Individual Details

John J was born in Old Town, Badnen Germany. He was the 3rd child of Jacob and Elizabeth Nagel Swickheimer. He first came to Canal Dover, Tuscarwas County Ohio then to Delaware Co about 1860. He was employed by the Thomas Warren Tavern on Marysville Rd (now rt 36) to obtain supplies from Delaware using oxen and cart. Thomas Warren sold the Tavern later to David Bevan. During the Civil War he was a PVT in Co I ov the 54th OVI. He receive the Medal of Honor May 22 1863 in Vicksburg MS. He married Anna Basiger aug 31 1865. They lived 10 years in Missouri and Kansas farming. They came back to Delaware and continued to farm until 1893 when he entered the furniture business in Delaware.

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Birth	25 Feb 1843	Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Marriage	31 Aug 1865	Delaware Co Ohio - Anna Basiger
Death	12 Mar 1917	Delaware Co Ohio

Spouse	Anna Basiger (1846 - 1917)
Child	Anna Tell Swickheimer (1866 - 1888)
Child	Ernest Victor "E.V." Swickheimer (1868 - 1936)
Child	Arthur Raymond Swickheimer (1870 - 1929)
Child	Lawrence "Loring" Swickheimer (1873 - 1949)
Child	Mary Josephine Swickheimer (1877 - 1958)
Child	Nina Pearle Swickheimer (1879 - 1976)
Child	Ruby Myrtle Swickheimer (1882 - 1950)
Child	Bertha Evelyn Swickheimer (1884 - 1932)
Child	Jacob Swickheimer III (1887 - 1979)

Father	Living
Mother	Elizabeth Nagel (1814 - 1863)