John Minor Swick (1870 - 1956)

Born 23 Mar 1870 in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elsie Elma (Grubbs) Swick — married 22 Nov 1891 (to 25 Oct 1917) in Benton, Oregon

Husband of Ida Daisy (Kelley) Swick — married 11 Apr 1919 in Oregon

Descendants

Died 23 Jul 1956 at age 86 in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Erik Granstrom [send private message]

Biography

During July of 1938 the WPA Historical Records Survey interviewed Mr. Swick, the notes from which state that "Only a sketchy interview could be had with Mr. Swick who lives about a mile and a half northeast of Corvallis on the east side of the Willamette River."^[1]

"My father, Minor Swick, came from Michigan in 1853 and settled at French Prairie in Marion County. With him were his father and three brothers, Tunis, Lyman, and Ben. When father came to Benton County the others remained at French Prairie. In Benton County my father married Cerinda Stewart, daughter of John and Mary Stewart. I have had five brothers and one sister but none of them except myself ever married. I have only one child, a daughter, and this branch of the Swick family dies with me."^[2]

"My father and his brothers all went to the Prineville country in eastern Oregon in 1872, when they engaged in the cattle business. There were no good school there and I was allowed to come back here during the winter and attend school at the Agricultural College, which then had an elementary department. When I was twenty I returned to Benton County to stay."^[3]

Timeline

1870 - Oregon, United States

1880 - Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States

1900 - Corvallis Precincts 1, 2, 3, and 4 (excl. Corvallis City), Benton, Oregon, United States

1910 - Corvallis Ward 1, Benton, Oregon, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "Interview John Swick." WPA Historical Records Survey. Mark Phinney. July 1938. Benton Co., Oregon. Accessed May 14, 2017. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=benton&id=I1828.
2. ↑ "Interview John Swick." WPA Historical Records Survey. Mark Phinney. July 1938. Benton Co., Oregon. Accessed May 14, 2017. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=benton&id=I1828.
3. ↑ "Interview John Swick." WPA Historical Records Survey. Mark Phinney. July 1938. Benton Co., Oregon. Accessed May 14, 2017. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=benton&id=I1828.

See also:

• "John Minor Swick." Family Search. Accessed April 14, 2017. https://familysearch.org/tree/person/K2MS-J86/.

• "Oregon Marriages, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8WT-Z3V : 12 December 2014), John Swick and Elsie Elma Grubbs, 22 Nov 1891; citing , Benton, Oregon, reference 2:1JDHF5P; FHL microfilm 908,958.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF8T-N8C : 17 October 2014), Jno W Swick in household of Minor Swick, Oregon, United States; citing p. 33, family 233, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,784.

• "Oregon Deaths, 1877-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZP5-SLQ : 9 November 2016), John Swick, 23 Mar 1870; citing Birth, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States, Multiple archives; FHL microfilm 2,230,784.

• "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V65N-HZ6 : 31 December 2014), John Swick and Elsie Elma Grubbs, 1891.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVV1-VDCC : 13 December 2015), John M Swick, 1956; Burial, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States of America, Crystal Lake Cemetery; citing record ID 27077983, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNCV-HYY : 14 July 2016), John M Swick in household of Miner Swick, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district ED 5, sheet 64C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1080; FHL microfilm 1,255,080.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLYX-6FQ : accessed 13 April 2017), John Swick, Corvallis Ward 1, Benton, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 5A, family 185, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1278; FHL microfilm 1,375,291.

• "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V65N-P27 : 31 December 2014), John Swick in entry for Mccauley Porter and Mabel C Swick, 1910.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSDH-R17 : accessed 13 April 2017), John Swick, Corvallis Precincts 1, 2, 3, and 4 (excl. Corvallis City), Benton, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 3B, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,345.

• "Oregon Deaths, 1877-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZ55-1ZX : 9 November 2016), John Swick in entry for Mabel Clare Swick, 23 Sep 1892; citing Birth, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States, Multiple archives; FHL microfilm 2,229,812.

• "Oregon Marriages, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8WY-NYW : 12 December 2014), John Swick and Elsie Elma Grubbs, 22 Nov 1891; citing , Benton, Oregon, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,958.

• "Interview John Swick." WPA Historical Records Survey. Mark Phinney. July 1938. Benton Co., Oregon. Accessed May 14, 2017. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=benton&id=I1828.

• Add sources here.