Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 310
GEORGE W. SWOPE, a progressive and enterprising young farmer, residing on section 34, Cedar Township, was born in Ohio, April 27, 1863, and is the son of Jacob and Hester (Reid) Swope. They were the parents of two children: Nancy, who was born in 1861, and is now the wife of James Smith, a resident of Brownville, Neb.; and George W., of this sketch. The death of the father occurred in the month of June, 1872, in Cedar Township, and Mrs. Swope departed this life in 1863.

The subject of this sketch when a young lad emigrated with his father to Muscatine County, and after the death of his father made his home with Mr. Taylor, remaining an inmate of that gentleman's family until his marriage, which was celebrated on the 17th day of February, 1886, at which time Miss Carrie Denham became his wife. The lady is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Denham, and was born Jan. 4, 1867. In her father's family there were four children, of whom she was the eldest; Mattie, the second child, born Nov. 29, 1868, is living in Muscatine; William, born Nov. 6, 1870; and John Logan, July 26, 1872. The young couple began their domestic life upon a farm in Concord Township, Louisa County, but removed to Muscatine County in February, 1887, locating on section 34, Cedar Township. To them has been born one child, Harry W., born Oct. 25, 1888. In his political sentiments Mr. Swope is a Democrat. Although a comparatively young man, he displays much ability in the management of his farm, which is now has under a high state of cultivation. He is respected by all who know him, and has many warm friends in the county where he has lived since his boyhood days.

In the month of January, 1874, Mrs. Denham, the mother of Mrs. Swope, died in St. Louis, Mo. Her father was afterward married, becoming the husband of Miss Lillie Fisher. By their union six children have been born: Nellie, Carrie, Frank; Ada, who died in 1886; Phoebe and Bennie.

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