findagrave.com ... BEGIN Henry Lindsey Swaim Birth 25 Oct 1858 Wells County, Indiana, USA Death 17 Mar 1941 (aged 82) Wells County, Indiana, USA Burial Odd Fellows Cemetery Montpelier, Blackford County, Indiana, USA Memorial ID 55710185 · View Source Married 1) Mary "Indiana" Tomlinson on 24 Nov 1880 and 2) Sarah Elizabeth Batson on 1 Nov 1899 in Wells County, Indiana. The father of John Emory Swaim was Henry Lindsey Swaim. The 1900 Census in Jackson Township, Indiana (Wells County) lists three Swaim generations in the same house - Henry L. Swaim, his mother Julia Ann (Huffman) Swaim and Henry's children including John E. Swaim. It would appear John E. Swaim named his son Ivan's middle name after his father, Henry, while also basing Ivan's second middle name, Champion, on his wife Belle's surname. Henry L. Swaim was born in 1858 and raised in Jackson Township, Indiana located in Wells County near Bluffton. During the 1880 census Henry was shown living in his father Zebedee W. Swaim's household and was 21 years old. My grandfather, John E. Swaim, was born in 1885 in Bluffton, Indiana. There is a commencement record from 1907 for the Wells County (Indiana) Common Schools held in Bluffton, Indiana where H. L. Swaim is listed as a Trustee of Jackson Township (Bluffton). Henry's occupation was listed as "farmer" in the 1910 Census. An article in the Fort Wayne News and Sentinel dated August 23, 1918 on John E. Swaim, referred to his father H. L. Swaim as a "commissioner". Henry appears in the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 censuses as living in Bluffton, Indiana. Although we do not know Henry Swaim's complete life history, it appears he did not wander far from Bluffton, Indiana during his lifetime. Henry's first wife was Mary "Indiana" Tomlinson. Mary was known as "Indiana" based on the Indiana Marriages record and the 1880 census. "Indiana" was the daughter of Ezra Tomlinson and Evelina Tomlinson. Henry married her in 1880 based on the Swaim Family Record but the marriage did not last long. Mary died in 1888 (I am not sure of her cause of death). Source: The Swaim Family of Indiana and Oklahoma (and allied Adams, Best, Davies, Flammang, Mundy, Peirce and Robinson families), Jack Stuart Swaim. www.jswaim.com/family/Swaim_Genealogy.doc --------------------- Bluffton, Indiana Evening News Banner Tuesday, March 18, 1941 – P1C4 Henry L. Swaim Is Claimed By Death Former County Commissioner And Trustee Of Jackson Township Dies Henry L. Swaim, 82, prominent retired farmer and former Wells county commissioner and Jackson township trustee, died at 9 o'clock Monday night at the home of a son, Orville Swaim, in Jackson township. He had been in poor health for some time. He was born in Wells county on Oct. 25, 1858, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Zebbee[sic Zebedee W.] Swaim, and had resided in Wells county all of his life. He was prominent in Democratic politics and in 1914 was elected to membership on the board of county commissioners and was re-elected to that office in 1918. He also served a term as trustee for Jackson township. His first marriage was to India[sic "Indiana"] Tomlinson, whose death occurred in 1888. Four children were born to this union. One died in infancy and those surviving are George E. Swaim, of Hartford City; John E. Swaim and Mrs. Nora Murray, both of Tulsa, Okla. His second marriage was to Sarah Smithson, who died several years ago. Children surviving this union are Alvin C. Swaim, of Drumwright, Okla., and Henry L. Swaim Jr., of Jackson township. One sister surviving is Mrs. Emma Williamson, of Chester township, Wells county. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Christian church in Montpelier and burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Montpelier. (Thanks to David Huffman for OBIT) Family Members Parents Zebedee W. Swaim 1829–1888 Julia Ann Huffman Swaim 1836–1924 Spouses Mary I. Swaim 1862–1888 (m. 1880) Sarah Elizabeth Batson Swaim 1855–1908 (m. 1899) Siblings Emma Catherine Swaim Williamson 1861–1941 Children Laura Viola Swaim 1881–1882 George Earl Swaim 1887–1950 Alvin Clayton Swaim 1893–1956 Orville C. Swaim 1893–1980 END findagrave.com ... BEGIN Sarah Elizabeth Batson Swaim Birth 1 Aug 1855 Wells County, Indiana, USA Death 25 Apr 1908 (aged 52) Montpelier, Blackford County, Indiana, USA Burial Odd Fellows Cemetery Montpelier, Blackford County, Indiana, USA Memorial ID 55710167 · View Source Died from Tuberculosis and apoplexy. Daughter of Samuel James Batson and Catherine Huffman First married John William Smithson on 9 Dec 1875 Wells County, Indiana. Second married Henry Lindsey Swaim on 1 Nov 1899 Wells County, Indiana. Bluffton, Indiana Evening News Saturday, April 25, 1908 – P2C5 Mrs. Henry Swaim Died Friday Wife Of Jackson Township Trustee Had Long Been An Invalid Mrs. Sarah Swaim, wife of Trustee Henry Swaim of Jackson township, passed away Friday afternoon at her home, after a period of invalidism extending over five or six years. The physicians had been unable to determine the exact nature of her affliction which involved the kidneys and liver. She had taken treatment extensively and was in a hospital at Ft. Wayne for a time. She had grown better, apparently this spring and last Tuesday went to Montpelier with her husband. That night she was stricken with chills, and other attacks followed and death came in one of these attacks Friday. Mrs. Swaim was a daughter of Samuel and Catherine Batson, both of whom are living, and also leaves her husband and two sons, Alva and Orval, by her second marriage, to Mr. Swaim, while four children survive by a former marriage. They are Lloyd, Elmer and Linton Smithen, and Mrs. Edith Younce. Brothers and sisters who survive her are Nathaniel and Henry Batson, and Medsames Charles Beavens, Andy Foust and Homer Knott. The funeral will be held Sunday at two o'clock at the Prairie creek church at the little town known as Chicago, and burial will take place in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Montpelier. Rev. Horton will have charge of the services. (Thanks to David Huffman for OBIT) Family Members Parents Samuel James Batson 1830–1910 Catherine Huffman Batson 1833–1908 Spouses John William Smithson 1849–1888 (m. 1875) Henry Lindsey Swaim 1858–1941 (m. 1899) Siblings Nathaniel Batson 1853–1918 Henry Batson 1857–1918 Mary E. Batson Foust 1860–1945 (m. 1883) Nancy Catherine Batson King 1862–1941 Ella M. Batson Knott 1864–1957 Elnora Batson Click 1867–1893 Laura Alice Batson Beavans 1874–1960 Children William Elmer Smithson 1875–1937 Franklin Smithson 1878–1908 Loyd Avery Smithson 1880–1964 George Clinton Smithson 1882–1951 Edith Elizabeth Smithson Lee 1884–1925 Alvin Clayton Swaim 1893–1956 Orville C. Swaim 1893–1980 END