SWISHER, John Milton Swisher. Builder of the Austin Street Railway, Colonel Swisher who died last night at 3 o'clock of heart failure, was one of the pioneer citizens of Austin. He was born in Tennessee on the 31st day of May, 1819 and moved to Texas with his family in 1833. On the 1st day of March he joined the army.He participated in the battle of San Jacinto on the 21st April, being not quite seventeen. Later he was appointed secretary of the treasury. Col. Swisher has been married three times. His first wife was Miss Maria Sims, She died in 1870. In 1873 he married Miss Hettie A. Nickerson who died in 1875. In 1878 he married his present wife Mrs. Bella French. Mar 11, 1891.
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From Find-a-Grave member Angela Jones Harlan:
Swisher married Maria W. Sims, a native of Virginia, at Washington-on-the-Brazos on May 28, 1844; they had two children. Maria died on April 13, 1870, and Swisher married Helen "Nellie" A. Nickerson, a teacher at Medina, on January 1, 1873; they had two daughters. After Nellie's death in March 1875 Swisher married Bella French (see SWISHER, BELLA FRENCH) in Austin in October 1878. Swisher died on March 11, 1891, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin.
Above names and dates taken from Texas State Historical bio on John Milton Swisher. Marriage records are at familysearch.org for Nellie & Bella.
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsw20
For more information on John Milton Swisher, visit this site.
From Find-a-Grave member Angela Jones Harlan:
Swisher married Maria W. Sims, a native of Virginia, at Washington-on-the-Brazos on May 28, 1844; they had two children. Maria died on April 13, 1870, and Swisher married Helen "Nellie" A. Nickerson, a teacher at Medina, on January 1, 1873; they had two daughters. After Nellie's death in March 1875 Swisher married Bella French (see SWISHER, BELLA FRENCH) in Austin in October 1878. Swisher died on March 11, 1891, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin.
Above names and dates taken from Texas State Historical bio on John Milton Swisher. Marriage records are at familysearch.org for Nellie & Bella.
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsw20
SWISHER, John Milton Swisher. Builder of the Austin Street Railway, Colonel Swisher who died last night at 3 o'clock of heart failure, was one of the pioneer citizens of Austin. He was born in Tennessee on the 31st day of May, 1819 and moved to Texas with his family in 1833. On the 1st day of March he joined the army.He participated in the battle of San Jacinto on the 21st April, being not quite seventeen. Later he was appointed secretary of the treasury. Col. Swisher has been married three times. His first wife was Miss Maria Sims, She died in 1870. In 1873 he married Miss Hettie A. Nickerson who died in 1875. In 1878 he married his present wife Mrs. Bella French. Mar 11, 1891.
For more information on John Milton Swisher, visit this site.
From Find-a-Grave member Angela Jones Harlan:
Swisher married Maria W. Sims, a native of Virginia, at Washington-on-the-Brazos on May 28, 1844; they had two children. Maria died on April 13, 1870, and Swisher married Helen "Nellie" A. Nickerson, a teacher at Medina, on January 1, 1873; they had two daughters. After Nellie's death in March 1875 Swisher married Bella French (see SWISHER, BELLA FRENCH) in Austin in October 1878. Swisher died on March 11, 1891, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin.
Above names and dates taken from Texas State Historical bio on John Milton Swisher. Marriage records are at familysearch.org for Nellie & Bella.
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsw20
For more information on John Milton Swisher, visit this site.
From Find-a-Grave member Angela Jones Harlan:
Swisher married Maria W. Sims, a native of Virginia, at Washington-on-the-Brazos on May 28, 1844; they had two children. Maria died on April 13, 1870, and Swisher married Helen "Nellie" A. Nickerson, a teacher at Medina, on January 1, 1873; they had two daughters. After Nellie's death in March 1875 Swisher married Bella French (see SWISHER, BELLA FRENCH) in Austin in October 1878. Swisher died on March 11, 1891, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin.
Above names and dates taken from Texas State Historical bio on John Milton Swisher. Marriage records are at familysearch.org for Nellie & Bella.
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsw20
Inscription
San Jacinto soldier, and a man who had the interest of Texas ever at heart.
He lives! In all the past
He lives! Nor to the last
Of seeing him again, will I despair
In dreams, I see him now
And on his placid brow,
I see it written:
Thou shalt meet me there
