Colonel Obediah Samuel Swearingen

Birth: Nov. 27, 1800 Mason County Kentucky, USA Death: Jan. 6, 1875 Missouri, USA

By James Lewis, Ph.D. "In May of 1832 Sac and Fox Indians under the leadership of Black Hawk left the Iowa territory and returned to their homes across the Mississippi River in northern Illinois. These Native Americans had lost their Illinois lands in a disputed treaty signed in St. Louis in 1804. Their return to northern Illinois sparked widespread panic among white settlers, and Illinois Governor Reynolds quickly called up the militia, which included a young Abraham Lincoln.

Both the militia and regular army troops proved unable to locate the elusive Indians at first, but by July they had begun to pursue Black Hawk's band across northern Illinois and southwestern Wisconsin, engaging them in a major conflict at Wisconsin Heights before finally routing the Indians at Bad Axe on the Mississippi River."

Then, in 1862, he again served as a Colonel in the Confederate Missouri Militia.

He and Sophia (Shipp) had the following 14 children, all born in Howard Co MO: 1.Elizabeth b.abt1822 m.Rev Wm Hodges 2.John b.abt1823 m.Mila Jane Hodges 3.Rev Thomas H Sr b.4-3-1824 m.Sophia Jane (Richardson) Stockton 4.Martha Margaret b.5-12-1825 m.1)Francis M Dean 2)James H Stockton 3)Joseph Norman 5.Mary Ann b.6-14-1826 m.Samuel King Evans 6.Rev Obediah b.3-13-1829 m.1)Mary Key 2)Louisa Trotter 7.Harriet Curtis b.4-8-1830 m.Wm McDonald 8.Justin Walter b.10-3-1831 m.1)Mary Pettajohn 2)Mary C Sparks 9)Fielding S b.2-7-1833 m.Sophia Shipp 10)Amanda Jane b.2-7-1833 m.Wm S Morrow 11)Chloe Ellen b.11-22-1834 m.Silas Vaughn 12)Sophia b.abt 1836 d.1856 unmarried 13)Sarah Maria b4-26-1836 m.Marion Biggerstaff 14)William P b.abt 1838 m.Frances Ann Smallwood

Obed's 2nd marriage was to Nancy Harsell

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Spouse:

 Sophia Shipp Swearingen (1793 - 1856)*

Children:

 John Swearingen (1823 - 1911)*

 Thomas H. Swearingen (1824 - 1893)*

 Martha Swearingen Norman (1825 - 1855)*

 Mary Ann Swearingen Evans (1826 - 1913)*

 Harriett C. Swearingen McDonald (1830 - 1908)*

 Amanda Jane Swearingen Morrow (1833 - 1913)*

 Chloe Ellen Swearingen Vaughan (1834 - 1856)*

 Sarah Maria Swearingen Biggerstaff (1836 - 1856)*

 Fielding S. Swearingen (1838 - 1868)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: Age:74Y 1M 9D

Burial: Log Church Cemetery Perrin Clinton County Missouri, USA

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via brother Nicholas Swearingan by SmartCopy: Dec 8 2015, 18:45:42 UTC