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SWAYNE, OSCAR, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Des Moines; is a native of the State of Indiana; born February 28, 1842, and was raised there till about ten years old, when his parents emigrated to this county, the 7th day of October, 1852; August 6, 1861, he enlisted in Co. B, 10th Iowa Infantry, and served with his regiment till November, 1862, when he was detailed by Gen. Grant, to serve in the Pioneer Corps of the 3d division of the 17th army corps, until April, 1865, and then returned to his regiment, and was mustered out at Davenport, Aug. 31, 1865; during the war, he was engaged first in the battle at Charleston, Mo., New Madrid, Mo., siege of Corinth, Miss., battle of Iuka, and the battle of Corinth, Miss., October 3d and 4th, 1862; while with the Pioneer Corps, at the siege of Vicksburg, battle of Mission Ridge, Atlanta campaign, march through Georgia to Savannah, through the Carolinas and Virginia, to Washington City, and there participated in the grand review of Sherman’s Army, May, 1865; from there he went to Little Rock, Arkansas, as a final campaign and back to Davenport where he was mustered out, and then came to his home in this county, and was married May 2, 1871, to Miss Sarah Etta Ward, a native of this State; they have a family of two sons and one daughter: F. A., Mabel, and Albert; has been connected with various township offices; owns an improved farm of 80 acres; has been a member of Champion Lodge of Masons, at Norwalk, since its organization, and has been identified with the temperance movement since 1866, and was a member of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars, for a number of years.