Gazlay Family History
David Swing
Parents
| Father | Samuel Swing (4 November 1767 - ) |
| Mother | Polly Murphy ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 15 August 2012; Last Edited: 19 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 4007 |
| Name | David Swing |
| Gender | Male |
| 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 1 |  Karenda 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. | Alfred 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. | Rev. 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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