Sweigard, Amanda J. (Nation) (1875-1949)

SWEIGARD, NATION, UNDERWOOD, POPKEN, JONES, THOMPSON

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 5/25/2011 at 14:10:30

Sweigard, Amanda J. Nation –
Amanda J. Sweigard, second daughter of James Watson Nation and Sarah Catherine Barnes, was born April 9, 1875 at Stuart, Iowa, in Guthrie county and passed away at 11:30 a.m. on January 16 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bessie Underwood, Sharpsburg, Iowa.

She came to Taylor county at the age of four years and resided on a farm west of Sharpsburg until the time of her marriage to Walter A. Sweigard on January 5, 1893. To this union were born six children; Mrs. Bessie Underwood of Sharpsburg, Iowa, Mrs. Lule S. Popken of Tomkins Cover, N. Y., Mrs. Sarah Jones of Almyra, Ark.; R. J. Sweigard of Raymer, Colo.; Mrs. Mary Thompson of Pueblo, Colo.; and T. N.
Sweigard of Greeley, Colo.

Mrs. Sweigard was a charter member of the Presbyterian church of Sharpsburg, Iowa, and resided at Sharpsburg, Iowa, until March 1918, when she moved with her husband to New Raymer, Colo., where she resided until three years ago. Since that time she had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Bessie Underwood.

Besides six children, one aunt, Mrs. Amanda Robbins of Bedford, and one sister, Mrs. Blanche Heatherinton of Bedford, she leaves sixteen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren to mourn her loss. Her husband preceded her in death September 7, 1943, also one sister, Cora, in March 1942.

Attending funeral services from a distance were all her children, except Mrs. G. R. Jones of Almyra, Ark. Other relatives attending were Mrs. Harold Cunningham, Council Bluffs, a niece; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Roberts, Prescott, cousins; Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Sweigard, Ventura, Calif.; Frank Sweigard, Greeley, Colo.; James T. McCrae, Pueblo, Colo., grandchildren
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, January 27, 1949