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- [S743] Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1968, (www.ancestry.com).
Name: Joseph P Swope
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 67
Birth Date: 5 Dec 1838
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 15 Feb 1906
Death Place: Pattno, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: Aloysius Swope
Mother: Mary Noel
Certificate Number: 19371
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Birth: Dec. 5, 1838
Chest Springs
Cambria County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Feb. 15, 1906
Patton
Cambria County
Pennsylvania, USA
Joseph was the husband of Louisa (Glasser) Swope 1838-1908
He was the son of Aloysius Swope and Mary Magdalene (Noel) Swope
Joseph P. Swope, One
of Best Known Citizens of Northern
Cambria County,
Succumbs to Gastritis
Joseph P. Swope, one of the best known
residents of northern Cambria county, died at 5:30 o'clock Wednesday
evening at his home in Patton in
the sixty-eighth year of his age. The
cause of his death was acute gastritis.
Deceased is survived by his wife and five
sons – Albert J., Joseph R., Ambrose H. and Herman G. Swope, who reside
in Johnstown and Peter Swope who conducts a planing mill
at Carrolltown. He also leaves two
stepsons – Frank Bauman of Patton and Joseph Bauman of Wilkesbarre –
and two brothers and three sisters, viz.: John M. Swope of Westover, Clearfield
county; Henry Swope, who lives near Patton
and the Misses Anna, Elizabeth and Matilda Swope who reside on the old
homestead farm. Of the many cousins of
the deceased three ware residents of Johnstown – Dr. M. A. Wesner, Mrs.
John McDermott and
Henry Noel.
The funeral took place Saturday morning and
after a requiem high mass in St. Mary's church, interment was made in the cemetery adjoining
Joseph Peter Swope, who was a son of
Aloysius and Mary Noel Swope, was born in Allegheny township, this county on Dec 5, 1838, and remained on the
homestead farm with his parents until the Civil War broke out, when he enlisted and in September, 1862 , and was assigned to Company A, Eleventh Pennsylvania cavalry,with
with which he engaged in a number of battles and was
mustered out at Pittsburg in July, 1865. Mr. Swope
returned home and on May 26, 1867, united in marriage with Mrs Louisa Glasser Bauman, he and his bride settling in Wilkes-Barre
In 1870 Mr. Swope moved back to Cambria county,
locating on a farm in Chest township
where he remained until 1895, when he gave up farming and moved to Patton to enjoy the fruits of a life of thrift and engery
During his residence in northern Cambria, Mr.
Swope was frequently called upon to serve as School Director and in various other local offices in his
community, all of which he filled with
credt to himself and fidelity to the people he served.
He was educated in the schools and was reared and lived for many years
on the historic tract of land known as the Glen Connell Place in Chest
township, his parents moving there
when that place was a wilderness. When
he retired in 1895 the farm was c
onceded to be one of the best in
Cambria county.
Family links:
Parents:
Aloysius Swope (1811 - 1879)
Mary Magdalene Noel Swope (1813 - 1867)
Spouse:
Louisa Glasser Swope (1838 - 1908)
Children:
Joseph R. Swope (____ - 1944)*
Albert J. Swope (1868 - 1938)*
Peter Michael Swope (1869 - 1929)*
Ambrose H Swope (1875 - 1941)*
Herman J. Swope (1877 - 1939)*
Siblings:
Joseph Peter Swope (1838 - 1906)
Peter Jacob Swope (1840 - 1863)*
John M. Swope (1843 - 1912)*
Henry A Swope (1848 - 1917)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Saint Marys Cemetery
Patton
Cambria County
Pennsylvania, USA
Created by: Joan of VA
Record added: May 22, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 37365650
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1838 - 1906 (67 years)