Person Sheet


Name Lewis C. Swerer
Birth 5 Jul 1831, Gettysburg, Preble, OH
Death 1881, Columbus, Franklin, OH
Father John Swerer (~1805-)
Mother Mary (~1811->1880)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH: Ancestry.com 1935ahrensfox, Lewis C. Swerer
!CENSUS: 27-Sep-1850 Jefferson, Preble, OH, 1264/1264, Lewis C. Swearer
!MARRIAGE: 1860 Darke, OH, Lewis C. Swerer and Terrissa O. Jaqua
!CENSUS: 19-Jun-1860 Washington, Preble, OH, 403/387, Lewis Swearer
!CENSUS: 1870 Salt River, Audrain, MO, Louis Swerer
!CENSUS: 10/11-Jun-1880 New Paris, Preble, OH251, 10/10, Lewis C. Swerer, father born NJ, mother born OH
!OCCUPATION: Lawyer253
!REFERENCE:http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Franklin/Franklin%20Vol%20II%20Bio%2012%20P700.htm, “Lewis C. Swerer, the father, was born in Preble county, Ohio and devoted his life to the practice of law, becoming a well known attorney. He was also a veteran of the Civil war, serving with the Fifth Ohio Cavalry in the rank of first lieutenant. He was very active in his military experience., participating in many of the hotly contested battles, long marches and hard campaigns in Mississippi and other southern states. For a number of years he resided in Missouri and was a prominent participant in the political circles of that state. His death occurred in 1881. while his widow still resides in Columbus. Mrs. Swerer bore the maiden name of Teresa Jaqua and was a representative of an old Huguenot family of France, who left their native country at the tune of the expulsion of fill who followed that religious faith. Coming to America the family was represented in the colonial array during the Revolutionary war, and a monument erected in Pennsylvania which commemorates its Revolutionary soldiers contains the names of several of the Jaqua. family. To this family also belonged ex-Governor Gray, of Indiana, who was an uncle of E. J. Severer. He was very prominent in diplomatic circles and died in the city of Mexico during the administration of President Cleveland.”
!REFERENCE: 1925 burial122 for son Elmore J. Swerer, Lewis C. Swerer
!REFERENCE: 1934 burial122 for daughter Olive L. Swerer, Louis Swerer
!REFERENCE: 04-Jun-2007 email from great-great granddauther Karen Kready Geist to Don Braffitt252, Lewis C. Swerer
!REFERENCE: Jaqua (Jaques) Data from Notebooks of Fred. A. Henry123
Spouses
1 Terissa O. Jaqua
Birth 10 Jan 1838, Darke, OH122
Death 3 Aug 1909, of Columbus, Franklin, OH122,246
Burial Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, OH122
Father Judson Jaqua (1792-1878)
Mother Lucinda Braffett (1797-1885)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL:122, Terrissa O. Swerer
!CENSUS: 14-Nov-1850 District 31, Harrison, Darke, OH, 67/70, p. 357, Lenissa
!MARRIAGE: 1860 Darke, OH, Lewis C. Swerer and Terrissa O. Jaqua
!CENSUS: 19-Jun-1860 Washington, Preble, OH, 403/387, Terressia Swearer
!CENSUS: 1870 Salt River, Audrain, MO, Terrisa Swerer
!CENSUS: 10/11-Jun-1880 New Paris, Preble, OH251, 10/10, Terrissa O. Swerer
!RESIDENCE: 1891, 1892 89 Ohio Avenue, Columbus, OH, Terissa O. Swerer (widow of Lewis C.), Columbus, OH Directories 1887-1892
!REFERENCE: 04-Jun-2007 email from great-great granddauther Karen Kready Geist to Don Braffitt252, Terissa O. Swerer
!REFERENCE:http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Franklin/Franklin%20Vol%20II%20Bio%2012%20P700.htm, “Lewis C. Swerer, the father, ,,, His death occurred in 1881. while his widow still resides in Columbus. Mrs. Swerer bore the maiden name of Teresa Jaqua and was a representative of an old Huguenot family of France, who left their native country at the tune of the expulsion of fill who followed that religious faith. Coming to America the family was represented in the colonial array during the Revolutionary war, and a monument erected in Pennsylvania which commemorates its Revolutionary soldiers contains the names of several of the Jaqua. family. To this family also belonged ex-Governor Gray, of Indiana, who was an uncle of E. J. Severer. He was very prominent in diplomatic circles and died in the city of Mexico during the administration of President Cleveland.”
!REFERENCE: First Ladies of Indiana and The Governors119, p. 86
!REFERENCE: Jaqua (Jaques) Data from Notebooks of Fred. A. Henry123
Marriage 1 Apr 1860, Darke, OH
Children Elmore J. (1861-1925)
  Olive L. (1865-1934)
  Maude E. (~1868-)
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