LIFE SPAN FROM PRESIDENCY OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS TO GROVER CLEVELAND
birth 3 Apr 1827 Benton, Arkansas
1836 ARKANSAS STATEHOOD CAME IN AS THE 25TH STATE AND AS A SLAVE STATE
Age 9 1838 death of father
Age 11 1840 death of sister Nancy Swagerty (1808-1840)
Age 13 1842 death of brother Pleasant Swagerty (1813-1842)
Age 15 1844 marriage to Mary Ellen Stephens (1819-1893)
Age 15 1845 birth of daughter Mary Elizabeth Swagerty (1845-1927)
Age 16 1845 death of mother Anna Manning (1782-1845)
Benton, Arkansas
Age 19 1848 birth of son Pleasant Swagerty (1848-
Age 21 1850 residence Osage, Benton, Arkansas
Age 22 1851 birth of son Sampson Clayton Swagerty (1851-1931)
Benton, Arkansas
Age 25 1854 15 Nov buys land in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Age 31 1860 residence Anderson, Benton, Arkansas
Age 33 1862 May 7-May 8 Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas
UNION ARMY MOVES THE FAMILY TO KANSAS AFTER BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE
Age 36 1865 residence Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
1858 BLUE MONT CENTRAL COLLEGE ESTABLISHED AS A METHODIST COLLEGE AND LATER BECAME KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Age 41 1870 residence Grant, Riley, Kansas
Age 45 1875 residence Grant, Riley, Kansas
Age 51 1880 residence Grant, Riley, Kansas
Age 56 1885 May Bala, Riley, Kansas
Age 59 1889 death of half-sibling Mary A Vance (1811-1889)
Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
Age 64 1893 death of wife Mary Ellen Stephens (1819-1893)
Age 68 1897 death 20 Aug
Leonardville, Riley, Kansas burial
GRAVE MARKER ERECTED BY METHODIST CHURCH
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