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Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker

Female Abt 1830 - 1912  (~ 82 years)

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  • Name Sarah Walker  [1] 
    Born Abt 1830  Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Emigration 1858  Marshall County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Samuel and Sarah (Walker) Swank moved from Rock Island County, Illinois, to Marshall County, Kansas, at the same time (or about the same time) as her father did. 
    Census 6 Jul 1860  Maryville, Blue Rapids township, Marshall County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    1. Swank, Samuel, 34, male, farmer, real estate $600, personal $150, Indiana
    2. _____, Sarah, 30, female, Illinois
    3. _____, William, 4, male, Illinois 
    Census 1 Jun 1870  Palmyra Precinct, Otoe County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    1. Swank, S., 4[3?], male, white, farmer, real estate $800, personal $90, Indiana
    2. _____, S. C., 40, female, white, keeping house, Illinois
    3. _____, [W. E.], 14, male, white, Illinois
    4. _____, C. A., 9, female, white, Kansas
    5. _____, C. A., 8, female, white, Missouri 
    Census 2 Jun 1880  Palmyra Precinct, Otoe County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    1. Swank, Samuel, white, male, 53, married, farmer, Indiana, Kentucky, Kentucky
    2. _____, Sarah C., white, female, 49, wife, married, keeping house, Illinois, Virginia, Kentucky
    3. _____, William E., white, male, 24, son, married, married during census year, laborer, Illinois, Illinois, Indiana
    4. _____, Sarah S., white, female, 23, daughter in law, married, married during census year, house work, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio
    5. Stanbro, Cora J., white, female, 19, daughter, married, house work, measles, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana
    6. _____, Orlo J., white, male, 1, grandson, Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana 
    State Census 1 Jun 1885  Palmyra Precinct, Otoe County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    1. Swank, Samuel, white, male, 58, married, [no occupation stated], Indiana, Kentucky, Kentucky
    2. _____, Sarah, white, female, 54, wife, married, Illinois, Virginia, Kentucky
    3. [Stonebro?], Orlo, white, male, 6, son, attending school, Nebraska, Indiana, Kansas 
    Biography 1889  Otoe County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Biography of Samuel Swank, Otoe County, Nebraska.

    Longfellow has most truly remarked in one of his exquisitely realistic poems, that "Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary," but the problem that has stirred many hearts is, why so much more rain falls into some lives than into others. The subject of our sketch is one whose life has been constantly overshadowed by clouds of trouble and trial, and the sunlight and brightness have been fitful and intermittent, but at the same time his constant struggle and manful conflict have resulted in the building up of an exceptionally fine character, and beautifying a most appreciable spirit.   The subject of our sketch is the son of Joseph and Littas (Van Metri) Swank, who were married to Kentucky, and from that State removed to Indiana.

    They were the parents of eleven children, and our subject, who was born on the 10th of January, 1827, was their seventh child. The place of his nativity was Harrison County, Ind. When about eleven months old, his parents removed to Montgomery County, where the father died when our subject was about four and a half years old; being left thus early without paternal care and wealth, it is not surprising, that his education was limited by circumstances and for the same reason much curtailed. When twenty-one years of age, he went to Rock Island County, Ill.

    In 1847 Mr. Swank was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Walker, the daughter of Samuel A, and Nancy A. Walker, who was born in Madison County, Ill., in the year 1830. He became the owner of sixty acres of land at Rock Island, Ill., and there remained until 1858, when he removed with his wife and child to Marshall County, Kan., where he settled. Later they became pioneers of Richardson County, Neb., and were there throughout the Nebraska and Kansas troubles that necessarily aroused so much strong feeling among the advocates of either side of the question.

    Leaving Kansas, our subject removed to Missouri, and lived in that State at the time of the Civil War. July 3, 1863, he enlisted in the 13th Kansas Infantry, and served in the Southwestern Division of the army. His military career, while it did not bring him prominently before the people as a great soldier, was one of honor, devotion and patriotism, and, like so many others, he during that period performed every duty for home and native land in the best possible manner, and earned the reward that always comes to those who are swayed by high principles, and who faithfully follow the dictates thereof. At the conclusion of the war, with health impaired, Mr. Swank returned to Missouri and again took up the more ordinary avocations of life, remaining here with his family until 1868, when he came to this State and took up his present homestead of eighty acres, which he succeeded in bringing to a very high state of cultivation by the help and assistance of others. From the time of his military service, and as a result thereof, his sight had begun to fail and he became almost blind, but in that affliction has been supported and sustained by his own patient spirits, and the affection of his family.

    The home circle of our subject included four children, viz: William E., Cora J., Caroline A. and Arthur E. William E. is married to Miss Tucker, of Nebraska, and resides in California; they are the parents of one beautiful little daughter, Lena. Cora J. is the wife of L. H. Bertz, and resides at Bennet; they too have a daughter, who is named Hattie J. Caroline A. is happily married to James Malcomb, and has presented her husband with two children, who are named McCoy E. and George Samuel.

    Our subject is in political affairs a stanch Republican, but has been prevented taking the active part he would have desired by reason of his blindness. Religiously, he is connected with the Latter-Day Saints, and is one of the consistent and devout members of that community. He is one of the capable and much esteemed citizens of his district. 
    Residence Abt 1889  Otoe County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 8 Jun 1900  Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • 1. Malcolm, C. A., head, white, female, February 1862, 38, widowed, 2 children 2 living, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, apartment house, can read and write, renting house
      2. _____, M. E., son, white, male, August 1881, 19, single, Nebraska, Indiana, Missouri, telegraph operator, can read and write
      3. _____, J. S., son, white, male, March 1888, 12, Nebraska, Indiana, Missouri, at school, can read and write
      4. Swank, Sarah, mother, white, female, July 1830, 70, widow, 4 children 3 living, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois
      [and 38 additional residents of this rooming house, referred to in the margin as a "transit hotel"]
    NEWS 19 Oct 1900  Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    "Mrs. Sarah Swank has gone to Sanger, Cal." 
    Census Apr 1910  Greenwood township, El Dorado County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    1. Nyman, [Justin? Justice?) F., head, male, white, 42, 2nd marriage, married 10 years, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, [mining?], can read and write, owns home, [with mortgage?]
    2. _____, Carrie A., wife, female, white, 48, 2nd marriage, 10 years, 2 children 2 living, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, can read and write
    3. _____, Garnet N., daughter, female, white, 12, Montana, Indiana, Nebraska, can read and write, attending school
    4. Swank, Sarah E., mother in law, female, white, 79, widowed, 4 children 2 living, Illinois, Virginia, Kentucky 
    Died 18 Oct 1912  El Dorado County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 13] 
    Person ID I4450  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 10 May 2022 

    Father Samuel Allen Walker,   b. Abt 1785, Amherst County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. After 1860  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Nancy Thompson,   b. 25 Apr 1808, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1870  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 20 Apr 1826  Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15] 
    Family ID F1557  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel Swank,   b. 10 Jan 1827, Harrison County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1899, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 1 Jan 1850  Rock Island County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    • Samuel Swank's 1889 Otoe County, Nebraska, biography offers a marriage date of 1847, but their recorded marriage date is actually 1850.
    Children 
    +1. William E. Swank,   b. Abt 1856, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Caroline A. "Carrie" Swank,   b. Abt 1862, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 July 1945, Auburn, Placer County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years)
    +3. Cora J. Swank,   d. Before 1936
     4. Arthur E. Swank
    Last Modified 10 May 2022 
    Family ID F1558  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Samuel and Sarah (Walker) Swank, 1885 Nebraska State census, Otoe County    		Samuel and Sarah (Walker) Swank, 1885 Nebraska State census, Otoe County
    1885 Nebraska State Census, Palmyra Precinct, Otoe County, p. 1, enumeration district (ED) 565, dwelling 8, family 8, Sam Swank household; "Nebraska State Census Collection, 1860-1885," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 Nov 2011).
    Sarah Walker (Samuel A, Progen) and husband Samuel Swank, 1880 Otoe County, Nebraska.    		Sarah Walker (Samuel A, Progen) and husband Samuel Swank, 1880 Otoe County, Nebraska.
    1880 U. S. census, Otoe County, Nebraska, population schedule, Palmyra Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 199, p. 3 (penned), p. 427 (stamped, verso), dwelling 17, family 17, Samuel Swank household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 10 August 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 753.
    Sarah Swank, 1910 El Dorado County, California, census    		Sarah Swank, 1910 El Dorado County, California, census
    1910 U.S. census, El Dorado County, California, population schedule, Greenwood township, enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 7A (penned), p. 327 (stamped, recto), dwelling 108, family 96, Just[in?] F. Nyman household, for Sarah E. Swank; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 14 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm…

  • Sources 
    1. [S1754] Portrait and Biographical Album of Marshall County, Kansas. . . (Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1889), 576; biography of Eliza A. (Walker) Paul.

    2. [S1760] Portrait and Biographical Album of Otoe and Cass Counties, Nebraska, containing. . . (Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1889), 236-237, biography of Samuel Swank, Otoe County; digital images, USGenNet (http://www.usgennet.org : accessed 14 Nov 2011).
      For birthplace and year.

    3. [S1761] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 14 November 2011), entry for Samuel Swank-Sarah Walker, Rock Island County (1850); citing marriage book A: 43, license no. 577.
      For year.

    4. [S4398] Paul and Sherida Hodel, contributors, “Sarah C. Swank,” memorial 47150773, digital image of marker, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : viewed 10 August 2014).

    5. [S1760] Portrait and Biographical Album of Otoe and Cass Counties, Nebraska, containing. . . (Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1889), 236-237, biography of Samuel Swank, Otoe County; digital images, USGenNet (http://www.usgennet.org : accessed 14 Nov 2011).

    6. [S1762] 1860 U. S. census, Marshall County, Kansas Territory, population schedule, Blue Rapids township, p. 10 (penned), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 85, family 85, Samuel Swank household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 November 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 351.

    7. [S4405] 1870 U. S. census, Otoe County, Nebraska, population schedule, Palmyra Precinct (Nebraska City), p. 15 (penned), p. 488 (stamped, recto), dwelling 159, family 159, S. Swank household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 11 August 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 831.

    8. [S4396] 1880 U. S. census, Otoe County, Nebraska, population schedule, Palmyra Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 199, p. 3 (penned), p. 427 (stamped, verso), dwelling 17, family 17, Samuel Swank household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 10 August 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 753.

    9. [S1763] 1885 Nebraska State Census, Palmyra Precinct, Otoe County, p. 1, enumeration district (ED) 565, dwelling 8, family 8, Sam Swank household; "Nebraska State Census Collection, 1860-1885," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 Nov 2011).

    10. [S3097] 1900 U.S. census, Lancaster County, Nebraska, population schedule, Lincoln (133 N. 12th St.), enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 5A, p. 245 (stamped, recto), dwelling 54, family 56, C. A. Malcolm household, for Sarah Swank, mother; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 January 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 933.

    11. [S3098] "Personal," (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal, 19 October 1900, p. 6, col. 2; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 January 2013); through partner NewspaperArchive.com. .

    12. [S4397] 1910 U.S. census, El Dorado County, California, population schedule, Greenwood township, enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 7A (penned), p. 327 (stamped, recto), dwelling 108, family 96, Just[in?] F. Nyman household, for Sarah E. Swank; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 14 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 74.

    13. [S6567] "Pilot Hill" El Dorado Republican (Placerville, Cal.), 25 October 1912, p. 3, col. 2, item on the death of Sarah Swank; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 1 May 2022).

    14. [S1753] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 13 November 2011), entry for Samuel A. Walker-Nancy Thompson, Madison County (1826); citing marriage book 6: 14, license no. 537.

    15. [S4203] Madison County, Illinois, marriages, vol. 6:14, license no. 537, Samuel A. Walker-Nancy Thompson, license and return, 20 April 1826; FHL microfilm 1,306,457, item 2.

    16. [S1761] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 14 November 2011), entry for Samuel Swank-Sarah Walker, Rock Island County (1850); citing marriage book A: 43, license no. 577.


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