of Clarke County, Iowa · documented from the public record
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Samuel Switzer 1819 – 1886
Samuel Switzer⚭ Margaret Lowry
childrenSamuel S. Switzer
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History of Madison County, Iowa.
Native of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch descent.
Removed to Ohio, then about 1848 to Des Moines county, Iowa, then two decades later to Clarke county.
Successful farmer and stock feeder.
Died 1886, almost 67 years old (implied birth ~1819).
Parents of eight sons and three daughters.
Survived his wife by five years.
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