Chester Swain
Chester Swain, son
of Thomas and Mary (Keesling) Swain, was born in Fall
Creek Township, Henry Co., Ind., March 2, 1849. He remained with his
parents till reaching manhood, and was married Jan. 22, 1870, to Mary
A., daughter of John and Melvina Fatic, who came to Henry
County from Virginia at an early date. They are the parents of three
children -- Zanfretta, born Feb. 25, 1871; Zelotes, March 4,
1876, and Thomas Benton, March 21, 1879. Mr. Swain and wife
are members of the White Chapel Christian Church, situated about two miles west
of Mechanicsburg; and in politics Mr. Swain is a Republican. He has
forty-four acres of excellent land with good improvements, adjoining
Mechanicsburg. His father came to Henry County, Ind., from Tennessee about
1834 with his parents, John and Ann Swain, and settled
on a farm near where Mechanicsburg now stands.
History of Henry County, Indiana, Chicago: Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1884, page 604-605.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
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