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Van Swearingen

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Van Swearingen

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
14 Dec 1896 (aged 74–75)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Burial
Chico, Butte County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 14,C Lot 106 sp 1
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1850 census District 48, Lewis, MO: Van Swearingen, aged 27, tailor, bp KY; Frances aged 27, bp VA; Wm aged 6; Mary aged 5; Sarah aged 2; Saml aged 3 months – all born MO.

1860 census Canton, Lewis, MO: Van Swearengen, aged 39, merchant, bp KY; Frances J. aged 38, bp VA; Wm W. aged 17; Mary S. aged 15; Sarah T. aged 12; Saml J. aged 10; O.S. aged 7; Frances E. aged 3 – all born MO.

1880 census Chico, Butte, CA: Van Swearingen, aged 59, tailor, bp KY, both parents MD; Francis J. aged 59, suffering with bad cough, bp VA, both parents VA; Obediah S. aged 26, tailor; Charles H. aged 18; daughter Mary S. Glimo, aged 35, widow – all born MO; granddaughter Birdie Glimo, aged 4, bp CA.-census information courtesy the files of Carolyn Hackett Dowd.

"Swearingen, Van – male, white, married, age 76 yrs, b. Mo., d. 14 Dec 1896, bur in a Chico cem." Source: Earliest Death and Burial Records, in the Butte County Courthouse, published serially in the Paradise Genealogical Society's publication, The Goldmine, Vol 9, No. 4, pg 4.
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Chico Morning Chronicle-Record, Tuesday, December 15, 1896, pg 3 col 4: Death of An Old Resident. Van Swearingen Passes Away in San Francisco. Yesterday afternoon word was received in this city of the death of Van Swearingen, which occurred in San Francisco yesterday morning.

“Pap” Swearingen was an old resident of this city, and was one of the most widely known men in this section of the country. He was a tailor by trade, and at the time of his death was about 76 years of age.

The remains arrived in Chico on this morning’s Oregon express, and the funeral will take place this forenoon at 10 o’clock from the Main Street M.E. Church. Thos. Jensen, the undertaker, will have charge of the interment.
1850 census District 48, Lewis, MO: Van Swearingen, aged 27, tailor, bp KY; Frances aged 27, bp VA; Wm aged 6; Mary aged 5; Sarah aged 2; Saml aged 3 months – all born MO.

1860 census Canton, Lewis, MO: Van Swearengen, aged 39, merchant, bp KY; Frances J. aged 38, bp VA; Wm W. aged 17; Mary S. aged 15; Sarah T. aged 12; Saml J. aged 10; O.S. aged 7; Frances E. aged 3 – all born MO.

1880 census Chico, Butte, CA: Van Swearingen, aged 59, tailor, bp KY, both parents MD; Francis J. aged 59, suffering with bad cough, bp VA, both parents VA; Obediah S. aged 26, tailor; Charles H. aged 18; daughter Mary S. Glimo, aged 35, widow – all born MO; granddaughter Birdie Glimo, aged 4, bp CA.-census information courtesy the files of Carolyn Hackett Dowd.

"Swearingen, Van – male, white, married, age 76 yrs, b. Mo., d. 14 Dec 1896, bur in a Chico cem." Source: Earliest Death and Burial Records, in the Butte County Courthouse, published serially in the Paradise Genealogical Society's publication, The Goldmine, Vol 9, No. 4, pg 4.
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Chico Morning Chronicle-Record, Tuesday, December 15, 1896, pg 3 col 4: Death of An Old Resident. Van Swearingen Passes Away in San Francisco. Yesterday afternoon word was received in this city of the death of Van Swearingen, which occurred in San Francisco yesterday morning.

“Pap” Swearingen was an old resident of this city, and was one of the most widely known men in this section of the country. He was a tailor by trade, and at the time of his death was about 76 years of age.

The remains arrived in Chico on this morning’s Oregon express, and the funeral will take place this forenoon at 10 o’clock from the Main Street M.E. Church. Thos. Jensen, the undertaker, will have charge of the interment.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66253228/van-swearingen: accessed ), memorial page for Van Swearingen (1821–14 Dec 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66253228, citing Chico Cemetery, Chico, Butte County, California, USA; Maintained by Adriana (contributor 47328225).