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Below is a family biography from the book, The History of Crawford County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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R. E. Swearingen is the oldest son of Samuel and Sallie N. (Cox) Swearingen, and was born in Crawford County, Ark., in 1844. [For life of parents, see sketch of Mrs. Swearingen.] During his youth Mr. Swearingen had no educational advantages, public schools being then unknown in this part of the country. In 1872 he was united in marriage to Miss Susan Hargrave, who was born in this county in 1853, and was a daughter of Benjamin and Narcissa (Foster) Hargrave. Mrs. Swearingen died January 26, 1875, leaving one son and one daughter, and January 29, 1879, Mr. Swearingen was married to miss Grace Larue, who was born in Kentucky in 1862, and is a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Burdine) Larue, also natives of Kentucky, who settled in Crawford County in 1870. By his last marriage Mr. S. is the father of three boys and one girl. May 12, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Third Arkansas Infantry, for six months, in which he served till the following fall, when the regiment was disbanded. In July, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-second Arkansas Infantry, in which he served till the close of the war, participating in the battles of Oak Hill, Prairie Grove, Helena, Ark., and Saline River, Ark. Mr. Swearingen has made all his property since starting in life for himself in 1870, and is now the owner of 234 acres of good valley and bottom land; 110 acres are in the bottom, and are cultivated and improved; he living in a nice house himself, and having one tenement house on the place, besides good outbuildings. Mr. S. is a Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for Seymour in 1868. He is a Mason, and his wife belongs to the Methodist Church.
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This family biography is one of 222 biographies included in The History of Crawford County, Arkansas published in 1889. For the complete description, click here: Crawford County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps
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