Thomas Jefferson Swezea

1809 - 1887  (77 years)

• Name	Thomas Jefferson Swezea  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	6 Dec 1809	Roane Co/Hickman Co. Tennessee   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Jan 1887	Walla Walla, Washington   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Person ID	I0780	Merged Tree

  
  

  Father	William Sweazea,   b. BET. 1790 - 1800, prob. Elbert Co. Georgia ,   d. 1850, Wayne County, Missouri  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Mother	Unknown
  Family ID	F293	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Lucinda,   b. 4 Jan 1820, Missouri ,   d. 22 Mar 1895, Walla Walla, Washington  (Age 75 years)
  Married	4 Jun 1835	Wayne County, Missouri   [3]
  Children	1. William,   b. 1830   2. Artimissa,   b. 1834   3. Elizabeth Swezea,   b. 20 Aug 1836   4. Catherine M.,   b. 1837   5. Phebe Swezea,   b. 26 Jul 1838   6. Thomas J. Swezea,   b. 14 Mar 1840   7. Susan P.M.,   b. 1840   8. Nancy Jane Swezea,   b. 6 Oct 1842   9. Missouri Ann Swezea,   b. 23 Dec 1844, Wayne County, Missouri   10. James William Swezea,   b. 25 Jul 1848, Wayne County, Missouri ,   d. Walla Walla, Washington + 11. Smith Williams Swezea,   b. 7 Mar 1852, Piedmont, Missouri ,   d. 2 Nov 1938, Walla Walla, Wa  (Age 86 years)   12. Flinn S. Swezea,   b. 7 Mar 1852   13. Charles Swezea,   b. 6 Jul 1860, Walla Walla County, Washington Territory ,   d. 11 Nov 1927, Walla Walla, Washington  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2008
  Family ID	F291	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Census 1850 Shows Thomas with Lucinda and there 9 children
  		Slave Schedule 1850 Shows that he owns 3 black and 3 Mulatto Slaves
  		Death Record 1895 Thomas's record

  
  

• Notes

  [18212.ged] [sweeze~2.FTW] It seems that Thomas Jefferson Swezea went by the mame of "Jeff" when he lived in Missouri and that he went by " T.J." after he moved to Washington Terrirory. From an old Walla Walla County, History Book abt. 1920 THOMAS J. SWEZEA, deceased, a pioneer of 1859, was born in Tennessee in 1809. He spent his early youth there, then came to southeastern Missouri, where he lived until, in 1859, he started across the plains to the west. He made the journey in the usual way for those days, bringing quite a herd of cattle with him. Locating in the city of Walla Walla, he spent two years there, after which he moved to the Oregon line, eight miles southeast of the city, purchased land and engaged in farming. He was there for a number of years, running his five-hundred-acre farm, and raising grain and cattle, but he at length retired to Walla Walla, where he passed the remainder of his days. He died in that city in 1887. While in Missouri he married Miss Lucinda Swezea, and to them were born nine children, five of whom are still living. Charles L. Swezea, one of his sons, now a farmer eight miles southeast of Walla Walla, has the distinction of being the first white male child born in Walla Walla, the date of his advent into this life being July 6, 1860. He passed his early years in the public schools of the county and on his farther's farm, but on attaining his majority started in life for himself. For a while he rented land of his father, but as soon as circumstances would permit he purchased a place of his own, and to his original holdings he has kept adding until he now has three hundred and twenty acres in all. He is engaged in raising wheat and barley principally, though he also gives some attention to the other farm products. He is one of the progressive and thrifty farmers of the neighborhood, and is well thought of as a man and citizen. Fraternally he is identified with the A.O.U.W. In this county, in 1883, he married Miss Margaret A. Davis, and they became parents of four children, Bessie A., Flinn A., deceased, Grace A., and one daughter who died in infancy. Thomas J. Swezea owned three slaves in 1840 in Wayne County, Missouri.

  
  

• Sources

  [S01646] Sweazea.FTW. Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999 [S01648] sweeze. Date of Import: Aug 1, 1999 [S12068] 18212.ged. Date of Import: Jun 7, 2001 [S01517] Census Records Missouri and Washington Territory. 1850 Wayne Co., Missouri 1860, 1870, 1880 Walla Walla Wa. Territory History of Walla Walla, County, Wa [S01648] sweeze. Date of Import: Jul 29, 1999