When Albert Clayton Swindler was born about 1828, in Boston, Culpeper, Virginia, United States, his father, Henry Wesley Swindler, was 59 and his mother, Ellen Gaunt, was 42. He married Margaret Ann Burke in 1852, in Boston, Culpeper, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Rappahannock, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Piedmont Magisterial District, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1863. He died in March 1899, at the age of 71, and was buried in Sperryville, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States.