Jonathan Swingle

Male1 February 1813–4 December 1888

Brief Life History of Jonathan

When Jonathan Swingle was born on 1 February 1813, in South Canaan, South Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Conrad Swingle, was 46 and his mother, Lucy Bunting, was 36. He married Phebe Coss about 1836, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Jefferson Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 4 December 1888, in South Canaan, South Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in South Canaan, South Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan Swingle
1813–1888
Phebe Coss
1816–1878
Marriage: about 1836
Hiram Swingle
1837–1928
Sarah I Swingle
1840–
Matilda Swingle
1843–
Rosella Swingle
1844–1921
Simon Milton Swingle
1847–1917
Oscar Swingle
1849–1926
Elizabeth Swingle
1850–
Gaines Swingle
1854–
Dayton C Swingle
1857–1928
Wilbert T Swingle
1860–1940

Sources (4)

  • Johnathan Swingle, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Jonathan Swingle, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Johnathon Swingle in entry for Hiram Swingle, "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1836Pennsylvania, United States
  • Children (10)

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    Siblings (13)

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    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 6

    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    1820 · Making States Equal

    Age 7

    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

    about 1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age NaN

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    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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