This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swink - Baldwin - Small Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZaB.2ACE/1256.13 Message Board Post: Hi Dianne and Chris, First off I wanted to thank you for volunteering your time. I am researching John Swink who lived in Eldred from unknown to at least 1860. Other then being born in PA according to the 1850 Census I know nothing of him. I decend through is son John W then through his son John Jay. I do not know his wifes name nor do I have all his childrens names except for those I got off the census in 1850. If there's anything you can find on him, I'd be forever grateful. John Swink has been a brick wall for me. I know his son john W lived near the saw mill according to the "Duke Center History" Thanks for looking - let me know if I can help in anyway, Sincerely, Teressa Lenkey, Puyallup, WA 1. John Swink was born in 1796 and died before 1860 in Eldred, Mckean, Pennsylvania, before age 64. Noted events in his life were: • He appeared on the census in Aug 1850 in Eldred, Mckean, Pennsylvania.1 574-574 John 54 M Farmer 1000 Pennsylvania Charles 29 M Farmer Pennsylvania Mary 23 F New York Laura 2 F New York John 24 M Laborer New York • Place: Eldred, Mckean, Pennsylvania. Eldred is the name of an old settlement once called Allegheny Bridge. It is the principal town of the northeast part of the county, and once the center of a large trade as well as of a rich agricultural and mineral district. In 1830 Nathan Dennis was appointed Allegheny Bridge postmaster, and opened his office in the old log-cabin near the Lattice bridge. The Nathan Dennis post-office and hotel was above the mouth of Knapp's creek on the east side of the river. In November 1879, a petition was presented to the postmaster-general to abolish the name of Allegheny Bridge and substitute that of Eldred, named in honor of the Honorable President Judge Nathaniel B. Eldred. In February 1880 the petition was granted, and the name which the pioneers selected fifty years before was cast aside. John married (name unknown). Children from this marriage were: 2 M i. John W. Swink was born on 13 Oct 1825 in New York,2 died on 19 May 1904 in Neosho Rapids, Lyon, Kansas, at age 78, and was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Neosho Rapids, Lyon, Kansas. M ii. Charles Swink was born in 1821. Noted events in his life were: • He appeared on the census on 16 Jun 1860 in Eldred, Mckean, Pennsylvania.3 Charles Swink M Farmer Born in Penn • He appeared on the census on 7 Jun 1870 in Eldred, Mckean, Pennsylvania.4 Charles Swink 50 Farmer 5000 800 Penn F iii. Mary Swink was born in 1827. Second Generation (Children) 2. John W. Swink (John 1) was born on 13 Oct 1825 in New York,2 died on 19 May 1904 in Neosho Rapids, Lyon, Kansas, at age 78, and was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Neosho Rapids, Lyon, Kansas. Noted events in his life were: • Place: Otto Township, Mckean, Pennsylvania. Located in the northern part of the county bordering New York State, Otto Township was an unbroken wilderness until 1842, in which year Herman Strong , who had come from Springfield, Penobscot County, Maine, located a farm at what is now called Prentiss Vale. Indian Creek rises in the northeast corner near the New York State line; Tram, North and Kansas branches of Knapp's Creek which flow together above Duke Centre, occupy the three valleys of the north, while the heads of the north branch of Cole Creek flow south by east from the southern divide, leaving the center of the township to be drained by Knapp's Creek, in the valley. The highest point in the county the summit between Indian Creek and North Branch at 2,350 feet above sea level. Logging in Otto township started in the fall of 1849 with the opening of a mill in the valley of Knapp's Creek by Michael Leeson. In 1851, the mill and the timber land was sold to W. P. Pope and Cyrus Strong of Binghampton, NY, who cleared the streams and built dams to reserve the water, and drove the pine logs to Olean, where they built mills and manufactured for the eastern markets. In 1854, they sold out the remaining timber and mills to Borden & Co., of Fall River, Mass., since known as the Olean Lumber Company. Many of the settler's in Otto township were neighbors of Herman Strong and Michael Leeson in Penobscot County, Maine. Soon a small schoolhouse was built which served not only teaching but also religious services. After the start of the mill in 1849, a regular postal route was established from Eldred to Bradford and in 1850, I. W Prentiss was appointed postmaster. In 1852 a Congregational church was organized, with Rev. M.W. Strickland, of Maine, as the first pastor. This church at one time had more than 30 members, but through deaths, relocations and competition became extinct. • He appeared on the census in 1850 in Eldred, Mckean, Pennsylvania.5 Lived with his father • Tax Rolls: 1855, Otto Township, Mckean, Pennsylvania. Showed him paying taxes but he was residing in Kansas. • He appeared on the census on 28 Jun 1860 in Otto Township, Mckean, Pennsylvania.6 John 33 Farmer Emma 26 Eva M 7 Jay W 3 (changed to John J) Nina 1 • Civil War: 1865, McKean, PA. The One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment (New Bucktails) was organized at Camp Curtin September 3, 1862, and claims service with the One Hundred and Forty-Ninth, sharing in many, if not all, of the successes and reverses of that command. When the colors of the One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment were captured at Gettysburg, they were captured at once by the sister regiment, and later, when it became evident that the President was to be sacrificed to the policy of the Confederacy, the authorities called on Col. Stone to assign two companies of the One Hundred and Fiftieth to take the place of the United States troops as President's guard at the Soldiers' Home. On the arrival of Companies C, and H there, they were not received, as the regulars had no orders to retire, and so returned to their command. In the meantime orders came relieving the regular troops, who marched, leaving the Home unguarded; but when these false steps were discovere! d Companies D and K were ordered thither, while late Company D was ordered to guard the Soldiers' Home with Company A, leaving Company K to guard the place until relieved in June, 1865, when it was mustered out with the other companies. Enlistments are as follows: Company G, of this command, was raised in McKean County: John Swink - mustered out at close. • He appeared on the census in 1870 in Otto Township, Mckean, Pennsylvania.2 Farmer John Swink 46 Farmer Emma A 36 Keeping House Jay 13 Nina A 11 Nahum 9 • He appeared on the census in 1880 in Bazine, Ness, Kansas.7 John SWINK 54 NY Farmer PA PA E. A. R. SWINK Wife 46 ME Keeping House ME ME N. SWINK 20 PA Works On Farm NY ME • He appeared on the census in 1900 in Jackson, Lyon, Kansas.8 John Self 74 Farmer Emma Wife 66 keeping house John Son 42 Landlord Edith H grand daughter 18 Kansas - Kansas - Wisconsin Andria R grand daugher 08 Kansas - Kansas - Wisconsin Millie Swink grand daughter 02 Texas - PA - Wisconsin Elizabeth Baldwin mother in law 92 Maine - Maine - New Hampshire John married Emma Anne Baldwin, daughter of Nahum Baldwin and Elizabeth Small, on 19 Mar 1852 in Eldred, Mckean, Pennsylvania. Noted events in her life were: • Her obituary was published on 12 May 1910 in Haskell County, Kansas.9 The body of Mrs. Swink, whos's death occurred in Haskell County, Sunday, will be brought to the Rapids for burial, Wednesday.