Byron Swallow (1930)

CLAYTON, MEYER, SWALLOW

Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:04:36

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, June 12, 1930
Page 4, Column 4

VAN METER

The funeral for Byron Swallow was held at the United Brethren church Thursday afternoon, the pastor, the Rev. J. H. Hampshire, officiating. The burial was in the Thornton cemetery.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, June 5, 1930
Page 1, Column 1

SWALLOW MURDERS HIS WIFE AND SON

Then Ends Own Life, Boy Dies in Hospital, Three Dead

Excerpt:

The murder and suicide occurred Tuesday at the Hindman farm two and a half miles east of Earlham where Mrs. Swallow, 35 years old, was living with her three small boys, Bobby, Roland, 12 years old, and Nile a boy of fifteen years, and Agnes Hindman, a girl of 10. The Swallows separated May 1 and Mrs. Swallow sued for divorce.

Excerpt:

The Swallows were married in Des Moines in 1915. Mrs. Swallow was a Clayton and was a sister of Mrs. Louie Meyer...
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Transcriber's note: No actual obituary could be found. The second article, from The Winterset News, is a lengthy, detailed description of the murders and suicide, not pertinent to genealogy, and has been excerpted. The family was living on a farm in Madison Township in the 1930 Federal Census.

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