When Benjamin Ira Swinson was born on 4 September 1851, in Laurens, Georgia, United States, his father, Thomas Elliot Swinson, was 27 and his mother, Nancy May Williams, was 30. He married Henrietta Abigail Keen in 1877. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in District 1209, Bulloch, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia, United States in 1920. He died on 27 March 1928, in Bulloch, Georgia, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Brannen Cemetery, Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia, United States.
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Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
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 Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish Svensson , and Norwegian and Danish Svensen .
English: perhaps a variant of Swainson .
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