Families of Charles Andrew Swift

CHARLES ANDREW SWIFT, son of CATHARINE LEACH and ELIPHALET YOUNG SWIFT, was born in 1851 in Northhampton, Massachusetts, and died September 23, 1918 in Lane County, Oregon.⁸⁷⁶ He is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lane County, Oregon.^{4644, 456}

He married (1) MARTHA REBECCA SHEDD on March 25, 1872 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa,¹⁸⁵³ daughter of ABIGAIL HOUSTON and DR. GEORGE SHEDD. She was born August 24, 1849 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa, and died February 19, 1873 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa.

He married (2) ZERVIAH JANE HOUSTON on August 7, 1876,³⁴³⁴ daughter of MARIA STURGES and JOHN HOUSTON JR. She was born September 8, 1853 in Iowa,⁴⁰ and died July 23, 1924 in Lane County, Oregon.⁸⁷⁶ She is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lane County, Oregon.^{4641, 456}

• Descendant Reports
  • ? Haskell Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Walter Tybbott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • John York Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • William Graves Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • John Smith Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • William Duyonson Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Robert Stacy Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Capt. Jerathmeel Bowers Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Moses Baron Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • William Brown Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Randall Adams Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • John Erpe Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Thomas Cooper Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Thomas Lambert Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Simon Bagnell Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Richard of Kent Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • John Locke Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • John Newhall Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Daniel Shed Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Thomas Green Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Nicholas Potter Sr. Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Samuel Fields Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Robert Danbie Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • William Clarke Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Samuel Cutter Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Thomas Burnap Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Thomas Miller Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha R. Shedd)
  • Samuel Fields Descendant Report (Ancestor of Zerviah J. Houston)
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Zerviah J. Houston)

Children of ZERVIAH JANE HOUSTON and CHARLES ANDREW SWIFT:

1. ALICE FRANCES SWIFT, b. January 16, 1878, Iowa;⁴⁶⁵⁰ d. June 8, 1964, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.^{456, 876, 4650}
2. HELEN M. SWIFT, b. November 19, 1880, Denmark, Lee, Iowa;¹⁸⁸⁴ d. 1904.
3. EDWARD YOUNG SWIFT, b. February 21, 1884, Iowa;⁴⁵⁶ m. CLIDE L. PARKS on July 22, 1908 in Lane County, Oregon²⁵⁹⁸; d. November 6, 1969, Lane County, Oregon.^{456, 876}
4. FRANK HOUSTON SWIFT, b. May 16, 1888, Denmark, Lee, Iowa;⁸ m. MINNIE ESTELLA MURPHY on January 25, 1913 in Multnomah County, Oregon²⁵⁹⁸; d. September 29, 1956, Multnomah County, Oregon.⁸⁷⁶
5. ? SWIFT, b. June 29, 1893, Denmark, Lee, Iowa;¹⁸⁸⁴ d. June 29, 1893, Denmark, Lee, Iowa.¹⁹²⁷



Personal Information

• Charles Andrew Swift and Martha Rebecca Shedd were members of the Denmark Congregational Church, Lee County, Iowa. ⁷⁴⁸⁴

• Zerviah Jane Houston was a member of the Congregational Church. ⁴⁶⁴¹

Education

Obituaries

Eugene Daily Guard, September 23, 1918⁴⁶⁴⁴

SWIFT—At his home at Pleasant Hill, Monday, September 23, 1918, Charles A. Swift, at the age of 67 years, after a long illness.

The deceased is survived by his wife and three children, Frank H. Swift, in Canada, Alice F. Swift of Portland and Edward Y. Swift of Pleasant Hi.. Mr. Swift was a member of the Congregational church. Funeral services will be conducted at the Pleasant Hill cemetery Tuesday morning at 10:30 by Rev. A. M. Spangler.

Morning Register, July 24, 1924⁴⁶⁴¹

MRS. C. A. SWIFT PASSES

HAD BEEN RESIDENT OF PLEASANT HILL FOR 30 YEARS

Mrs. C. A. Swift, who had resided at Pleasant Hill for 30 years, died at her home there yesterday at the age of 70 years.

She is survived by a daughter, Miss Alice Swift of Portland, Frank H. Swift of Portland, and Edward Y. Swift of Pleasant Hill; two sisters, Mrs. W. E. Hitchcock of India, where she is acting as a missionary, and Miss Mary Houston of Pleasant Hill, and one brother, A. F. Houston of Iowa.

Mrs. Swift was a member of the congregational church.

The funeral will be held at the Pleasant Hill cemetery Friday, at 10 a. m. Rev. W. A. Elkins will deliver the address. The Veatch cheapel [sic] has charge.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
September 12, 18501712	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	George Shedd Abigail Houston Hibbard Houston Shedd Mary Zerviah Shedd Martha Rebecca Shedd
June 13, 18604	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	John Houston Maria Sturges Albert Sturges Houston Zerviah Jane Houston Warren Henderson Houston Laura Maria Houston Mary Emily Houston Zerviah Fields Abigail Fields
June 20, 18604	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	George Shedd Abigail Houston Hibbard Houston Shedd Mary Zerviah Shedd Martha Rebecca Shedd
August 6, 18701708	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	George Shedd Abigail Houston Hibbard Houston Shedd Mary Zerviah Shedd Martha Rebecca Shedd Abigail Fields
June 1, 18803408	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	Charles Andrew Swift Zerviah Jane Houston Alice Frances Swift
April 15, 19104636	Pleasant Hill, Lane, Oregon	Zerviah Jane Houston Charles Andrew Swift Edward Young Swift Clide L. Parks
May 5, 19103415	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	Asa Turner Houston Mary Elizabeth Leverett Clyde Leverett Houston Florence Sturgis Houston Zerviah Jane Houston Mary Emily Houston
February 5, 19203413	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	Asa Turner Houston Mary Elizabeth Leverett Clyde Leverett Houston Florence Sturgis Houston Zerviah Jane Houston Mary Emily Houston