Swope, A. P.

SWOPE, BUCKLEY, CLARK, HITCHCOCK, KENDALL, BEVERS, KING

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 7/9/2019 at 14:05:50

Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa, (Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), pp. 632-33:

"A. P. SWOPE, section 27, High Point Township, was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1818, a son of David and Mary (Buckley) Swope, natives of Pennsylvania, where they lived until their death. Mr. Swope's father was of Welsh descent. His mother of German and Irish. Mr. Swope was reared on a farm, where he remained until he was twenty-two years of age. He then learned the carpenter's trade. In 1866 he removed with his family to Edgar County, Illinois, and in the fall of 1869 came to Decatur County, Iowa, and settled in High Point Township. When he settled upon his land there were thirty acres under fence, and twenty acres in cultivation, and a log dwelling house. Mr. Swope was married in Pennsylvania, in 1847, to Margaret Clark, daughter of James and Elizabeth Clark, natives of Delaware and Pennsylvania. Her father was of English, and her mother of Irish descent. Mrs. Swope was born in Pennsylvania, July 25, 1825. Their children are -- Mary J., wife of John F. Hitchcock, has eight children; Cecilia A., wife of M. L. Kendall; Cambridge G. married Emma J. Bevers; Calvin P.; Belle, wife of Elias King, of Woodbury County, Iowa; William J., of Missouri; Sabina, Ella, Harriet, Fannie, Edward J. and Dilla E. Mr. and Mrs. Swope are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics he is a Republican."

(Submitted to the Decatur County GenWeb site by Christy Jay, email: Jaygenie@aol.com)