Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Swank, Alonzo 1857 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Alonzo Swank, miller, Rob Roy, son of Jacob and Mary Ann (Foster) Swank, was
born in Warren county, Indiana, January 26, 1857. His mother died when he was
nine days old, and he was taken and reared by his grandfather, William Swank,
who with his own father, Jacob, came to this county in 1830. Both were
blacksmiths. The latter remained only a short time, then went into Montgomery
county. They had a smithy close to Henry Nave's. William Swank improved the
farm, and built the brick house where Wm. Melvin Hatton lives, in this township.
In September, 1872, the subject of this notice went into the Rob Roy mill to
learn the business of milling with Messrs. Bookwalter & Claypool, and has been
connected with it ever since. In November, 1876, Mr. Swank joined with Albert
Donovan, and leased the mill from his employers. They ran it till August 1878,
when James W. Orr bought his partner's interest in the lease, and these have
operated the mill to the present time. Mr. Swank married Miss Luella Kingora
January 3, 1878. She was born May 13, 1860. They have one child, Ally, born
December 17, 1878. Mr. Swank's father died in August 1875.

Additional Comments:

Shawnee Township

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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