Tombstone Tuesday - 6 Jul 2010

Tombstone Tuesday - 6 Jul 2010

This is my fourth report of entering Tombstone Tuesday entries into Find A Grave, per my Challenge #22 and #23 resolution. Today I take on my earlier posts of 10 Nov 2009 on John S. KINNICK, and on 24 Nov 2009, his parents, my 3rd Great Grandparents, at Forest Hill Cemetery, Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois.


You may recall that John S. KINNICK was the young man mentioned in our 1953 "family history" book as "killed in action, Civil War, abt 1865." Of course, it turned out, based on his tombstone, that he died at his families farm home on 5 Jun 1851, just short of his 14th birthday. I've always treated it as a great example of: Don't report what you don't know!  ;-)
Find A Grave Memorial# 53872525

John's father was Walter W. KINNICK
Walter died accidentally, at a relatively young age in 1853, just a little over 43 years old. Susanna lived a long life, over 75 years, and died in 1884.
Walter married Susanna SCHWYHART in Ohio in about 1843 or 1844
Find A Grave Memorial# 53875107


John's Mother was Susanna (Susan) SCHWYHART KINNICK (1809-1884). She was born Susanna SWINEHEART, in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth ZIMMERMAN SWINEHEART. She and her siblings each changed their surname to SCHWYHART as young adults.
From 1859 to 1870, when he died, Susan was married to Ephriam Yarrington. After his death, she reverted to using her KINNICK surname for the last years of her life. Ephriam was also buried with his first wife.
Find A Grave Memorial# 53875658


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Surname Saturday - SCHWYHART

Surname Saturday - SCHWYHART

On previous Saturdays, we have reported all of the known ancestor lineage surnames through  the great-great grandparent surnames (see earlier Saturday Surname posts in the left column, scroll down - back into 2009) and we have started on the next batch.

Looking ahead, from the "round of thirty-two" (scroll down a bit...) - 3rd great-grandparents - We know and will have reported on 9 of the sixteen Male lines (four are from Denmark) we know and will be reporting on nine new female surname lines of the possible sixteen: VESTERSTROM, SPRANG, LORD, KIMMERLING, FIRESTONE, SCHWYHART, LEE, JONES, and KIRK.

Today, we will look briefly at SCHWYHART, a very distinctive name. As mentioned earlier, actually my very first Surname Saturday post, back on 25 Oct 2009; here is a quote:
"Jacob Swineheart and Joseph Swineheart were brothers who married sisters Sarah and Elizabeth Zimmerman. It is the fifteen children of these two marriages that adopted the surname Schwyhart as young adults." ... then: "One of the fifteen children was my 3rd great-grandmother."

To the best of our knowledge, and some considerable research has been done on the surname, anyone with this surname descends from these fifteen children. Actually, it is only the descendants of the males in this group, nine of them - and only seven had male descendants to carry on the surname!

It has been a pleasure to do this research.

Susan (Susanna) SCHWYHART (1809-1884) married Walter W. KINNICK (1810-1853) in about 1835 in Belmont County, OH. Details of marriage still sought. Susan was the oldest child of Joseph SWINEHEART (1786-1871) and Elizabeth ZIMMERMAN (1787-1876).


Families are Forever!  ;-)

Surname Saturday Blog Entry

You can read about "Surname Saturday" at GeneaBloggers - lots of other good information there, as well.

Following is my entry, from the first couple of decades of the 1880s, Guernsey Co, Ohio:

"Jacob Swineheart and Joseph Swineheart were brothers who married
sisters Sarah and Elizabeth Zimmerman.

It is the fifteen children of these two marriages that adopted the surname
Schwyhart as young adults.

I wonder why?"

For more information on this family, see:
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~earlyyrs/schwyhart.html
One of the fifteen children was my 3rd great-grandmother.

Comments welcomed. See other entries at: Genea-Musings

Families are Forever! ;-)