Levi Swingle

Brief Life History of Levi

When Levi Swingle was born on 18 February 1808, in South Canaan, South Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Frederick John Swingle, was 28 and his mother, Susan Enslin, was 28. He had at least 3 sons and 4 daughters with Irena Jane Wright. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Lake Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 14 January 1892, in South Canaan, South Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Levi Swingle
1808–1892
Irena Jane Wright
1818–1915
Charlotte Swingle
1837–
Sarah Swingle
1837–
Mary M. Swingle
1838–1926
Abel Richard Swingle
1843–1932
Francis Swingle
1847–1900
Sarah Jeanette Swingle
1850–1922
Walter Levi Swingle
1860–1942

Sources (5)

  • Levi Swingle, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Levi Swingle - Government record: birth: after 1808; Pennsylvania, United States
  • Levi Swingle, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English: probably a variant of Swinger with r/l substitution.

Possibly an Americanized form of German Zwingel, a topographic name from Middle High German zwingel ‘citadel’.

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

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