Author : Swope Family History Committee
Release : 2015-08-04
Genre : Reference
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Book Synopsis History of the Swope Family and Descendants by : Swope Family History Committee

Download or read book History of the Swope Family and Descendants written by Swope Family History Committee. This book was released on 2015-08-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Swope Family and Descendants: 1678 1896 In presenting a history of the Swope family we have thought best not to confine our account only to the Swope family in this county, but to give a sketch of our ancestors in the Fatherland. This has been done in Chapter I, and was largely drawn from Kohlrausche's History of Germany. The account devolops that portion of German history relating to the Swabians and the old Duchy of Swabia, because there our family originated and we bear the tribe name. Because of their restless, roaming disposition the Romans called our German ancestors Suevi, and they were so known until the early part of the fifth century. An examination of the following pages will show that Yost Swope's son John had nineteen children. The most careful and thorough search has failed to reveal an extended account of more than seven of them. These seven appear at the head of chapters six to twelve. In beginning this work it was our intention to give only an account of the family of Yost Swope, but during its progress we found several Swope families descended from ancestors who settled in this country prior to the Revolutionary war. These we have traced out as fully as possibly and given in Part II. Our aim has been in the compilation of this history to secure authentic data through representative members of the different branches of the family. Wherever it has been possible data received has been verified. In this connection we desire expressing our thanks to General John H. Forney, Jacksonville, Ala.; Miss Catharine C. M. Foster, Johnstown, Pa.; Messrs. Isaac and Zuriel Swope, Lancaster, Pa.; Mrs. Eliza Swope Pitkin, Chicago, III., and all others who have kindly responded to inquiries regarding their families. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.