Born in England, Francis emigrated to America as a child with his family to Illinois. His first wife, Rachel Bond, was the daughter of the first governor of Illinois, Shadrach Bond. They had seven children, only a couple who lived to adulthood. Rachel and several of the children died of Cholera.
His second wife was Mary Douglas from Scotland. They had six more children, the last one born just after the Civil War, named Abraham Lincoln Swanwick.
From "Dyer's Compendium" Pt 3, Regimental Histories, History of the 22nd IL Infantry, p. 75:
"December 31, 1862 and January 1 and 2, 1863, the Regiment was engaged in the battle of Stone river, where it lost 199 out of 342 men going into action. Lieutenant Colonel Swanwick was wounded and taken prisoner, and remained at Atlanta and Richmond (Libby) until May 1863. It is a singular fact, that at the battle of Stone river every horse belonging to the Regiment, including the Battery, was killed."
After the war, Francis and Mary moved their family to Oswego, Kansas, where he was active in local government and the Presbyterian Church.
His second wife was Mary Douglas from Scotland. They had six more children, the last one born just after the Civil War, named Abraham Lincoln Swanwick.
From "Dyer's Compendium" Pt 3, Regimental Histories, History of the 22nd IL Infantry, p. 75:
"December 31, 1862 and January 1 and 2, 1863, the Regiment was engaged in the battle of Stone river, where it lost 199 out of 342 men going into action. Lieutenant Colonel Swanwick was wounded and taken prisoner, and remained at Atlanta and Richmond (Libby) until May 1863. It is a singular fact, that at the battle of Stone river every horse belonging to the Regiment, including the Battery, was killed."
After the war, Francis and Mary moved their family to Oswego, Kansas, where he was active in local government and the Presbyterian Church.
Born in England, Francis emigrated to America as a child with his family to Illinois. His first wife, Rachel Bond, was the daughter of the first governor of Illinois, Shadrach Bond. They had seven children, only a couple who lived to adulthood. Rachel and several of the children died of Cholera.
His second wife was Mary Douglas from Scotland. They had six more children, the last one born just after the Civil War, named Abraham Lincoln Swanwick.
From "Dyer's Compendium" Pt 3, Regimental Histories, History of the 22nd IL Infantry, p. 75:
"December 31, 1862 and January 1 and 2, 1863, the Regiment was engaged in the battle of Stone river, where it lost 199 out of 342 men going into action. Lieutenant Colonel Swanwick was wounded and taken prisoner, and remained at Atlanta and Richmond (Libby) until May 1863. It is a singular fact, that at the battle of Stone river every horse belonging to the Regiment, including the Battery, was killed."
After the war, Francis and Mary moved their family to Oswego, Kansas, where he was active in local government and the Presbyterian Church.
His second wife was Mary Douglas from Scotland. They had six more children, the last one born just after the Civil War, named Abraham Lincoln Swanwick.
From "Dyer's Compendium" Pt 3, Regimental Histories, History of the 22nd IL Infantry, p. 75:
"December 31, 1862 and January 1 and 2, 1863, the Regiment was engaged in the battle of Stone river, where it lost 199 out of 342 men going into action. Lieutenant Colonel Swanwick was wounded and taken prisoner, and remained at Atlanta and Richmond (Libby) until May 1863. It is a singular fact, that at the battle of Stone river every horse belonging to the Regiment, including the Battery, was killed."
After the war, Francis and Mary moved their family to Oswego, Kansas, where he was active in local government and the Presbyterian Church.
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