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The Swails / Swales / Swailes Family History



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William C. Swails

Summary:

Name (/born) Relative Name (/born)
William C. Swails, ~1831 Father
Mother

Wife
Child(1)
Child(2)
Child(3)
??
??

Abigail D.
Mary Elizabeth, 12/16/1854
Nancy Wilson, 1/29/1860
Unknown, before Sep. 1861

William C. Swails was born about 1831 in Juniata Co., Pa.
William was married to Abigail, the daughter of Isaac and Margaret Swailes. It is assumed that William C. was a cousin of Abigail. Marriage between cousins was not uncommon for that time period.

William and Abigail had three children:
 Mary Elizabeth b.16 Dec. 1854
 Nancy Wilson b.29 Jan. 1860
 Unknown d.Bef. Sep. 1861

William died in a military hospital in Philadelphia, Pa. in Sep 1862.
Civil War enrollment, mustered in 24 Oct. 1861- VA Comp 1 49th Reg.










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