The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Swink, With All
Their Family About Them, Cele-
brate the Fift;eth Anniver-
sary OF Their Wedding.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. T.. Swink of |
Pennington last Tuesday celebrated /.
! the ffticth anniversary Of their /.
wedding, which took place in Cali !
fornia, at Red Bluff, on August 10, !
1889, the two having previously
crossed the mountains and great
plains in separate parties, when the
gold fever was at it's height.
TheI" were present at the ami
versary dinner Tuesday all Of the
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Swink, to-
gether with seventeen grandchildren
and one great-grandchild, The
children are as follows: Mr.. John
l.. Swink, Maplcwood, st. Louis
county, banker and real estate; Mr..
Robert a. Swink, Maplewood, bank
er and real estate; Judge f.. f..
Swink Pennington, banker, stock
man, member Of the State Board of
Agriculture and former president of
the Missouri State Fair; Mr.. Roy
A. Swink, Pennington, farmer and
dairymau; Mrs. J. +. Cover, Farm
ington; Mrs. Owen A. Smith, Farm
ingtou. Mrs. William n. Fleming,
Pennington, and Mrs. David Car
lisle, Jr., Maplewood The one
great t-grandchild is little Miss Nir-
giniG Lee Walker, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. l.. -. Walker OF Farming
ton. Mrs. Walker was Miss Flor
encc Swink, daughter of Judge f..
, f.. Swink. Others present nj the
anniversary celebration were Mr..
= Walter Waldrop, farmer, living
rear Pennington, and II son of Mrs.
J. f.. Swink by former marriage,
and Mr Philip A. Swink and Mrs.
| Mary kcnucr, both of Festus, broth
er and sister of Mr.. j. T.. Swink.
Mr. Swink, who is 7G years old,
was born In Franklin county, Ten
| nessee, and removed with his father
to Ste. Gonevicvc county, Missouri,
in 1886. In 1853 he crossed the
| plains to California with the party
under Col. Joseph Bogy by way of
the old trail south of the Platte,
passing through Fort kearney and
Fort Laramie. The party was six
months and two days en- route. Mr..
Swink settled in Grassy Valley,
Nevada county, California, devoting
b six years tn gold mining and after
wards engaging in farming.
( Mrs. Swink, who is - years old,
was born near Danville, Kentucky.
{ With her father, who was in charge
t Of n party of settlers and gold-seek-
, rrs, she went to California In lSb,
. by way of the route north of the
I Platte, and which consumed six
, months in travel Her father set
:, tied in Sisco county, California.
4 subsequently she and Mr.. Swink
became acquainted, and their mar
, riagc followed on August Is, 1869.
In 1870 Mr.. and Mrs. Swink re-
turned to Missouri with their fam
= ily making the journey by rail in
six days, as compared with the six
months which had been necessary
D., for the trip less than twenty years
:, previously. After returning to Mis-
- souri,, they located on the Saline, In
Ste. Gencyicvc county, remaining
there about two years, and thence
'' removed to Jefferson county, ON IA
y farm near the present site Of Fes-
V tus, where they remained until their
: removal to Pennington in 1902.
u An interesting feature Of the fam
! iIy gathering on this golden ami
NrrSary was the reading of n family
r history prepared by Mr.. r. a,
J. Swnk, tracing the ancestry of the
q mothers side Of the family back to
IG4O in Wales. She Is II descendant
: of tho Louisrs who were driven
out of Franco because of the pcrsc-
II cutions following the cdict OF Nantes
Il and who changed the spelling Of the
g name to Lewis during their sOiourn
in Wales. In 1860 John Lewis, OF
: whom Mrs. Swink Is "A direct de-
l. sccndant, and his brothers, came to
l. America and settled in Virginia
< from whom sprung the bewises
IT who were prominent in the Reyolu'
l. tionary War. Mrs. Swink Is eli
gible to become n member of the as
socintion known as the Daughters
OF the Revolution.
n Personally Mr.. and Mrs. Swink
= are n most genial and lovable olc
pair of lovers, idolized by thcil
children and happy in having then
le all so near. They are both hale
ID and hearty, and their host of friends
i. wish them many more delightful
y anniversaries of the day when they
ii started on life's journey hand ii
hand.