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Jay
B. Swalwell Mr.
Jay B. Swalwell was born in this Township on March 8, 1883, and here he grew to
manhood and received his education in the public schools and where he has always
lived, being content to spend his life right here at home, knowing that there
was no better place. He is the son of Thomas and Harriet (Kimberly) Swalwell, the
family born in Yorkshire, England, March 19, 1845, and the mother in Herkimer
County, New York, June 1, 1852. The
father was reared in England, but emigrated to America when a young man and
settled in Illinois, May 1, 1867, where he remained one year, then came to
Jasper County, Iowa, and has been engaged in farming here ever since, owning two
hundred acres in Clear Creek Township, three hundred and twenty acres in Emmet
County and one hundred and sixty acres in New Albany Township, Story County.
These farms are all well improved and are on an equal with any in their
communities. Thomas Swalwell was first married to Jane Richardson, to whom one
child, Thomas Vernon Swalwell, was born. The wife and mother died in Iowa in
1871 and in 1872 Mr. Swalwell was married to Harriet Kimberly and to this union
thirteen children were born, namely: Lot,
deceased; Harriet F. Oswalt, born in 1874, lives in Emmet County, Iowa; Nellie
Oswalt, born in 1876, lives in Story County, Iowa; Ruth Vilas, born in 1878,
lives in Madrid, Iowa; James Weaver, born in 1880; Jay B., of this review;
Belva, born in 1884, is teaching at Ogden, Iowa; lva, born in 1886, is teaching
in Jasper County; Eve Bark, born in 1888, lives in Grovont, Wyoming; Charles D.
was born in 1890; Christopher, born in 1893; Ada, born in 1895; George, born in
1897. This family was reared in
Clear Creek Township and was educated in the local schools. Jay
B. Swalwell was married October 25, 1911, to F. Myrtle Ball, who was born in
Marshall County, Iowa, October 23, 1889. In politics he is independent. Mr.
Swalwell cultivates eighty acres of excellent land in Collins Township, Story
County, and he has shown himself to be skilled in the art of modern agriculture.
He raises grade stock and is making a success as a general farmer and
stock raiser. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, B.F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912, p. 1183. |
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