1880 Ohio Township, Morris County, Kansas NAME: AGE: BIRTH DATE & PLACE: OCCUPATION: Martin SWARTZ 42 Germany Farmer Jane SWARTZ [wife] 39 Ohio Keeping House Anna Mary SWARTZ [dau] 12 Ohio at home John SWARTZ [son] 11 Ohio at home Christina SWARTZ 9 Kansas Joan SWARTZ 7 Kansas 1885 Ohio Township, Morris County, Kansas NAME: AGE: BIRTH PLACE: OCCUPATION: Martin SWARTZ 46 Germany Farmer Jane SWARTZ 42 Ohio Anna Mary SWARTZ 17 Ohio John SWARTZ 15 Ohio Christina SWARTZ 13 Kansas Martin J SWARTZ 10 Kansas 1910 Ohio Township, Morris County, Kansas NAME: AGE: BIRTH DATE & PLACE: OCCUPATION: Martin J SWARTZ [head] 36 Kansas Farmer Mary SWARTZ [wife] 29 Kansas Walter E SWARTZ [son] 11 Kansas Albert D SWARTZ [son] 10 Kansas Nellie J SWARTZ [dau] 7 Kansas Carl R SWARTZ [son] 5 Kansas Leo SWARTZ [son] 3 Kansas
Schwarzwald - Black Forest - Forested mountain region of SW Germany along the upper Rhine between the Neckar and Swiss border.
Wurttemberg - Region and former kingdom of SW West Germany between Baden and Bavaria; chief city Stuttgart; once a duchy, kingdom 1813-1918, state 1918-1945; divided 1945-1951, S part being joined to Hohenzollern forming Wurttemberg-Hohenzollern state and N part to N Baden forming Wurttemberg-Baden state; since 1951 part of Baden-Wurttemberg state.
08-Feb-1998 Family Group Sheet
Husband: Martin SCHWARZ
Born: ABT 1800 in: Wurttemberg, Germany
Died: 1854 in: U.S.A.
Father:
Mother:
Hans Martin SCHWARZ
Hans Martin SCHWARZ was born about 1800 in Wurttemberg, Germany.
Martin SCHWARZ, Sr. married Anna Maria VOTLIN in Tubingen,
Germany about 1836.
Their name was later changed to SWARTZ.
1853--Martin and Anna Maria SWARTZ came to America from
Wurttemberg, Germany. They came in a sailing vessel that took
six weeks to make the trip across the ocean.
1854--Martin SWARTZ, Sr. died soon after arriving to America.
1854--They first settled in Cincinnati, Clermont County, Ohio.
**Family tradition states that Anna Maria (VOTLIN) SWARTZ
required all her children to speak German while in their private
home. That caused both Martin SWARTZ, Jr. (her son) and Annie
Mary (SWARTZ) CHINN (her granddaughter) to become resentful of
that and even want to deny their German connection. Martin
SWARTZ, Jr. evidently had broken speech the rest of his life and
caused resentment focused towards him during WWI.**
Wife: Anna Maria VOTLIN age: 78
Married: ABT 1836 in: Tubingen, Germany
Born: 2-Nov-1809 in: Tubingen, Germany
Died: 16-Mar-1888 in: Dwight, Morris County, KS
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1 Martin SCHWARZ age: 86
Born: 1-Oct-1837 in: Wurttemberg, Germany 1
Died: 4-May-1924 in: Oregon City, ClackamasCo, OR
Buried: in: Dwight, Morris County, KS
Ref: Occupation: Farmer
Spouse: Jane LILLICH
Married: 3-Apr-1866 in: ClermontCo, OH
M Child 2 John S. SWARTZ age: 86
Born: 17-Oct-1839 in: Wurttemberg, Germany 1
Died: 21-Dec-1925 in: MorrisCo, KS 2
Ref: Occupation: Farmer/store/real estate
Spouse: Elizabeth Ann PRESTON
Married: 21-Jun-1860 in:
F Child 3 Mary SWARTZ
Born: 1843 in:
Died: in: Dwight, Morris County, KS
Spouse: Mr. JENNER
Married: in:
F Child 4 Christine SWARTZ
Born: 1845 in: OH
Died: in: Tacoma, WA
Spouse: Mr. KERNS
Married: in:
M Child 5 George SWARTZ age: 76
Born: 12-Jan-1848 in: Wurttemberg, Germany 1
Died: 6-Mar-1924 in: Dwight, Morris County, KS
Ref: Occupation: JusticeofthePeace/Farmer
Spouse: Sarah Lavina AMSBURY
Married: 3-Sep-1872 in: Morris County, KS
1 1880 Federal Census of Ohio Township, Morris County, Kansas Enumeration made
7th and 8th, June 1880. page 7.
2 Other sources (Houtz) have this location as Salina, Saline County, KS.
07-Feb-1998 Family Group Sheet
Husband: Martin SCHWARZ age: 86
Born: 1-Oct-1837 in: Wurttemberg, Germany 1
Died: 4-May-1924 in: Oregon City, ClackamasCo, OR
Buried: in: Dwight, Morris County, KS
Ref: Occupation: Farmer
Father: Martin SCHWARZ
Mother: Anna Maria VOTLIN
Martin SWARTZ
1 Oct 1837--Martin SCHWARZ was born at Wurttemberg, Germany.
1853--At the age of 16 Martin SWARTZ came to America from
Wurttemberg, Germany with his parents and five brothers and
sisters.
1854--They first settled in Cincinnati, Clermont County, Ohio.
Martin drove a beer truck to help support the family. Martin
enlisted in the United States Navy on the Union side in the Civil
War. Martin SWARTZ got a job on a farm in Ohio.
Apr 1865--Martin SWARTZ married Jane LILLICH in Clermont County,
Ohio. Annie Mary and John were born there.
1870--After the Civil War late in 1870 the family moved from
Clermont County, Ohio to Morris County, Kansas where they took up
a homestead near Dwight. George BECKLEHIMER accompanied them on
this trip.
1870/1871--They stayed in Topeka, Kansas that winter. Martin's
two brothers, John and George had gone ahead and taken up two dry
land homesteads. Martin SWARTZ took the adjoining homestead
which had a good spring of water.
1871--The SWARTZ brothers (John and George) left Topeka by the
Santa Fe [Railroad] to file claims in the spring of 1871. They
returned to Topeka by train, and the next day started back for
Morris County. They took claims in Section 18, Ohio Township,
southeast of what is now Dwight, Kansas.
They became a part of the Slough Creek Community, where they
established a church, school and cemetery, along with the Chinns,
Amsburys, Meyers and other families.
21 Nov 1896--The SWARTZ School ground was deeded to District 52
by Martin SWARTZ. Martin Swartz donated three acres of his
homestead at Dwight for a cemetery and school. The school house
was still standing in the 1960's. The cemetery is known as the
"Slough Creek or The Swartz Cemetery."
6 Jul 1898--Jane (LILLICH) SWARTZ died at Dwight, Kansas. She
was buried at Dwight, Kansas.
Martin stayed in his home for 20 years trying to get along with
renters, both relatives and others until he sold the homestead
and went west to live.
1911--For the first three years he lived with his sister,
Christine (SWARTZ) KERNS, and his niece, Emma KERNS, in Tacoma,
Washington. Then he moved to Oregon City, Oregon where he made
his home for 10 years with his daughter, Annie and Fred CHINN.
4 May 1924--Martin SWARTZ died Sunday at the home of Frederic
Charles and Annie Mary (SWARTZ) Chinn of Central Point, several
miles from Oregon City.
5 May 1924--The funeral service of the late Martin SWARTZ were
held at the R. L. Holman and Son mortuary Monday afternoon. The
Meade Post No. 2, G. A. R., of which organization Mr. SWARTZ was
a member, conducted the impressive ceremony accorded veterans of
the Civil War. Many friends attended and a number of close
friends went to the Southern Pacific depot later in the afternoon
to pay their last respect to the veteran, as his body was shipped
to his former home at Dwight, Kansas, where a second service will
be held and where the remains are to be interred beside those of
his wife.
Wife: Jane LILLICH age: 57
Married: 3-Apr-1866 in: ClermontCo, OH
Born: 29-Jan-1841 in: OH 1
Died: 6-Jul-1898 in: Dwight, Morris County, KS
Buried: in: Swartz Cemetery, MorrisCo, KS
Father: Andrew LILLICH
Mother: Anna
F Child 1 Annie Mary SWARTZ age: 68
Born: 4-Mar-1869 in: New Richmond, ClermontCo, OH 1
Died: 19-May-1937 in: New Era, Clackamas County, OR
Buried: 23-May-1937 in: Zion Cemetery, Canby, ClackamasCo, OR
Ref: Occupation: housewife
Spouse: Frederic (Fred) Charles CHINN
Married: 27-Nov-1889 in: Dwight, Morris County, KS
M Child 2 John SWARTZ
Born: 1869 in: ClermontCo, OH 1
Died: in: Turner, Wyandotte County, KS
Spouse: Lucy Alice CHINN
Married: 20-Nov-1895 in:
F Child 3 Christina (Tena) SWARTZ age: 96
Born: 6-Aug-1871 in: MorrisCo, KS 1
Died: 30-Nov-1967 in: Hutchinson, KS
Spouse: Chester PARSONS
Married: 30-Jun-1889 in:
M Child 4 Johan Martin SWARTZ
Born: 1873 in: KS 1
Died: in:
M Child 5 Martin J. SWARTZ age: 76
Born: 24-May-1873 in: Dwight, Morris County, KS
Died: 25-Sep-1949 in: Alta Vista,WabaunseeCo,KS
Spouse: Mary CASTLEBERRY
Married: 14-Jul-1898 in: MorrisCo, KS
M Child 6 Samuel SWARTZ
Born: in:
Died: in:
M Child 7 Jacob SWARTZ
Born: in:
Died: in:
M Child 8 Maggie SWARTZ
Born: in:
Died: in:
F Child 9 Susie SWARTZ
Born: in:
Died: in:
1 1880 Federal Census of Ohio Township, Morris County, Kansas Enumeration made
7th and 8th, June 1880. page 7.
07-Feb-1998 Family Group Sheet
Husband: Martin J. SWARTZ age: 76
Born: 24-May-1873 in: Dwight, Morris County, KS
Died: 25-Sep-1949 in: Alta Vista,WabaunseeCo,KS
Father: Martin SCHWARZ
Mother: Jane LILLICH
They lived on a farm south of Alta Vista, KS and later moved to
Alta Vista, KS.
Wife: Mary CASTLEBERRY
Married: 14-Jul-1898 in: MorrisCo, KS
Born: 1881 in: KS
Died: AFT 1907 in: Alta Vista,WabaunseeCo,KS
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1 Walter E. SWARTZ
Born: 1899 in: KS
Died: in:
M Child 2 Albert D. SWARTZ
Born: 1900 in: KS
Died: in:
Spouse: Nalida
Married: in:
F Child 3 Nellie J. SWARTZ
Born: 1903 in: KS
Died: in:
M Child 4 Carl R. SWARTZ
Born: 1905 in: KS
Died: in:
M Child 5 Leonard B. SWARTZ
Born: 1907 in: MorrisCo, KS
Died: 1940 in: MorrisCo, KS
Buried: in: Dwight Cemetery, Morris County, KS