Individual Details
Amanda O. SWANSON
(Oct 1865 - 5 Feb 1946)
1900 Tulare, Tulare Co., CA. Age 34, born Oct. 1865. Divorced, born CA, both parents born IL. Farmer, owns farm free and clear, can read and write. Mother and a Harry Garver, servant, living with her. He is listed as farm laborer, 22.
Article on her in Guinn's History of the San Joaquin Valley on page 572
"MISS AMANDA O. SWANSON. The Swanson family is widely known and honored in Tulare county, where John Swanson, the grandfather of Miss Swanson, built the first irrigation ditch. He came to California in 1849, crossing the plains, and upon his arrival in the state followed mining in Tuolumne county, near Gold Hill. In 1851 he went east via Panama, and after disposing of his holdings, returned with his family, consisting of his wife, Hannah, and their children. He took up eighteen hundred acres of land in Tulare county, in what is now known as the Lemon Cove country, where he was a successful pioneer, inheriting the sturdy traits of character which distinguish the natives of England, from which country his father had immigrated to America.
Coming to California with his parents in 1852, Aaron Swanson was reared and educated in this state. He has followed farming all his life, and now owns three hundred and twenty acres near Lindsay, upon which he is engaged in general farming. Personally he is a man of strong character and progressive ideas, keeping abreast of the times. His wife,, formerly Mary N. Fletcher, was a native of La Salle county, Ill., and a daughter of William P. Fletcher, a native of Virginia and a descendant of Scotch-Irish ancestry. When sixteen years of age William P. Fletcher removed to Illinois and located in Jo Daviess county, where he found employment in the lead mines. During the Black Hawk war he served under General Dodge, after which he located within six miles of Freeport. He remained in Illinois until 1850, when he came to California and engaged in mining for three years. Returning to Illinois in that year, he remained a short time, when he located in Iowa, near Leon, and followed farming. In 1862 he crossed the plains and settled in Tulare county, purchasing land on Deep creek, near Visalia, where he established a comfortable home. Later he located in Washington, in which state his death occurred at the age of eighty-one years. His wife, formerly Narcissa Swanson, a native of Ohio, died in Oregon. They left a family of seven children, of whom three only are now living, Mrs. Swanson being the only one left in this vicinity. To Mr. and Mrs. Swanson were born five children, of whom two attained maturity. Of these Willard became a stockman in Tulare county, but is now deceased, his death having occurred in Chicago in 1898.
The only living child of her parents, Amanda O. Swanson is a native of Tulare county, and has spent her entire life within its borders. In 1892 she began improvements upon her property, purchasing twenty acres of land, which was immediately sown to alfalfa. Meeting with a success in her efforts, she has since purchased land adjoining, now owning one hundred and fifty acres two miles east of Tulare, of which seventy acres are under alfalfa. The entire property is under irrigation, and her interests are largely centered in stock-raising. Miss Swanson has won more than local renown for her success as an agriculturist, and especially for the progressive and up-to-date methods which have characterized her efforts. She is prominent in local societies, being a charter member and past officer of the Women of Woodcraft, and also belongs to the Tulare Grange. She is progressive in her views, believing with many others that politics would be elevated to a higher plane, that woman's best interests would be conserved, and the country a happier and better place, if justice and equality were accorded to all."
Obituary called her Mrs. Amanda (Mandy) Swanson, age 79 in Feb. 1946 (the Tuesday before the obit). Services by the Enterprise Rebekah Lodge. States she was born in Visalia and lived her entire life in Tulare County. She spent the last 25 years at her home a mile east of the "Y" on the Lindsay highway. Cousin Oliver Perry Swanson, Visalia,was in charge of funeral arrangements. Services were at the Hamilton Peers Funeral Service.
Article on her in Guinn's History of the San Joaquin Valley on page 572
"MISS AMANDA O. SWANSON. The Swanson family is widely known and honored in Tulare county, where John Swanson, the grandfather of Miss Swanson, built the first irrigation ditch. He came to California in 1849, crossing the plains, and upon his arrival in the state followed mining in Tuolumne county, near Gold Hill. In 1851 he went east via Panama, and after disposing of his holdings, returned with his family, consisting of his wife, Hannah, and their children. He took up eighteen hundred acres of land in Tulare county, in what is now known as the Lemon Cove country, where he was a successful pioneer, inheriting the sturdy traits of character which distinguish the natives of England, from which country his father had immigrated to America.
Coming to California with his parents in 1852, Aaron Swanson was reared and educated in this state. He has followed farming all his life, and now owns three hundred and twenty acres near Lindsay, upon which he is engaged in general farming. Personally he is a man of strong character and progressive ideas, keeping abreast of the times. His wife,, formerly Mary N. Fletcher, was a native of La Salle county, Ill., and a daughter of William P. Fletcher, a native of Virginia and a descendant of Scotch-Irish ancestry. When sixteen years of age William P. Fletcher removed to Illinois and located in Jo Daviess county, where he found employment in the lead mines. During the Black Hawk war he served under General Dodge, after which he located within six miles of Freeport. He remained in Illinois until 1850, when he came to California and engaged in mining for three years. Returning to Illinois in that year, he remained a short time, when he located in Iowa, near Leon, and followed farming. In 1862 he crossed the plains and settled in Tulare county, purchasing land on Deep creek, near Visalia, where he established a comfortable home. Later he located in Washington, in which state his death occurred at the age of eighty-one years. His wife, formerly Narcissa Swanson, a native of Ohio, died in Oregon. They left a family of seven children, of whom three only are now living, Mrs. Swanson being the only one left in this vicinity. To Mr. and Mrs. Swanson were born five children, of whom two attained maturity. Of these Willard became a stockman in Tulare county, but is now deceased, his death having occurred in Chicago in 1898.
The only living child of her parents, Amanda O. Swanson is a native of Tulare county, and has spent her entire life within its borders. In 1892 she began improvements upon her property, purchasing twenty acres of land, which was immediately sown to alfalfa. Meeting with a success in her efforts, she has since purchased land adjoining, now owning one hundred and fifty acres two miles east of Tulare, of which seventy acres are under alfalfa. The entire property is under irrigation, and her interests are largely centered in stock-raising. Miss Swanson has won more than local renown for her success as an agriculturist, and especially for the progressive and up-to-date methods which have characterized her efforts. She is prominent in local societies, being a charter member and past officer of the Women of Woodcraft, and also belongs to the Tulare Grange. She is progressive in her views, believing with many others that politics would be elevated to a higher plane, that woman's best interests would be conserved, and the country a happier and better place, if justice and equality were accorded to all."
Obituary called her Mrs. Amanda (Mandy) Swanson, age 79 in Feb. 1946 (the Tuesday before the obit). Services by the Enterprise Rebekah Lodge. States she was born in Visalia and lived her entire life in Tulare County. She spent the last 25 years at her home a mile east of the "Y" on the Lindsay highway. Cousin Oliver Perry Swanson, Visalia,was in charge of funeral arrangements. Services were at the Hamilton Peers Funeral Service.
Events
| Birth | Oct 1865 | Tulare Co., California | |||
| Census | 1870 | Tulare Co., CA. Age 5 (1865) born CA. | |||
| Census | 1 Jun 1880 | Eugene Pct., Lane C., OR, ED 65 pg 20C, stamped pg 249; Amanda, daughter, 14 (1865-66) born CA both parents born IL. | |||
| Divorce | 25 May 1897 | Amando O. Culberson granted decree of divorce from Thos N. Culberson. She gets back her maiden name: Swanson. From Tulare Newspaper of May 25, 1897, abstracted by Donna Benson in Oct 2009 Sequoia Genealogical Society newsletter. - Thomas N. CULBERSON | |||
| Census | 1 Jun 1900 | Tulare, Tulare Co., CA, pg 142A. Amanda, head, 34 born Oct 1865, born CA, both parents born IL. Farmer, can read and write. Mother living with her. | |||
| Census | 1 Jan 1920 | Tulare Twp., Tulare Co., CA, ED 221 Sh 13A; Amanda O. Swanson, head, single, 54 (1865), born CA both parents born IL, farmer. Mother lives with her. | |||
| Census | 15 Apr 1930 | Tulare Twp., Tulare Co., CA, ED 69 Sh 11A; Amanda O. Swanson, head, 64 (1865-66), born CA both parents born IL, farmer with stock farm. | |||
| Death | 5 Feb 1946 | Tulare Co., California |  | ||
| Reference No | 1545 |
Families
| Spouse | Thomas N. CULBERSON ( - ) |
| Father | Aaron SWANSON (1839 - 1915) |
| Mother | Mary Eunis FLETCHER (1842 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Henry SWANSON (1869 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Willard SWANSON (1870 - 1898) |
Endnotes
1. CADI - post 1940.