Obediah Bryant Richardson Swanner (1826 - abt. 1905)

Born 10 Jan 1826 in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth Ellen (Barnes) Swanner — married 9 Oct 1844 (to about 1874) in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States

Husband of Almelia Catherine (Hamby) Swanner — married 15 Jan 1876 in Maury, Tennessee, United States

Husband of Martha Ann (Dugger) Swanner — married 16 Feb 1892 in Limestone, Alabama, United States

Husband of Amanda Fitzallen (Downing) Wells — married 7 Nov 1895 in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died about 19 May 1905 at about age 79 in Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Obediah Bryant Richardson Swanner was born on January 10, 1826. He was the sixth known child of Joel Swanner and Letty Bryant. Obediah was named after both of his grandfathers.

He married Ruth Ellen Barnes on October 9, 1844, in Lincoln, Tennessee. They had four confirmed sons together. Obediah was a farmer his entire life.

During the Civil War, Obediah enlisted into Company F, 44th Consolidated Tennessee Infantry.

He later left Ruth and married Almelia Catherine Hamby on January 16, 1876, in Maury County, Tennessee. It is unknown whether his youngest son, Harvey, is the son of Obediah and Ruth or Obediah and Almelia, or if he is even Obediah's son at all.

By 1892, Obediah had left Almelia or became widowed and married Martha Ann Dugger on February 16. She later died in 1893. He then married Amanda Fitzallen Downing on November 7, 1895.

Obediah passed away about 1905.

Sources

• "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNDG-VHN : 4 December 2014), Obediah Swanner and Rutha Barns, 09 Oct 1844; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 100, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDL-PXX : 4 April 2020), Obediah Swaner, Lincoln county, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States; citing family 782, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TN-MWP : 18 March 2020), O B R Swanner, 1860.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSNV-N4D : 4 December 2014), O.B.R. Swaner, Private, Company F, 44th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M231 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 42; FHL microfilm 880,096.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDD-GRQ : 19 March 2020), O B Swaner, 1870.
• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHM-3N35 : 6 November 2017), O B Swaner and Amelia Catherine Hamby, 15 Jan 1876; citing Maury, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,281,746.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD71-DQZ : 15 July 2017), Obediah B Swainer, District 11, Maury, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 167, sheet 336A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,271.
• "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNDT-MKB : 4 December 2014), O B R Swaner and Amanda Wells, 07 Nov 1895; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 218, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.