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Joel Lincoln Swinehart

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Joel Lincoln Swinehart

Birth
LaGrange County, Indiana, USA
Death
8 Dec 1944 (aged 80)
Adair County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Adair, Adair County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Joel was the 5th child born to Samuel Swinehart and Eliza Ann Sigler.
He married Theresa Eliza Mc Leran 29 Mar 1891 at Adair in Audubon Co, IA.
He was a farmer most of his life but learned the craft of broom making about the age of 19 and continued making booms until the year he died. His grandson Dale Swinehart recalled Joel making brooms in the basement of his large farmhouse near Adair and was fascinated watching the process. His brooms lasted for many years and were preferred by his customers and neighbors.
Joel and Theresa had 9 children, 1 died as infant:
Charles Albert b 1893
Grace Arlene b 1895
Lenore Elsie b 1897
Joel L b 1901 d 1901
Helen L b 1902
Owen Theodore b 1904
Dorothy Esther b 1906
Joel Lynn b 1911
Jean Rebecca b 1918
Joel was the 5th child born to Samuel Swinehart and Eliza Ann Sigler.
He married Theresa Eliza Mc Leran 29 Mar 1891 at Adair in Audubon Co, IA.
He was a farmer most of his life but learned the craft of broom making about the age of 19 and continued making booms until the year he died. His grandson Dale Swinehart recalled Joel making brooms in the basement of his large farmhouse near Adair and was fascinated watching the process. His brooms lasted for many years and were preferred by his customers and neighbors.
Joel and Theresa had 9 children, 1 died as infant:
Charles Albert b 1893
Grace Arlene b 1895
Lenore Elsie b 1897
Joel L b 1901 d 1901
Helen L b 1902
Owen Theodore b 1904
Dorothy Esther b 1906
Joel Lynn b 1911
Jean Rebecca b 1918


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