When Mary Matilda Swearingen was born on 28 October 1851, in Winchester, Winchester Township, Adams, Ohio, United States, her father, George Washington Swearingen, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Jane Wallace, was 19. She had at least 4 sons and 5 daughters with William David Rhoades. She lived in Washington Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Wilmington, Union Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States in 1920. She died on 25 September 1925, in Wilmington, Clinton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Cowans Creek Cemetery, Martinsville, Clark Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States.
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Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Americanized form of Dutch Van Sweeringen: probably a habitational name for someone from one of two places in Germany named Schweringen, one in the Hanover region and the other near Bremen. Alternatively, an altered form of Swieringa . The surname (Van) Sweeringen is not found in the Netherlands. Compare Van Swearingen .
History: A 17th-century law-enforcement officer by the name of Gerrit van Sweeringen is recorded at New Amstel on the Delaware River.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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