SWINDELL BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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SWINDELL, Thomas M.
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 816
residence: Big Creek Twp

Thomas M. Swindell, a prominent farmer and stockman of Big Creek township, is a 
native of this county, and comes from a pioneer family. He was born in Shawnee 
township in 1857, and is a son of William D. and Anna (Freeman) Swindell, the 
former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Shawnee township, Henry County. 
William D. Swindell was a son of J. B. Swindell, one of the earliest settlers of 
Shawnee township, and the second merchant to have a store at Huntingdale. He 
conducted a mercantile business there for many years, and was also engaged in 
farming in that vicinity, where he spent the latter part of his life. William D. 
Swindell always made his home in Henry County, although his death occurred at 
Mounds, Oklahoma, in 1913. His wife died in Shawnee township in 1878. William 
D. and Anna (Freeman) Swindell were the parents of the following children: T. M., 
the subject of this sketch; James W., Mounds, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Sallie Rucker, 
deceased. T. M. Swindell was reared and educated at Huntingdale. He has made 
farming and stock raising his principal occupations and has met with well 
deserved success. He owns a well improved farm of 326 acres in Big Creek 
township, and is one of the well-known and successful stock men in that 
township. Mr. Swindell was married in 1889 to Miss Ida Fisher of Big Creek 
township. She is a daughter of Cunningham S. and Jane (Miller) Fisher, pioneers of 
Big Creek township, who came here in 1856, and settled on the farm the south 
half of which is now owned by Mr. Swindell. Mr. Fisher died in 1901 and Mrs. 
Fisher now lives near Blairstown. They were the parents of the following 
children: Ab, Urich, Missouri; Ida, the wife of T. M. Swindell, the subject of this 
sketch; and Mrs. Susan Shepherd, of Blairstown, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Swindell 
have been born the following children: Beulah, married Ray Butcher, Junction 
City, Kansas, who is now a private in the National Army; Rolla A., resides at home 
with his parents, now in training at Camp Funston; Orvil, a manual training 
teacher and athletic director in the public schools at Cape Girardeau, enlisted in 
United States Navy and now at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. All the 
Swindell children are graduates of the consolidated high school and the State 
Normal School at Warrensburg. Roy W., a student and graduate of the high school 
and Warrensburg Normal College. Mr. Swindell has always taken an active 
interest in the betterment and upbuilding of the public school system and was 
one of the promoters of the Norris High School, which for a number of years 
played an important part in the educational sphere of Henry County and was later 
merged in the first consolidated high school district of Henry County. Mr. 
Swindell is a progressive and public spirited citizen and ranks as one of the 
leaders in Henry County. 

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