Samuel Miller Swisher

28 May 1821–28 July 1907 (Age 86)
Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Samuel Miller

When Samuel Miller Swisher was born on 28 May 1821, in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Henry Swisher, was 36 and his mother, Mary Magdalena Henry, was 37. He married Elizabeth Knapp Minnerly on 30 December 1840, in Richland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Tod Township, Crawford, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Mendota Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 28 July 1907, in Mendota, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Restland Cemetery, Mendota Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Miller Swisher
1821–1907
Elizabeth Knapp Minnerly
1822–1906
Marriage: 30 December 1840
Eliza J. Swisher
1841–1864
Mary Lovina Swisher
1842–1902
John Albert Swisher
1843–1931
James William Swisher
1844–1910
Emanuel Henry Swisher
1851–1851
Flora Emma Swisher
1856–1884
Hannah Irena Swisher
1863–1950

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 December 1840Richland, Ohio, United States
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1825 · The Crimes Act
    Age 4
    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
    1831
    Age 10
    Historical Boundaries: 1831: Illinois, United States
    1846
    Age 25
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 3627;2007: 6898; 2010: 9431)Americanized form of German Schweitzer ‘Swiss’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Schweitzer

    Story Highlight

    S. M. SWISHER: History of La Salle County, Illinois: by Hoffman, U. J. page 924-927

    History of La Salle County, Illinois: by Hoffman, U. J. (Urias John), b. 1855 Publication date 1906 Publisher Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. Collection allen county; americana Digitizing sponsor Inter …

    Sources (15)

    • J. Samuel Swisher in entry for John Albert Swisher, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
    • Samuel Swisher, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Saml Swisher in entry for Milo T Miller and Flora E Swisher, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

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