearingen (Abt 1755-      ) 1
         Mother: Eleanor Dawson (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Elizabeth Swearingen ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1879 1
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         Father: Col. William Swearingen (1766-      ) 2 3 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth M. Dawson (      -      ) 6 7

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Children

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1 F Rebecca Swearingen ^{1 8}

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA
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         Spouse: William McCleary (1813-      ) 1 8
           Marr: 11 Jan 1838 8

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2 M George Dawson Swearingen ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1889 1
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         Spouse: Lucinda J. Schaffer (      -      ) 1

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3 F Elizabeth Swearingen ¹

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         Spouse: Rev. William Wallace (      -      ) 1

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4 M Daniel Swearingen ⁹

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           Born: 3 Aug 1827 - North Union Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Ingle (1835-      ) 1
           Marr: 1852 1

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5 M William D. Swearingen ¹

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           Born: 20 Sep 1832 1
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         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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General Notes: Husband - William Dawson Swearingen

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He was a native of Wellsburg, Virginia [later West Virginia], came to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, when a young man, followed farming and droving, and was known as "Drover Bill."

1 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 944.

2 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 895.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 907.

4 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 748, 945.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 160.

6 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 674.

7 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 945.

8 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 197.

9 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 941.