Minor M Swick Jr. (1837 - 1915)

Born 20 Jul 1837 in Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Cerenda (Stewart) Swick — married 26 Dec 1865 in enton, Oregon, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Aug 1915 at age 78 in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States

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Biography

"In the 1867 Pacific Coast Directory Minor Swick has his occupation listed as 'Gaylord & Swick, proprietors, Corvallis Sash Factory.'

In the 1880 census Minor and Cerenda live in Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon with sons John M, 10, Charles G, 6, and Frank who is 1 year. By 1910 his mother-in-law Mary Stewart was living with them.

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 he came to Benton County the others remained at French Prairie. In Benton County he married Cerenda Stewart, daughter of John and Mary Stewart. There were five sons and one daughter but none of them ever married except for John.

Minor and his brothers all went to the Prineville country in eastern Oregon in 1872, when they engaged in the cattle business."^[1]

Timeline

Residence:

1870 Census - 30 June 1870 - Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States

1880 - Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States

1910 Census - 28 April 1910 - Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States

Oregon Death Certificate #4805 22 August 1915 Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States

Burial : 23 August 1915 Crystal Lake Cemetery Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States

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Research Notes

"Minor, second son (who grew to maturity), 14, when he and the fam¬ ily crossed the plains in 1853, worked three years in a sash and door factory, then farming near Corvallis, and later near Dayton, where he re¬ sided until his death. He had a son, John, by his wife, Cerinda Stewart, whom he married at Corvallis. John was educated in Corvallis, married, 1st, Elsie Grubbs, a daughter of Dr. Carl Grubbs; had a daughter, Mabel, who became Mrs. M. Porter, of Portland. John's wife died in I 9 I 7. In 1919, he married Mrs. Ina Fletcher, who came to Oregon from Ohio, in 1913. (See History of Willamette Valley, first above mentioned, and Portraits and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley (1903, p. 1340). "

• "Latourette annals in America." By Lyman E. Latourette, LL.B., M.A., Published 1954. Accessed Nov. 22nd, 2020. https://archive.org/stream/latouretteannals00lato/latouretteannals00lato_djvu.txt. Page 82.

Links

Acknowledgments

Sources

1. ↑ "Minor Swick." Find A Grave. Accessed May 14th, 2017. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27077984.

See also:

• First-hand information. Entered by Erik Granstrom at registration.

• "Miner M. Swick Jr." Family Search. Accessed April 14, 2017. https://familysearch.org/tree/person/K2MS-JWX/.

• "Minor Swick." Find A Grave. Accessed May 14th, 2017. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27077984.

• "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZ4R-S4L : 11 December 2014), Minor Swick, 22 Aug 1915; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Benton, Oregon, certificate number 4805, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.

• "Oregon Deaths, 1877-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZP5-SL7 : 9 November 2016), Minor Swick in entry for John Swick, 23 Mar 1870; citing Birth, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States, Multiple archives; FHL microfilm 2,230,784.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNCV-HYR : 14 July 2016), 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.

• "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V4NC-3HR : 31 December 2014), Minor Sevick and Cerenda Stewart, 1865.

• "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V4NC-3HP : 31 December 2014), Minor Savick and Cerenda Stewart, 1865.

• "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V4NC-3D2 : 31 December 2014), Minor Sevick and Cerenda Stewart, 1865.

• "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V4NH-1BM : 31 December 2014), Minor Swick and Cerenda Stewart, 1865.

• "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V4NH-1BS : 31 December 2014), Minor Swick and Cerenda Stewart, 1865.

• "Oregon Marriages, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8WY-6QY : 12 December 2014), Minor Swick and Cerenda Stewart, 28 Dec 1865; citing , Benton, Oregon, reference 2:1JDFVBP; FHL microfilm 908,958.

• "Oregon Marriages, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8WY-6PV : 12 December 2014), Minor Swick and Cerenda Stewart, 28 Dec 1865; citing , Benton, Oregon, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,958.

• "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V4NC-3DG : 31 December 2014), Minor Swick and Cerenda Stewart, 1865.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVV1-VDCZ : 13 December 2015), Minor Swick, 1915; Burial, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States of America, Crystal Lake Cemetery; citing record ID 27077984, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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