Swangel, Benjamin F.

SWANGEL, SAUNDERS

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Date: 11/28/2012 at 12:00:05

1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

UNION TOWNSHIP

Page 705

SWANGEL, BENJAMIN F.--Born in Carroll county, Ohio, March 12, 1835. He came to Montezuma in 1855, and in the year 1858 married Eliza J. Saunders. He enlisted in company C, Twenty-eighth Iowa volunteers, August 2, 1862. He was in the battle of Champion's Hill, and still carries a buck-shot in his breast which he received on that field. He was in the siege of Vicksburg, the Red River campaigns, under Gen. Banks, and many battles and skirmishes. The names of his children are: William W., Frank, Aaron A., Charlotte, and Christopher C. Three infant children died. Mr. Swangel is an industrious and faithful man, with a good, honest reputation among those with whom he deals.