Rev. Jonathan H. Swihart

1840 - 1923  (82 years)

• Name	Jonathan H. Swihart  [1]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	15 Dec 1840	Ohio   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Indiana   [4]
  Alternate birth	Abt 1841	Ohio   [5, 6]
  Death	15 May 1923	Monroe Township, Carroll, Indiana   [3]
  Alternate death	15 May 1925  [7]
  Burial	Pleasant View Cemetery, Rossville, Clinton, Indiana   [3]
  Person ID	I34838	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JMF
  Last Modified	8 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Rev. Jonathan Swihart,   b. 5 Jul 1807, Washington County, Pennsylvania d. 26 Apr 1850, Roann, Wabash, Indiana (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Thomas,   b. 10 Jan 1813, Stark County, Ohio d. 15 Feb 1878 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1830  [8]
  Family ID	F20482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Schillinger,   b. 18 Mar 1839, Ohio d. 16 Aug 1909, Madison Township, Clinton, Indiana (Age 70 years)
  Children	+ 1. Sophia Elva Swihart,   b. 15 Dec 1861, Roann, Wabash, Indiana d. 9 Feb 1947, Teegarden, Marshall, Indiana (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F20481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2021

  
  

• Notes

  He is called a farmer in the 1870 census, and a doctor in the 1880 census. He was a minister of the Brethren, but according to History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana (citation details below), he "went with the Congregationalists, but later the Progressives at the division."

  
  

• Sources

  [S5637] History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana by Otho Winger. Elgin, Illinois: Brethren Publishing House, 1917. [S5636] An Outline History of the Swihart Family in America by Harvey E. Swihart and Elias C. Swihart. Elkhart, Indiana, 1953., date only. [S5642] Find a Grave page for Rev Jonathan H Swihart Jr.. [S2437] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, on ancestry.com. [S2244] 1880 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [S2231] 1870 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [S5636] An Outline History of the Swihart Family in America by Harvey E. Swihart and Elias C. Swihart. Elkhart, Indiana, 1953. [S5644] Find a Grave page for Elizabeth Thomas Tombaugh.