Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyDavid Swing

Parents

FatherSamuel Swing (4 November 1767 - )
MotherPolly Murphy ( - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 15 August 2012; Last Edited: 19 November 2021 
Person ID4007
NameDavid Swing
GenderMale
Born 1790 in Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky1
Married August 1825 to Karenda Gazlay2
Died 1832 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio1, 3

Biography

David Swing, Sr., was for many years engaged in steamboating on the Ohio River. He was a man of ability and of sterling character. He was honored for his man-hood rather than for his doctrinal Christianity. He died of cholera in 1832, leaving two sons to the care of their mother.3

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyKarenda Gazlay (daughter of James Gazlay and Huldah Carter)
Born 22 April 1800 in New York
Married August 1825 to David Swing
Married 1835 to James Hageman
Died 26 January 1890 in Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio
  
Children of David Swing and Karenda Gazlay:
  
+1.FamilyAlfred J. Swing
Born 12 August 1828 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Married 1 May 1851 to Mary A. Norris
Died 24 January 1899 in Dayton, Campbell County, Kentucky
  
+2.FamilyRev. David Swing, Jr.
Born 23 August 1830 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Married 3 July 1855 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio to Elizabeth C. Porter
Died 3 October 1894 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  

Sources

  1. National Society Sons of the American Revolution, Ohio Society, Application for Membership for William Bowlett Young, being a descendant of Samuel Swing; National No. 91041; State No. 5476; approved 18 March 1964. The application provides the names, birth and death dates of his ancestors and their spouses back to Samuel Swing, along with the family of William and his wife Thyra, their son and grandchildren.
  2. Gazlay History, written by Spencer G. Kuhn, a grandchild of Theodore Gazlay; undated. This is a typewritten re-compilation of the earlier Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, compiled by Theodore Gazlay in 1890, including the 1852 statement of the family history by Reverend Sayers Gazlay, an elder brother of Theodore. This document re-formats the information in the 1890 work. For example, facts originally shown in list form, such as birth and death dates, are incorporated in the narrative of this later work. Two post-1890 sections are unique to this document: one with additional details about Theodore Gazlay’s family, with dates as late as 1951; and another on the Donaldson family, featuring Jean Gazlay Donaldson and her six marriages, with several dates in 1965.
  3. History of Chicago, From the earliest period to the present time, by Alfred Theodore Andreas. Volume 2. Chicago, the A.T. Andreas Company, Publisher, 1885. Available at ebooksread.com