Anthoni Jacob Schwab

David Schwab
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Birth: Mar 21 1802 - Gampelen, Bern, Schweiz
Death: Oct 1852 - Auburn Township, Crawford, Ohio, United States
Parents: Anthoni Jacob Schwab, Johanna Catharina Schwab
Spouses: Mariah Schwab (born Pruitz), Margaret Schwab (born Blum)
Children: Susana Kreiselmeyer (born Schwab), Rachel Weber (born Schwab), David Jacob Swope, Mary Magdalena Swope, Mary Catherine Swope, Henry Swope, John Swope, and names of 2 more children
Siblings: Abraham Samuel Schwab, Johann Jakob Schwab, Margaretha Rosine Schwab, Susanna Rosina Schwab, Daniel Schwab, Ulrich Wilhelm Schwab, Gottlieb Schwab

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According to Crawford Co. History, this SWOPE family is an old Swiss family of Canton Bern. David's father is supposedly David Samuel SWOPE, a blacksmith by trade, who lived into an old age, but was survived by his wife, who lived to the age of 116 years. They had eight children and all of them lived and died in Switzerland, except David who came to Richland Co.

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History of Crawford County, Ohio, and representative citizens by Hopley, John E. (John Edward), 1850-

Page 1246

ISAAC F. SWOPE formerly a very active business man of Galion, O., now living retired, is a representative of an old Swiss family of Canton Bern. His grandfather was DAVID SAMUEL SWOPE, a blacksmith by trade, who lived into old age but was survived by his wife, who lived to the age of 116 years. They has eight children and all of them lived and died in Switzerland except one son, DAVID, who was the father of ISAAC F. SWOPE of Gailon.

DAVID SWOPE was born in Switzerland in 1800 and by the time he was 14 years of age had so continually assisted his father at the forge that he knew all the practical details of blacksmithing. It is not known if his father gave consent, but, at any rate, the boy took passage in 1814 for America, crossing the Atlantic Ocean in one of the old-time sailing vessels but reaching New York in safety. He made his way to the Black Fork, Richland County, O., where he is one of the early settlers. He must have been a youth of unusual parts and ready for adventure, for in this strange country his first friends were the Indians, who admired his skill in tipping their arrows and as he was kind and friendly with them they treated him in the same manner. In fact they became very helpful to him, assisting him in clearing off his land and as long as he remained in that neighborhood these friendly relations were maintained. In the early 20’s he came to the vicinity of what is now Plymouth but was at the time called Paris in Richland County. Crawford County not being organized until 1823. Here he acquired a farm and built a shop in the northeast corner Page 1247 of Crawford County. Here again he was surrounded by Friendly Indians, he using the same tactics as formerly and never had any cause to regret the fellowship he extended too his brethren of a darker color than his own. Here he improved a farm and as his blacksmith shop was one of the earliest, he had much custom. In the course of time he erected a handsome brick residence and put up a large barn, with the dementions of 80X40 feet. He had started a orchard very soon after locating there and later as many as 90 bushels of apples were gathered from a Rhode Island Greening tree that he set out. He was a very progressive and resourceful man and a inventor of the first threshing machine in his day, a one-cylinder machine that threshed the grain that went out with the straw. This ingenious invention was the cause of his death, for while operating it very satisfactory, his clothing was caught accidently and his death was instantaneous, this happening in October, 1852. He had accomplished a great deal totally unaided and at the time of his death had a competency and had he lived no doubt would have improved his crude threshing machine until, in all probality, he might have made a vast fortune as have other experimenters along the same kine. In politics he was a Wig and in religion he was a member of the German Reformed church, a most worthy man in every relation of life. He was married first in Stark County, O., to a young woman who had been born in Connecticut and when she died she left six children, the three survivors being residents of Ohio. His second marriage took place in what is now Auburn township, Crawford County to MARGARET BLUM, who was born in Frankfort Germany, in 1827 and was brought yo Stark County, O., when young. She survived he husband for many years, he death occurring in 1876, when aged 69 years. She was a member of the German Lutheran church. Two sons are yet living: ISAAC F. and ABRAHAM, the latter being a resident of Shelby, O., where but one grandchild remains of his family.

ISAAC F. SWOPE is the younger of the two brothers and he is born Jan. 30, 1846, in Auburn township, Crawford County, and was only a small boy when accident removed his father. His mother kept him home until he was 14 years of age, when he learned the painter’s trade, which he fallowed for a few years but this seemed to bring ill health and he learned the carpenter’s trade and had a natural leaning towards architecture and later became a contractor. In this line he became very successful and completed contracts all over the northern part of the state, erecting buildings in different cities and through the country. He purchased a small farm on which he finds much enjoyment in growing fruit. Mr. SWOPE was married at Plymouth, O., to Miss EMILY J. SOLINGER, who was born at Belleville, O., where she was educated and graduated from High School. They have one daughter, MABEL ESTELLE, who is the wife of BERT E. PLACE, and Mr. and Mrs Place have three children: LAWRENCE EARL, MARGARET E. and HORACE FREDERICK. In politics Mr. SWOPE is a Democrat but he has never been a politician, just a fair-minded, law-abiding, good citizen.

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Anton Jakob Schwab

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Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996

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Copy Citation
Name Anton Jakob Schwab
Age 48
Death or Burial Date 2 Sep 1847
Death or Burial Place Bern, Bern, Schweiz
Death or Burial Place (Original) Switzerland, Bern, Bern
Death Date 30 Aug 1847
Birth Year (Estimated) 1799
Event Type Burial