Dennis Siegel Swart (1836-1914) - Find a Grave Memorial

Dennis Siegel Swart

Birth

31 Jan 1836

Amity, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

30 May 1914 (aged 78)

Swart, Vernon County, Missouri, USA

Burial

Clarksburg Cemetery

Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, USA Add to Map

Plot

Drive E on Grand Rd. & enter at 2nd cemetery entrance, then 100 feet ahead; GPS 37.761657,-94.648638

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Born to George Swart (1810-1895) & Elizabeth Smith Swart (1814-1876). Dennis married Lydia Huffman (1839-1911) on April 30, 1857 in PA. They had 14 children; 12 were living in 1900.

Dennis & Lydia moved from Pennsylvania first to Wrightsville, Clark County, Missouri in 1857, then to Vernon County, Missouri, in 1870. There he established the village of Swart in Harrison Township in 1888. Its post office existed from 1893-1919. From Fort Scott, KS, take Hwy. 54E into Missouri to County Road T. Go right (south) to County Road F, then left (east) on County Road F. Swart is less than a mile on this road. However, nothing of the village remains.

14 children:
• Elizabeth Swart Lee (1858-1906; this cemetery is 2.2 miles N of Swart, Missouri)
• James A. Swart (1860-1939)
• Franklin S. Swart (1861-1936)
• Rebecca Ann Swart Adamson (1862-1940)
• Charles Ellsworth Swart (1864-1926)
• Sherman D. Swart (1867-1933)
• Sarah Ellen Swart Brown (1868-1936)
• Laura Swart (1870-died young)
• George S. Swart (1872-1927)
• William Sheridan Swart, M.D. (1875-1958)
• Edward Swart (1877-died young)
• Henry Swart (1878-1904)
• Alice Mary Swart Lee (1881-1946)
• Lydia May Swart Morris (1884-1966)

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From the Girard (KS) Press, June 11, 1914-- Dennis Swart, one of the best known farmers of the western part of Missouri, died this morning of heart failure at his home near Swart, Missouri. Mr. Swart, although 76 years old at the time of his death, had always been in good health, and his sudden demise comes as a great shock to the members of his family and the many friends who live in Kansas and Missouri. Mr. Swart had lived in Missouri all his life. He founded the little village which was named after him and he owned practically all of the farms surrounding. He almost owned a little country of his own, and that he died quite wealthy, there is no doubt. On his land, oil had been struck in small quantities, which Mr. Swart planned to develop more fully. The deceased formerly lived in this city for a short time and made many friends. He is survived by several children, some of whom live near the old home place and one, Mr. George Swart, lives in this city.