The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-05-20
DEATH OF j. r. SWALLOW.

Our people were panied to hear of the
death of Hon. ]. r. Swallow, at Topeka,
Sunday morning. OF his sickness and
death the Topeka Journal says:
HE had been afflicted with disease
about four years, but bore it all with for
bearance and patience. In 1877, while
at Little Rock, Arkansas, he was at
tackled with severe spell of fever, and
was very low several weeks. That left
HIM with bronchial affection, which con.
tinued TO grow steadily worse, battling
the skill of physicians. Last September
he went south in the hope of being ben
Gifted, but received only temporary re-
lief for the better, and returned home in
February. A few days after his return
he was confined TO his room at Mrs.
Rankin's, on Topeka avenue. When his
son-in law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Will o. King, moved to their present
residence in April, near the corner of
Tyler and Eighth streets, Mr.. Swallow
was taken there, and never again left the
house until the reaper came and relieved
him from the burdens and Affections of
life.
Mr.. Swallow was we'll known in this
county. He settled here, we believe,
near what is known as Waushara, in 1857.
From this county, after holding several
local offices, he was nominated AS state
auditor. He came here from Waushara
county, Wisconsin, where he was editor
and publisher of a paper, and where he
met financial misfortunes. He laid out
Waushara, in this county, naming it
after the county from which he came.
1t never amounted to anything as a
town. Mr.. Swallow was a printer, and
during the first year or two of his resi-
dence in this county he maintained his
family to a considerable extent by work
ing for the Ross brOthers-Ed. now
of the LeavenwOrth Standard, and w. w.
Mr.. Swallow first appeared in pol
itics in this county as u candidate for
county surveyor in 1851. He was de-
feated. In the spring of 1858 he was
elected, with Senator Plumb and VIM
Mccullough, a member of the Leaven-
worth constitutional convention. Under
that constitution he was elected county
judge, but Ms the state was not admitted
under the LeavenwOrth constitution the
office amounted To nothing. In Novem
Der, 1859, he was elected register
of deeds of the county. In the fall Of
1861 he was elected county treasurer,
having served as deputy during his term
as register. In 1854 Mr. Swallow was
nominated and elected Auditor of State
This Office he held for four years. His
election took him TO the capital to re-
side. and he never afterwards lived here.
During his residence here Mr.. Swal-
low was an enterprising and upright cit
izen. He favored every enterprise cal
culated 30 benefit the community. He
was one of the Originators of what is
now the EmpOria National bank, and
was engaged in many other enterprises.
He was the director OF this school dis
trict when the first school house was
built to-wit: the stone building on
Constitution street. He was gener-
Gus to a fault, and his friend
ship was greatly abused by those
who were the receivers of his favors.
Having no children of his own, he as
sisted several to a good home, and 10 re-
spectacle stations in life Those whom
he and his wife, who died about year
ago, helped, contributed largely to scat
ter his earnings and give him much
trouble in the closing years of his lile
He was too kind hearted to resist the
appeals of designing and dishonest peo-
pie. He has gone where there will he
something better than ingratitnde 10 re.
pay him for the tolls and troubles of a
welI-spent life.