Individual Details

Harry O. Swaim, age 23 married Blanche M. Faulkner, age 20, Marion Co, IN, on 18 Nov 1896. His parents, Trogett Swaim & Philadelphia Harmon. Hers were Joseph H. Faulkner and Mary Brooks.
The Indianapolis Journal, 19 Nov 1896, Thurday, p.7 Marriage Licenses issued included Harry O. Swain and Blanche M. Faulkner.

1900 Census. Paducah Ward 4, McCracken, KY, Hh 158
Harry G. Johnsoton, b. Dec 1867, age 32, married 12 years, b. IL, parents b. PA, Railroad dispatcher
Lora, wife, b. Feb 1867, 33, 3 children, p. IN, parents b. IN
Vera, dau, b. Jun 1889, 10, b. IL
Spencer, son, b. Dec 1891, 8, b. IL
Harry R., son, b. Sep 1894, 5, b. IL
Harry A. Swaim, bro-in-law, b. Jun 1877, 22, b. IN, Railroad Clerk

There is something very odd about this union. There is the marriage record - then there are records of Blanche living in Indianapolis as a "widow" and Harry living with his sister in Kentucky. Then she is with Harry in California in 1910.

1900 Census. Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN, Hh 70
1916 Wilcox St
Claud Faulker, b. Feb 1876, 24, Marketing Clerk
Mary, mother, b. Mar 1848, 52, widow
Blanche N. Swaim, sister, b. Aug 1877, 22, widow, Stenographer, b. IN, father b. CT
Almeda S., niece, b. Jul 1898, age 1

1902 Indianapolis City Directory
Blanche C. Swaim (wid Harry), living at 1916 Wilcox

1905 Indianapolis City Directory
Blanche M. Swaim, stenog for E. C. Atkins & Co, home 1916 Wilcox

1910 Census. Oakland Ward 5, Alameda Co, CA, Hh 233
Harry O. Swaim, 35, married once for 13 years, Special Agent, Fire Insurance.
Blanch. M., wife, 32, 1 child, b. IN, father b. CT
Alameda, dau, age 11, b. IN

12 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Registration
Harry Orth Swaim of 668 Clay St., San Francisco, CA, was age 44, b. 21 Jun 1874. Solicitor, fire insurance for Boussum Studio, 25 Kearny St. Nearest relative was his brother William S. Swaim, 5531 Loomis St., Chicago, IL. Medium height & build, blue eyes, light brown hair.

1920 Census. Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA, Hh 14
271 E. Vernon Ave
Florentine Teiger, 62, widow, immigranted 1882, naturalied 1896, b. Saxony, Germany
Richard, son, 36, divorced, b. TX, Waiter, Restaurant
Harry Swaim, boarder, 42, single, b. IN, Waiter, Restaurant

The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, 25 Feb 1927, Friday, p. 9
FUNERAL SATURDAY FOR EX-FIRE CAPTAIN
Funeral services for Harry Swaim, 51 years old, former captain of three engine companies in the Louisville Fire Department, who died at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday night at St. Anthony's Hospital, will be held at 8:30 o'clock Saturday morning at his home at 1038 Franklin Street and at 9 o'clock at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
For the last two years Mr. Swain was a watchman for the liberty Insurance Bank. He resigned a lieutenancy inthe No. 4 Engine Company in 1919. during his twenty-three years of service in the department he headed Engine Companies No., 5, No. 1, and No. 12.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Blanche Swain: two sons, Charles and Edward Swain, and a daughter Mrs. Roy Martin.

Birth	21 Jun 1874	Indiana
Death	23 Feb 1927	Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

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	John Sherman Swaim (1866 - 1909)
Sibling	Charles Everett Swaim (1868 - 1942)
Sibling	James Swaim (1870 - 1945)