Laurence Swinyer (1835 - 1923)

Born 7 Feb 1835 in Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont, United States

Died 24 Aug 1923 at age 88 in Huntington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States

Biography

CPL Lawrence Swinyer served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Jan 1, 1862
Mustered out: Aug 23, 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company C 8th Vermont Infantry

Laurence was born in 1835. He was the son of Lawrence Swinyer and Betsy Bettis. He passed away in 1923.

On the 1880, 1910 and 1920 US Census Records his place of birth is listed as Vermont as does his Civil War Records. He is listed as born in Hinesburg, VT. ^[1] His marriage to his second wife, Mary Gilley, and his death certificate lists his birthplace as Fort Jackson, New York. ^{[2] [3]}

Lawrence Jr., also a farmer, living at Huntington, Vt., enlisted in the Eighth Vermont and was with Butler at New Orleans. He was afterward with Grant at Vicksburg, where he was wounded. He also served under Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, and was wounded the second time at the battle of Winchester. He continued with the Eighth Vermont until the close of the war. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Vermont in the Civil War
2. ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQV-VQHX : 3 March 2021), Lawrence Swinger and Mary Gilley, 6 May 1867; citing Marriage, Starksboro, Addison, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005487680.
3. ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ2-11PQ : 3 March 2021), Lawrence Swinyer, 24 Aug 1923; citing Death, Huntington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005487908.
4. ↑ Vermont in the Civil War

• Find A Grave: Memorial #27739310
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WC-1LX : 15 January 2022), Lawrence Swinger, Huntington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPFD-X73 : accessed 13 November 2022), Lawrence Swinyer, Huntington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 82, sheet 3B, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1614; FHL microfilm 1,375,627.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYS-GSW : accessed 13 November 2022), Lawrence Swyner, Chittenden, Vermont, United States; citing , sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll ; FHL microfilm .
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89Q-FT9 : 19 February 2021), L L Swinyer in entry for Lavina Swinyer, 1861.
• "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQK-81X2 : 3 March 2021), Lawrence Swinger and Mary Gilley, 6 May 1867; citing Marriage, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005487716.
• "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ6-3FDS : 3 March 2021), Lawrence Swinyer and Mary Gilley, 6 May 1867; citing Marriage, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005487716.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KN9R-8ZM : 6 December 2014), Lawrence Swinger, Death, 24 Aug 1923, Huntington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.