Swigart, George W.

SWIGART, MILLER, SHULL, WILLIAMS, THOMPSON

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Date: 10/22/2009 at 18:39:05

Swigart, George W.

Being industrious, determined and resolute, George William Swigart, farmer of Newton Township, Jasper County, has been enabled to overcome such obstacles as have confronted him along the road of life, the qualities mentioned resulting in his progress upward to the plane where success places the laurel upon the victor's brow.

Mr. Swigart is a Hoosier by birth, having been born in Noble County, Indiana, January 8, 1854, the son of Solomon G. and Elizabeth (Miller) Swigart, both natives of Richland County, Ohio. They spent their lives on a farm, and were people of excellent characteristics, the father dying about 1894 and the mother in 1911.

George William Swigart grew to maturity on the home farm, where he assisted his father with the general work, and he received his education in Indiana and Iowa public schools, having moved to the latter state in 1871 and taken up farming, which he has continued to the present time with much success. He owns one hundred and twenty acres of excellent land in Newton Township, this county, which he has managed in a manner that has brought large returns for the labor expended upon it. Forty acres of this farm lie in Kellogg Township, but it is all in one tract and is well located, slightly rolling and fertile. He has a good home, barns and general improvements. He is regarded as one of the most up-to-date farmers in this township.

Mr. Swigart was married in 1878 to Mrs. Emma A. Shull, whose maiden name was Emma A. Williams, and who was born in Scott County, Iowa, May 14, 1852, the daughter of David and Susan (Thompson) Williams, the father born in Ireland and the mother in Kentucky. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Swigart, Myrtle I. and Verna I. By her former marriage Mrs. Swigart has one daughter, Emma B. Shull.

Mr. Swigart is a Republican and more or less active in local public affairs. He belongs to the Yeomen and Mrs. Swigart is a member of the Christian Church. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912 Page 1030.