Individual Details

Earlier census indicate he was born about 1867. The 1900 census had Oct 1872.

Married Mary Frances Donoher, 3 Aug 1900, Montgomery Co, IN

Lafayette, IN 1903 City Directory
Swain, John S. (Frances), saloon, 501 Wabash, home, 503 Wabash

Indiana Death Certificate 3320
John Sherman Swaim died 2 Sep 1909, LaFayette, Tippecanoe Co, IN of pulmonary tuberculosis. Address was 503 Wabash. He was born 14 Jul 1866 in Indiana. His wife was Frances M. Swaim and he was a Merchant. His father was Trougett Swaim; his mother Philadelphia Harmon, born born in Indiana. Mrs. S. Swaim of Chicago was the informant. Burial data is too pale to read.

Buried Saint Marys Cemetery, LaFayette.

Journal and Courier, Lafayette, IN, 20 Mar 1940, Wednesday, p.19
Mrs. Mary F. Swain
Mrs. Mary Frances (Donoher) Swain, 73, widow of John S. Swain, 503 Wabash Ave, died tuesday night at 9 o'clock at St. Elizabeth Hospital. a lifelong resident of Lafayette, she was married in 1901 and Mr. Swain died in 1909. She was a member of St. Ann's Church. One sister, Mrs. Nan Poorman, who made her home with her, survives; also two nieces, Mrs. J. B. Daughterty of Bedford, Iowa, and Miss Mary Frances zink, of Peoria, Ill. ...burial in St. Mary's Cemetery.

Birth	14 Jul 1866	Boone County, Indiana
Death	2 Sep 1909	LaFayeete, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Father	Trougett Swaim (1829 - 1875)
Mother	Philadelphia Harmon (1837 - 1911)
Sibling	Mariah Belle Swaim (1857 - 1917)
Sibling	Jesse E. Swaim (1860 - )
Sibling	William Stanton Swaim (1862 - 1920)
Sibling	Lora A. Swaim (1865 - 1933)
Sibling	Charles Everett Swaim (1868 - 1942)
Sibling	James Swaim (1870 - 1945)
Sibling	Harry Orth Swaim (1874 - 1927)