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Mother
Keziah Burkhart
Birth -
Death -
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Father
George Ford
Birth -
Death -
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Mother
Harriet
Weigle
Birth - Jul 08,
1844
Death - May 01,
1928
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Father
Perry
Swartzentruver
Birth - Aug 27, 1841
Death - Dec 01, 1897
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Wife
Harriet Rae
Ford
Birth -
November 28, 1878
Death - July
01, 1958
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Sep 15, 1894
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Husband
John Wesley Swartzentruver
a.k.a. John C. Adams
Birth - Febr 13, 1872
Death - Febr 13, 1930
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Photos, Papers & Things
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OCCUPATION: Machinist
BIRTH: 13 Feb
1872, South Fork, PA
DEATH: 13 Feb
1930, Maple Hts, OH
BURIAL: 16 Feb
1930, Bedford, OH Cem., Section 6, ROW 1, Plot 132, Bedford,
OH
EVENT: A.k.a./
nickname: John "C" SWARTZENTRUVER |
John W. Swartzentruver changed his name to John C.
Adams before 1930. He lived with a Marie Watson (Maxie)
who lived with him in Maple Hts, OH., a suburb of Cleveland.
At her death she is shown as Adams also, wife of John C.
Adams. John died on Feb 13, 1930 of pneumonia according to
the records at Bedford City Hall Records (at 65 Columbus
Ave. Bedford Tel 232-1600 per Gail). He is buried at the
Bedford, OH Cemetery at Section 6, ROW 1, Plot 132 on Feb
16, 1930, (66 East Taylor, Bedford, OH, Tel 232-4462 per
Frank). Records at the Johnson-Romito (then the Donald B.
Johnson) Funeral Home at 521 Broadway, Bedford (Tel 232-1441
per Phil) show information given by an Irma Transuer (Sp ??)
that he died at home at 5244 Metz Ave (shown as Metz but
wrong, should be Milo, see below ?) Maple Hts. OH. and that
he was a machinist by trade and widowed at the time of
death. His wife is named as per above, 1st paragraph.
The records show his father as Perry Swartzentruver and his
mother as Harriet Weigle and the fact that he was born 57
years ago in Somerset, PA. The cost of the funeral was
$389.25 and the grave cost $37.50, of which $100.00 was
never paid. (The funeral home does NOT want the money with
interest). Additional information may be available from the
Bedford Historical Society at 30 S. Park St., Bedford, OH,
Tel 232-0796 Mr Dick Squires. They are open Mon & Wed 7:30
to 10:00 PM and Thurs 10:00 to 4:00 PM. The Zip Code for
Bedford is 44146 for all addresses. In one of his letters he
mentions the fact that he misses Marie so much, so it may be
his second wife that he married (?). According to an
obituary she died on Sunday, Feb 14th,1926 (per a perpetual
calendar, since the date only is given and not the year) and
lived at 5244 Milo Avenue not Metz Ave. in Maple Hts, OH.
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NOTES FOR
Harriet Rae
Ford:
BIRTH:
28 Nov 1878, Belsano, Cambria Co., PA
DEATH:
1 Jul 1958, Johnstown, PA |
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