Thank you Barbara, that gives me a great deal more to work with for leads. Mallory Babcock ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Hill" <bhill@calmail.berkeley.edu> To: <swartwood@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 9:26 PM Subject: Re: [SWARTWOOD] Zura Swartwood/Swarthout >I have a copy of "The Swartwood Sojourn II, 1575-2001" by Robert E. > Swartwood, which has some pertinent information on this family. On > page 85, it says: > > "Zura (Zuriah) Swartwood, son of Alexander Swartwout and Elizabeth > Stickler, was born 30 May 1821 at Exeter, Luzerne, Pa, and about 1848 > at Pa, married Elizabeth" [last name unknown] "who was born 23 May > 1821. Zura (Zuriah) died on 7 Mar 1886 at Swartwood Bend, Wyo, Pa > and was buried at Forest Hill, Cem. Elizabeth died on 22 Mar 1887 at > Wyo, Pa and was buried at Forest Hill, Cem." > > Children listed for this couple: > > Matilda Swartwood, b. 3 Jun 1849, d. 5 Sept 1851 > Vanamburg Swartwood, b. 24 Aug 1850, d. 25 Aug 1851 > Elizabeth Swartwood, b. 10 Mar 1857, d. 20 Mar 1858 > Abigail Swartwood, b. 1861 > Hannah Swartwood, b. c1854 > > All he has on any descendants is a note that Hannah married somebody > named Taylor. > > Going back one more generation, the book says: > > "Alexander Swartwout, son of Alexander Swartwout and Catharine > Schoonmaker, was born 18 Apr 1794 at Exeter, Luz., Pa. and about > 1819, married Elizabeth Stickler who was born 30 October > 1801. Alexander died on 8 Dec 1877 at Exeter, Luz., Pa and was > buried at Forest Hill, Cem. Elizabeth died on 10 Aug 1886 at Exeter, > Wy., Pa and was buried at Forest Hill, Cem." The author lists 10 > children for this couple, of which Zura (Zuriah) was the second > oldest and the second son. Everything above between quotation marks > is a direct quote from the book. > > This book lacks any sources so I can't vouch for the information and > you should seek as many records as you can find in order to verify > the line. In the process, you may also discover the maiden name of > Zura's wife. > > Good luck, > > Barbara Hill > <bhill@calmail.berkeley.edu> > > > At 06:29 AM 2/12/2007, you wrote: >>I am looking for information on "Zura" Swartwood. Here is the >>census information I have on him. >>CENSUS >>1860 Franklin, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania >>Zura Swarthout 38 >>Elizabeth Swarthout 39 >>Hannah Swarthout 6 >>Abagil Swarthout 3.12 >> >>1880 Falls, Wyoming, Pennsylvania >> Zura SWARTWOOD Self M Male W 58 PA Farmer PA PA >> Elizabeth SWARTWOOD Wife M Female W 59 PA Keeping >> House PA PA >> Abigal SWARTWOOD Dau S Female W 19 PA At Home PA PA >> Anna TAYLOR GDau S Female W 4 PA At Home PA PA >> >> Mallory Babcock >> >> ==== SWARTWOOD Mailing List ==== > > > > ==== SWARTWOOD Mailing List ==== > > To contact the List Administrator: > reberkheiser@earthlink.net > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SWARTWOOD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >