Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/10239 Surname: SWINDERMAN, McCORD, BOSSLER, GRISWOLD, PEZLEY, SAWYER ------------------------- "Democrat" Mrs. Amanda Swinderman of Charleston, Ia., widow of Casper Swinderman, died Thursday afternoon Feb. 16, 1922 at the home of her niece, Mrs. C.A. Bossler near Keokuk, Ia. She was visiting and had a stroke while there. Mother of 9 children: Mrs. Simeon Griswold and Mrs. Mary Pezley of Fort Madison, Ia.; Lawrence, William, Walter, Frank, Edwin, of Charleston, Ia.; Joseph and Charles of Carthage, South Dakota. Also survived by 26 grandchildren. She was the daughter of JOSEPH S. & MARTHA SAWYER McCHORD, natives of Ohio, who in 1853 came to Iowa to a farm near Montrose, Ia., where she was born May 3, 1854. On March 3, 1875, she married Casper A. Swindrman. Her husband died Jan.8, 1922. Funeral services held at both Keokuk, Ia. and Charleston, Ia. Buried Charleston, Ia. cemetery.