May 19, 2016: This information was provided by findagrave member Dorothy about Charles' wife:
"Mary Elizabeth / Marietta KIRK
23 Apr 1886 Adams Twp, Wapello, IA (not Davis Co.) Parents Warren KIRK and Ella Jane KINNEY.
Her mother gave consent for her to get married to Charles Welsey Swope on 27 Apr 1905 in Ottumwa.
Looks like she died after 1922 but before 1925 because I found him widowed in IA 1925 census - his name was C W SWEPE with two kids Elmer SWOPE and dau Bernier (should be Bernice) SWOPE.
I am unable to find a death record for Mary. I am unable to find further info on Bernice - according to Charles' obit, she was not mentioned at all so I suspect she died young either as a teen or young lady."
Update of May 23, 2021: Information from Mary, the wife of Charles, sent to Dorothy from Mary's death certificate.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Daily Courier, Saturday, September 30, 1944, Page 10:
Charles W. Swope, 70, life-long resident of Wapello county, died at the Rest Haven home, 820 Pershing avenue, at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
The son of Silas and Melvina Swope, he was born in the county June 22, 1874.
Survivors include a son, Elmer Swope, Aurora, Ill.; a brother, Abner Swope, Ottumwa; and a half-brother, Clifford Swope, Rock Island, Ill. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Johnson funeral chapel, conducted by the Rev. A.D. McClure. Burial will be in Rock Bluff cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Lonnie Vest, Raymond Swope, Donald Bradley, Everett Bradley, Vernard Bradley and Alex Knox.
"Mary Elizabeth / Marietta KIRK
23 Apr 1886 Adams Twp, Wapello, IA (not Davis Co.) Parents Warren KIRK and Ella Jane KINNEY.
Her mother gave consent for her to get married to Charles Welsey Swope on 27 Apr 1905 in Ottumwa.
Looks like she died after 1922 but before 1925 because I found him widowed in IA 1925 census - his name was C W SWEPE with two kids Elmer SWOPE and dau Bernier (should be Bernice) SWOPE.
I am unable to find a death record for Mary. I am unable to find further info on Bernice - according to Charles' obit, she was not mentioned at all so I suspect she died young either as a teen or young lady."
Update of May 23, 2021: Information from Mary, the wife of Charles, sent to Dorothy from Mary's death certificate.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Daily Courier, Saturday, September 30, 1944, Page 10:
Charles W. Swope, 70, life-long resident of Wapello county, died at the Rest Haven home, 820 Pershing avenue, at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
The son of Silas and Melvina Swope, he was born in the county June 22, 1874.
Survivors include a son, Elmer Swope, Aurora, Ill.; a brother, Abner Swope, Ottumwa; and a half-brother, Clifford Swope, Rock Island, Ill. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Johnson funeral chapel, conducted by the Rev. A.D. McClure. Burial will be in Rock Bluff cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Lonnie Vest, Raymond Swope, Donald Bradley, Everett Bradley, Vernard Bradley and Alex Knox.
May 19, 2016: This information was provided by findagrave member Dorothy about Charles' wife:
"Mary Elizabeth / Marietta KIRK
23 Apr 1886 Adams Twp, Wapello, IA (not Davis Co.) Parents Warren KIRK and Ella Jane KINNEY.
Her mother gave consent for her to get married to Charles Welsey Swope on 27 Apr 1905 in Ottumwa.
Looks like she died after 1922 but before 1925 because I found him widowed in IA 1925 census - his name was C W SWEPE with two kids Elmer SWOPE and dau Bernier (should be Bernice) SWOPE.
I am unable to find a death record for Mary. I am unable to find further info on Bernice - according to Charles' obit, she was not mentioned at all so I suspect she died young either as a teen or young lady."
Update of May 23, 2021: Information from Mary, the wife of Charles, sent to Dorothy from Mary's death certificate.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Daily Courier, Saturday, September 30, 1944, Page 10:
Charles W. Swope, 70, life-long resident of Wapello county, died at the Rest Haven home, 820 Pershing avenue, at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
The son of Silas and Melvina Swope, he was born in the county June 22, 1874.
Survivors include a son, Elmer Swope, Aurora, Ill.; a brother, Abner Swope, Ottumwa; and a half-brother, Clifford Swope, Rock Island, Ill. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Johnson funeral chapel, conducted by the Rev. A.D. McClure. Burial will be in Rock Bluff cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Lonnie Vest, Raymond Swope, Donald Bradley, Everett Bradley, Vernard Bradley and Alex Knox.
"Mary Elizabeth / Marietta KIRK
23 Apr 1886 Adams Twp, Wapello, IA (not Davis Co.) Parents Warren KIRK and Ella Jane KINNEY.
Her mother gave consent for her to get married to Charles Welsey Swope on 27 Apr 1905 in Ottumwa.
Looks like she died after 1922 but before 1925 because I found him widowed in IA 1925 census - his name was C W SWEPE with two kids Elmer SWOPE and dau Bernier (should be Bernice) SWOPE.
I am unable to find a death record for Mary. I am unable to find further info on Bernice - according to Charles' obit, she was not mentioned at all so I suspect she died young either as a teen or young lady."
Update of May 23, 2021: Information from Mary, the wife of Charles, sent to Dorothy from Mary's death certificate.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Daily Courier, Saturday, September 30, 1944, Page 10:
Charles W. Swope, 70, life-long resident of Wapello county, died at the Rest Haven home, 820 Pershing avenue, at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
The son of Silas and Melvina Swope, he was born in the county June 22, 1874.
Survivors include a son, Elmer Swope, Aurora, Ill.; a brother, Abner Swope, Ottumwa; and a half-brother, Clifford Swope, Rock Island, Ill. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Johnson funeral chapel, conducted by the Rev. A.D. McClure. Burial will be in Rock Bluff cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Lonnie Vest, Raymond Swope, Donald Bradley, Everett Bradley, Vernard Bradley and Alex Knox.
