Swihart, Eli

SWIHART, GINDLESPERGER

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Date: 12/3/2008 at 13:37:07

SWIHART, Eli
Farmer; S. 6; P. O. Newton; born in Holmes Co., Ohio, April 20, 1850. Married Susan GINDLESPERGER in Ohio in 1872. She was born in Ohio, July 1852. They have one child - Elizabeth E. Have 101 1/2 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. Moved into Iowa in 1866. Made a visit back to Ohio, and married his wife, and returned to the farm. He is well situated with a good farm and good improvements, with grove and orcahrd, etc. Mr. S. made his own property and his own improvements by his energy and perseverance. Mr. and Mrs. Swihart are members of the Congregational Church; Democratic in politics. ~ "Malaka Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)