This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swaim Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oQB.2ACE/857.4 Message Board Post: Don't know if you got the answer you were looking for. The most detailed biographies for Col William and son James Swaim is under Wells Indiana and spelled Swain with an N in the header, so that even though the body contains Swaim, if you search for Swaim with an M you can miss both biographies. Under Inidana, Wells Co. there are other Swaim biographies for some of William's other children. Also, if you yahoo or google Ossian Indiana Civil War you can find pictures of the very impressive monument for Col. William Swaim.