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• Residence: 1870, Center, Porter, Indiana
• Residence: 1880, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1900, St. Joseph City, Berrien, Michigan
• Residence: 1910, Benton Harbor Ward 4, Berrien, Michigan
• Residence: 1920, Benton Harbor Ward 4, Berrien, Michigan
• Residence: 1930, Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan

Frank married Barbara Ann Besau on 19 Jun 1900 in Porter, Indiana. Barbara (daughter of William Besau and Catherine Lewis) was born on 17 Jul 1869 in Keeler, Michigan; died on 5 Sep 1941 in Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan; was buried in Weesaw, Berrien, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

1. Frank William Swoap was born on 24 Dec 1900 in St. Joseph, Berrien, Michigan; died on 29 Mar 1953 in Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan; was buried on 1 Apr 1953 in Benton, Berrien, Michigan.
2. James Arthur Swoap was born on 12 Aug 1903 in Michigan; died on 16 Jan 1959 in St Joseph, Berrian Co. Michigan; was buried on 19 Jan 1959 in Benton, Berrien, Michigan.

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• Residence: 1850, Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania; where he lived with his parents and siblings
• Residence: 1860, Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana; where he worked as a painter
• Military: 30 Sep 1861, Indiana; enlisted as a Private in the Indiana 4th Light Artillery Battery
• Military: Between 1862 and 1863, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia; fought for the Union during the Civil War - 4 battles
• Military: 6 Oct 1864, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; was discharged at the close of enlistment
• Residence: 1870, Center, Porter, Indiana, United States; where he lived with his family and worked as a farm laborer
• Residence: 1880, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan; where he lived with his family and worked as a laborer
• Residence: 1906, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; where he was admitted to a U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Admission: 4 Dec 1906, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; was admitted to the U.S. National Home for Disabled Soldiers

Notes:

James Swoap and Susan Crone probably divorced in the 1890's. James apparently moved on to Tyler, Texas where he married Julia Burks. James, however, was in failing health and a few years later was admitted to the "old soldiers" home in Ohio where he passed away. Susan remarried to Thomas DeHaven and remained in Michigan until her death.

Buried:
in Dayton National Cemetery, Sec.P, Row 9, Site 10

James married Susan A. Crone on 11 Dec 1864 in Center, Porter, Indiana. Susan (daughter of Michael Crone and Margaret Clay) was born in May 1848 in Ohio; died on 23 Jun 1929 in Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1870, Center, Porter, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 1880, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1900, Breedsville Village, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1910, Keeler, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1918, Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan; Noted on son's draft card
• Residence: 1920, Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan

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• Name: 1837 Conneaut, Erie, Pennsylvania
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• Residence: 1800, Hebron, Washington, New York
• Residence: 1810, Coeymans, Albany, New York; where he lived with his family. His brother Frederick also lived nearby
• Residence: 1820, Orangeville, Genesee (Wyoming), New York; where he and his family were early settlers in this farming community
• Residence: 1830, Wethersfield, Genesee (Wyoming), New York; where he lived with his family and probably worked as a farmer
• Residence: 1837, Conneaut, Erie, Pennsylvania; after relocating from Wethersfield, Wyoming, New York
• Residence: 1840, Conneaut, Erie, Pennsylvania; where he lived with his family
• Residence: 1850, Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania

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Alternate death date of 1866 has been cited in possibly Hinsdale, Cattaraugus Co., NY. however there are no records of the family ever living in this place. No evidence of either date or place of death seems to exist. It seems more likely he died in Pennsylvania or Indiana. There are no census records found after 1850. Two daugters were married in Porter Co., Indiana in the late 1850's, it is possible and maybe likely that the family lived there also as the ages of the daughters were 15 and 16 yrs.
Andrew Lafayette Swap consistently spelled his name Swap as did his brother Frederick and most of his sons up until about the 1850 census where we first see Swap spelled as Swoap. Most English translations of Swap or Swab were spelled phonetically as Swope only a few families spelled it as Swoap and it varied, even within the same family.
"His grandfather, Andrew Swap Sr., was born in Pennsylvania, near the central part of' the state, but subsequently settled permanently in New York state. (Note: the family did not settle permanently in New York, they infact moved to Pennsylvania in 1837) He was twice married, by his first wife having six sons and three daughters, none of whom are living. By his second marriage he became the father of nine more children, and of these two sons and two daughters survive." - Miller, John, A Twentieth Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania : A narrative account of its historic progress, its people, and its principal interests (1909) P. 657

Residence:
where he lived with wife Adelia, 9 children and one child from his first marriage, Joseph, who was blind

Andrew married Adelia Hitchcock Jones about 1830. Adelia was born in 1809 in Massachusetts; died after 1870. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1870, Franklin, Erie, Pennsylvania

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• Residence: 1880, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan

Michael married Margaret Clay on 2 Mar 1841 in Hancock County, Ohio. Margaret was born about 1812 in Pennsylvania; and died. [Group Sheet]

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Little is known of John and Katie Swope. They settled in Pennsylvania for a time where Andrew and Frederick were born according to census data. It is not certain that the third brother, George, existed however the popular opinion is that this is so. It may be that the family relocated or fled to eastern New York during or subsequent to the Revolutionary War if it is true that they lived in the Wyoming Valley region of Pennsylvania where the Battle of Wyoming occured in 1777. It has been cited that John Swope died in Cohoes Falls, NY however this death date is the same as the Revolutionary War soldier John Swope who lived, died and was buried in Bucks, Pennsylvania. Whether this man was our John Swope or not may remain a mystery.
"Lockwood, Leander S., born in the town of Westerlo (Albany Co., NY), November 4, 1833, is the son of Samuel and Margaret (Swope) Lockwood, both natives of Westerlo. The maternal grandparents were Frederick and Adrian (Whitmarsh) Swope. who lived in Westerlo and removed to Oneida county, where Mrs. Swope died, when he moved to Herkimer, then to Oneida county, where he died. The parents of Frederick, John and Katie (Teeter) Swope, came from Germany when young and settled in Eastern New York." - Landmarks of Albany County New York, Edited by Amasa J. Parker, 1897
"Great, Great Grandfather's name was John Swope. He and wife were born in Germany and came to this country on or about 1776 then served in the Revolutionary War." - Except from hand written testimonial of John Swope's Great Great Granddaughter Edna McCarthy in 1927.
John and Ezra Swope arrived in America with Peter Minuit, who came from Holland to found New Amsterdam. He landed on Manhattan Island June 6 1626. Minuit purchased Manhattan Island from the Indians for $24.00 and a keg of whiskey. The Swopes, always pioneers, finally settled in the Wyoming Valley in New York State. Tradition has it that there was a John and Ezra in almost every Swope family. After the Revolutionary War in which a Swope was a Lieutenant in Washington’s forces, there was an Indian Massacre in the Wyoming Valley (It is mentioned in history as the Wyoming Massacre) The Swope who was in the war was tomahawked and scalped. There were only two who escaped from the Valley that night. They were John and Ezra Swope. They separated. One went to Pennsylvania and the other to Kentucky. An Ezra Swope - a grandson of the one killed by the Indians - settled at Wellsborogh, Penn. It was here he met and married one Katrinka Van Valkinberg who fled from Holland to avoid marrying a German prince. Katrinka was a member of the Royal House of Holland - a cousin of the Queen. She bore the following sons- Lafayette, Byther, Darins, Miles, Leander and Ezra Jr., and daughters; Mary and Margaret. Katrinka died at the age of 52 with a cancer. Lafayette (or Lafe as he was called) went to California in the gold rush of ‘49. Miles and Leander to Wassau, Wis in 1857. Ezra in Lomar, Minn in the early 1900’s. Lafe died in Sacremento California. Miles in Oregon - buried in Merrill - Leander in Waussau. Ezra or Junie in International Falls, Minn. Byther & Darins in Penn. The girls Mary & Margaret came next. Margaret married E.H Newton and bore him 3 sons & a daughter. Two of the sons and their father enlisted in the Civil War. One son was killed in action. One (Collins) died in the Soldier’s Home in Levenworth Kansas. Lew, the youngest died in St. Louis at the age of 52 of cancer. Margaret died in Rockforf Ill. Mary Coneant made her home with Miles for several years & died at his farm home near Merrill and was buried beside her husband in Boston Mass. When the Civil War broke out Miles went back to Penn where his wife & family were still living & enlisted there. He was wounded in the Battle of Gettysberg. Leander was the first man in Manhattan County to enlist. He went 5th Wis Company G. - Provided from family documents by pattystrehlow@juno.com (Note: Interesting Swope Folklore tale handed down from older generations...it may have some truth amongst some inaccuracy and legend)

John married Katie Teeter. Katie was born in 1740 in Germany; died in in New York. [Group Sheet]

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