A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa . ^and otherwise, and is a splendid example ofan enterprising agriculturist, widely knownfor his sterling worth and upright character,as well as for his success in business af-fairs. Mrs. Estes is a most estimable ladyand they both have the warm regard of alarge circle of friends. J. J. SWAIN. J. J. Swain, the well known and pop-ular secretary of the Mills County Fair As-sociation, was born in Dane county, Wis-. REV. ELISHA R. SWAIN BIOGRAlIIICAL HISTORY. 439 cousin, on the 8th of March. 1S49. and is ason of Rev. E. R. and \\. S. ( Cad
A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa . ^and otherwise, and is a splendid example ofan enterprising agriculturist, widely knownfor his sterling worth and upright character,as well as for his success in business af-fairs. Mrs. Estes is a most estimable ladyand they both have the warm regard of alarge circle of friends. J. J. SWAIN. J. J. Swain, the well known and pop-ular secretary of the Mills County Fair As-sociation, was born in Dane county, Wis-. REV. ELISHA R. SWAIN BIOGRAlIIICAL HISTORY. 439 cousin, on the 8th of March. 1S49. and is ason of Rev. E. R. and \\. S. ( Cady) former a nati\e of Xerniont. the latterof New York, idie Rev. Idisha R. Swainwas born in Reading;. \\ indsor county,Vermont, l-\hruary 1). 1801. His motherbore the maiden name of ILannah Ransom,and it was for her lather, Ehsha Ransom,a Baptist minister, that the Rev. E. was named. J lis maternal grand-mother bore the name of liannah Grow,and the name of Hannah seems to havebeen a fa\oritc dwq as it was borne by theeran(hnoihcr, the ninthcr. the sister and oneof the daughters of the Rev. Swain. Thebrothers and sisters of the Rev. Swain wereas follows: Hannah, born at Woodstock,Vermont, August 30, 1802; Aaron, bornFebruary 19, 1804; Sally, born in ilym-outh, Chenango county, Xew York, No-vember 5, 1805; a son who was born onthe 24th of May, 1807, and died on the26th of the same month; Olixer, born Au-gust 31, 1808; and John E., born jNlay6, 18
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