WILLIAM SWAYZE
GENEALOGY

William Morgan SWAYZE, son of Cashaday Swayze and Harriet Deuel, was born   October 7, 1866, Erin, NY.  He died May 21, 1936, in Oneida City Hospital.  He had been in poor health after a stroke in 1935. Services were held at the Wampsville Presbyterian Church.  Interment was at Merrillsville Cemetery.  He was survived by  his second wife, the former Flora Brewster. 

William Swayze was prominent in political, business and church circles of the town of Lenox.  He was also affiliated with the Sons of Union Veterans, which he served as a post commander and was Wampsville village clerk.  He was a member of of the Wampsville Presbyterian Church, which he served as an elder and trustee.  He was also the village magistrate when Wampsville had a police justice as an incorporated village.  

He married, Aug. 6, 1890, Agnes Crispell.  Agnes died 1919. 
Children of William Swayze and Agnes Crispell:
 
    1. Willard Cassidy Swayze, born Jan 22 1907 in Pennsylvania and died April
    7,1963.  He married Helen Mack Gere.  Their children were Richard, Phyllis and
    Beverly.

     2. Mildred J. Swayze, born 1908, died 1962, married Floyd Hornbrook.
    Mildred and Floyd are buried in Dryden, NY.

William and Agnes were married 19 years at the time of the 1910 Census.  The census notes that Agnes had three children and they were all alive at that time. We only have info on the two children that were listed on the census.  It appears William and Agnes started their family late in life. 

1910 Census:  Erin, Chemung County, New York
Fairview Road, Erin, NY
April 27, 1910

1880 Census:  William, 13 years old, listed with parents. 
1900 Census: 
1920 Census: 

Several of the letters written to William's mother, Harriet Deuel Swayze, refer to William when he was a baby.  His daughter, Mildred visited our family in California in the late 50's or early 60's.  A more recent note from a niece, Mary Hughes of Cooperstown, said she had two of grandpa's spoons Uncle Bill had given my mother (his sister, Molly Ann Harris).   Molly Ann Harris probably divided items with her children. One of our cousins, daughter of Edith McAnally, said that she has eating utensils of Cashaday Swayze from the Civil War.  Mary Hughes also mentions that she and Uncle Bill were going to go to Ireland in search of a family castle which was returned to the crown  in payment for taxes.   

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Kingston, NY 12401
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