Individual Details
Upton Swingley
(18 Sep 1834 - 13 Jun 1919)
Upton Swingley went with his father, Nathaniel Swingley and some other men, to the gold fields of California in 1850. They travel overland through what became Omaha, Fort Laramie, Salt Lake City and Placerville, California. In November of 1853, they started for home, paying $400 for tickets on a ship. They sailed from San Francisco to the Panama Isthmus, where they walked across the isthmus. Their ship arrived in New York 28 days after they left San Francisco.
Events
| Birth | 18 Sep 1834 | , Washington, MD |  | ||
| Marriage | 2 Feb 1858 | Frances Louise Potter | |||
| Marriage | 3 Oct 1871 | Sophia Woodward Byers | |||
| Marriage | 11 Feb 1875 | Henrietta W. Thomas | |||
| Death | 13 Jun 1919 | Rockford, Winnebago, IL |
Families
| Spouse | Frances Louise Potter (1837 - 1870) |
| Child | Clara Alice Swingley (1859 - 1859) |
| Child | Carrie Bell Swingley (1860 - 1896) |
| Child | Minnie Urilla Swingley (1862 - 1935) |
| Child | Grace Fannie Swingley (1867 - 1935) |
| Child | Lida Louise Swingley (1869 - 1923) |
| Spouse | Sophia Woodward Byers (1831 - 1874) |
| Child | Upton Lyman Swingley (1874 - 1932) |
| Spouse | Henrietta W. Thomas (1842 - 1925) |
| Child | Howard Hamilton Swingley (1876 - 1968) |
| Child | Gertrude Alice Swingley (1882 - 1967) |
| Father | Nathaniel Swingley (1807 - 1883) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Sharer (1809 - 1879) |
| Sibling | Ann Elizabeth Swingley (1829 - 1896) |
| Sibling | John Henry Swingley (1830 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Urilla Swingley (1832 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Nicholas Swingley (1836 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Martha Swingley (1839 - 1839) |
| Sibling | Mary Elizabeth Swingley (1840 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Charles O. Swingley (1843 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Jacob E. Swingley (1846 - 1886) |
| Sibling | William Albert Swingley (1848 - 1849) |
| Sibling | James Alfred Swingley (1848 - 1920) |