BIO: William C. SWAN, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 166-167.
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  WILLIAM C. SWAN, Shade Gap, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born in 
Dublin township, Huntingdon county, April 2, 1829, son of John and 
Rebecca (Jefferson) [sic] Swan. His grandfather, William Swan, a farmer 
came from Silver Springs, Franklin county, and settled in Dublin 
township, where he and his wife, Eleanor (Chestnut) Swan, both died at 
the home of their son John. Their children are: Benjamin, who died in 
Ohio; Joseph, died in Ohio; Annie, married Neasbit Jefferies, and moved 
to Ohio; Peggy, married to William Wilson, both died in Dublin 
township; Catharine, married William Morrow, both died in Dublin 
township; and Martha, married William Stitt, both died in Greenbriar, 
Pa. The father, John Swan, was born in Dublin township, in 1786. He was 
taught farming and attended the public schools. By his industry and 
economy he was enabled to purchase 250 acres of land in Dublin 
township, which he greatly improved and on which he erected good 
substantial buildings. His first wife was Miss Hannah Cree of Dublin 
township. They had no children. In 1819, John Swan was married to 
Rebecca Jefferies [sic], who died on the homestead in April, 1832. 
Their children are: John J., married Mary J. Harper, resides in Dublin 
township; Eleanor C., born June 24, 1823, died November 24, 1853; 
Margaret A., born January 14, 1827, died May 31, 1873; Rebecca J., born 
April 2, 1832, married John W. Stitt, March 6, 1884; he died in 1886. 
MR. Swan was married the third time, to Mary Hackedorn, who also died 
in Dublin township. Mr. Swan was a Democrat. He was a devout member of 
the Presbyterian church. His death occurred in 1860.
  William C. Swan attended the public schools of Dublin township, the 
academy at Academia for two terms, and Milnwood Academy for three 
terms; his boyhood was spent on his father's farm. May 14, 1856, he 
began business as a merchant at Shade Gap. He is a Democrat, and has 
taken an active part in politics; he has served as school director and 
was appointed postmaster during Cleveland's first administration and 
again under his second administration.
  William C. Swan was married near Concord, Franklin county, Pa., 
October 1, 1857, to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Rachel (Kling) 
Seibert. They went to housekeeping in November, 1857. Mrs. Swan was 
married in Concord and resided there until her marriage. Their children 
are: Mary E. (Mrs. D. A. Stitt), of Illinois, born October 15, 1858; 
Rachel A. (Mrs. S. N. Minnock), of Dublin township, born September 3, 
1860; Amanda C. (Mrs. John C. Taylor), of Spring City, Dublin township, 
born February 4, 1862; John A., merchant of Dublin township, born May 
16, 1864, married Mary A. Harper; James F., born March 21, 1866, died 
September 1, 1867; Rebecca M. (Mrs. Howard E. Montgomery), of Mt. 
Jerret, McKean county, Pa., born September 25, 1868; Lizzie H., wife of 
James P. Cornelius, of Lorpburg, Bedford county, Pa., born August 28, 
1870; William K., tanner, born December 28, 1872; Charlotte R., born 
December 24, 1874; Edith V., born November 1, 1877; Grace S., born 
January 14, 1879. William C. Swan is an elder in the Presbyterian 
church.
  Joseph Seibert, the father of Mrs. Swan, is supposed to be a native 
of Franklin county; his father came from Germany and settled on a farm 
in Franklin county, where he resided until his death.