When Ellis Swisher was born in 1835, in Cheshire Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States, his father, Solomon Swisher, was 27 and his mother, Nancy McCarty, was 23. He married Martha McCarty on 14 November 1855, in Gallia, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Cheshire, Cheshire Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 2 August 1902, in Cheshire Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Cheshire Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States.
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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.
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
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.
Americanized form of German Schweitzer ‘Swiss’.
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