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married Harriet Hartman,

died IN TI)oo"'S =. r.. a
horn Nov. 9. 1919. married Com'o'' A.
pr d;ed in Denmark in 1850; Hannah
horn Semi 4. 1921, married Samuel WIN
am and lives in Hiram; VIM. H. DOT"
Oct o. 1928, died young; Phineas W.
horn Nov. Is. 1924. married Jane Jones
I;ras IN Winchester. Mass. Rebecca W.
horn Oct. 26. 1926, married Jonathan In
calls Of Denmark; James o.. born Dec.
% 1903 married Emeline Thornton and
liyos in Providence r l.; VIM. E.' born
Feb y. 1881, married Julia "hham'
lives in Browniield; Mary S born June
y. 1881, married Josiah I. Young hVes
in Minnesota; PAMELA. born sep q"
1891 married James o. Swan oil Newry'
died Jan'i :, 1915.
lanes Swan, who married iiannah
Sb,uuck. early moved to Swans Hill 10
Rstbcl the elevation upon which ne
seu,ed being named tor him. lie had
sorer,l sons and one daughter. as ioI-
lows. Ist ForreH. married Polly, daush'
ter of Elijah Swan, and lived Tor many
Years at Trap Corner in Paris. Ills
house was tor several years hotel his
children were James, married Mercy
W,sbburne. moved to Pennsylvania;
Lorenzo married Burnhan and went 10
Pennsylvania, but afterwards returned 10
Bethel; Mary Ann married hrst Isaac
D,,bam of Paris. and second Samuel
Merrill of Milton Plantation. For second
wife Foxwell Swan married widow Hail.
and for third the widow OF Bowse BIS
bee of Woodstock. lie died 10 that town
in 1871. u. AipheaS. married Nancy
Rrovn of Bethel. and had Owen b Nam
CIV. George X. Sarah and John 81 ID
besides one who died 10 infancy. 81
Hannah. married Moses. son OF Charles
Bisbee of Sumner, lived in Bethel, ana
had family; All. John s., who married
LyLia Holt, and hal Emeline b.
Esther G. Sarah F.. y ,thaniel F., LYDIA
mia and Marcus f. For second wife Mr..
Swan married widow Stephen Abbott
and is still living at IN advanced age on
Swans IIll in Bethel; 9Th. Nathaniel.
married Sauah daughter Of job Young
of Gray, and had CirOline and Abigail;
the latter became the wife oil Elijah
Brown. 9th, Timothy H., married Nan.
cy Merrill, aud had Edward NJ. and
Amanda.
Nathaniel Swan, who m irried Mehita
bic Colby. lived short distance below
Bethel Hill. on the north side o. tho
river. Ills son Joshua now occupies the
old homestead ChilIren: lst, J5scph
Grccleg, married widoS Burnham OF Gil
cad and lived in that town; II, ESbcr,
married IIazen Reach OF b thel; b.
Julia, married Rinsom TWi.chell oil
I Milan, y. II. 9th, Joshua g.. married
Julia G)odenow OF West Bethel; Is 4
stone mason and lives on the old homc-
stead; TIuIdah married Moses Twi,chell
OF Bethel This family IL not given in
the order OF their ages.
Tho family OF EHj.h Swan who MR.
ricd Elnice BIrton, WAS given in the
sketch OF the b .rton Family. Eii.h Jr.,
the only Surviving son, resides with his
son, Leonard b. Swan, at w est Paris,
and Sally, the widow oil George Berry,
also resides at Yves, Paris, aud j. nearly
80 years OF age.
OF the families OF Emma and Anna,
who married and settled 10 Newry, |
know but little. save that they reared
NJ large families The family oi Abigail
who married Abraham Resell was give n
10 the Russell Family, and of Nancy,
who moved to FrYcburg, know nothing.
The family OF + elizabeth. who married
Jesse Daston, was s',e,chei in that family
~ will be seen by this brief sketch
many OF the descendants OF Jlmes Swan
have lett Bethel, but the family is sll II
well represented ia the old town. They
are active. energetic. and Industrious
people, and therefore valuable citizens.
Many OF them have lived to be very aged.
The oldest male representative Of the
family is John S. Swan of Swans Hill,
and 10 the female line Mrs. Sally Berry
Of West Paris INDEX.
Augusta. June 10. 1875.