of Clinton County, Iowa · documented from the public record
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Robert R. Swan 1829 – 1890
Robert R. Swan⚭ Elizabeth H. Harvey
childrenHattie Swan · Emma Swan · Cyrus W. Swan · Ida B. Swan · William Thomas Swan
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What the record says
Born Nov 14, 1829 in New York City.
At age seven moved with his father to Connecticut.
At seventeen came west to Lake County, Illinois (15 years).
1848 removed to Jackson County, Iowa (Monmouth township) then to Clinton County.
Farmed in Brookfield and Sharon township, settling in 1867 on the section-one Sharon township farm.
Taught two terms of school.
Township trustee, deputy constable, school director.
Democrat.
Died Mar 9, 1890.
Wife a native of Livingston County, New York.
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