Name: Talbert, Infant Child
Burial Date: 1889, 00/00
Age at Death: IN
Plot Location: 280 B
Notes: c/A. E & ?(Ballard)
No Marker
Taber, Nannie E (Hockett)
Name: Taber, Nannie E (Hockett)
Burial Date: 1878, 12/05
Age at Death: 22 ?
Plot Location: 223 K/L
Notes: 1st w/Samuel Smith
Married 12/16/1877
Nannie Hackett married Samuel Smith Taber on December 16, 1877, in Sterling, Kansas. They had one child during their marriage. On November 25, 1878, she died in Sterling, Kansas, following the birth of her first child, Nina. Nannie’s burial was delayed about 10 days while awaiting her father’s arrival in Sterling.
Nina Taber was born on November 15, 1878, in Sterling, Kansas, the child of Samuel Smith and Nannie. She lost her mother when she was about 10 days old.
Samuel Smith Taber was born on October 28, 1852, in Jericho, New York, his father, Clarkson, was 30 and his mother, Deborah, was 28. He married Nannie Hackett and they had one daughter together. He then married Maria Willis Taber and they had six children together. He had two brothers and three sisters.
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Taber, Deborah ‘Debbie’ (Smith)
Name: Taber, Deborah ‘Debbie’ (Smith)
Burial Date: 1914, 04/23
Age at Death: 90
Plot Location: 223 G/H
Notes: wife of Friend Clarkson
Deborah Smith was born on April 29, 1824, Catskill, Greene County, New York, her father, Samuel, was 29 and her mother, Mary, was 25. She married Clarkson Taber on April 17, 1851, in Westbury, New York. They had six children during their marriage. She died in April 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, at the impressive age of 90.
Deborah was a Quaker and held a certificate for:
MAR 1889 • Sterling Monthly Meeting, Sterling, Kansas
Birth: 1824Death: Apr. 23, 1914
Kansas, USA
Wife of Clarkson Taber
Family links:
Spouse:
Clarkson Taber (1823 – 1878)*
*Calculated relationship
Note: Age 90 Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Plot: 223 G/H
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Taber, Friend Clarkson
Name: Taber, Friend Clarkson
Burial Date: 1878, 04/14
Age at Death: 55
Plot Location: 223 I/J
Notes: Husband of Deborah ‘Debbie’ (Smith)
Friend Clarkson Taber was born on October 10, 1822, in Albion, Maine. He married Deborah Smith on April 17, 1851, in Westbury, New York. They had six children during their marriage. He died on April 15, 1878, in Sterling, Kansas, at the age of 55.
Clarkson was a journalist and a member of the Friends Monthly Meeting.
THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS, Portland, Maine, Wednesday, April 17, 1878 p.3
Obituary note: Clarkson Taber, a native of this state, for many years cattle market reporter of the New York Tribune, died in Sterling, Kansas, Monday, aged 55 years.
| Birth: | 1823 |
| Death: | Apr. 14, 1878 Kansas, USA |
Husband of Deborah (Smith) TaberFamily links: Spouse: Deborah Smith Taber (1824 – 1914)Note: Age 55 |
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| Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 223 I/J |
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Swofford, Sidney Sylvester
Name: Swofford, Sidney Sylvester ‘Sid’
Burial Date: 1990, 05/30
Age at Death: 54
Plot Location: 917 D
Notes: husband of Joyce Leora (Lawler) Swofford
En 2, US Navy War: Korean War 
Birth: 1935 Death: May 26, 1990
Decatur, IL Herald-Review, 30 May 1990
TOWER HILL — Sidney S. Swofford, 54, Sterling, Kan., formerly of Tower Hill, died Saturday (May 26, 1990). Survivors: wife, Joyce; son, Thomas, Sterling; daughters, Peggi Smith, Ponca City, Okla.; Penny Rowse, Burwell, Neb.; Jenny and Jamie Swofford, Sterling; brothers, Don, Vandalia; Jim, Mulberry Grove; Harold, Hagerstown; Everette, Brownstown; sisters, Nola Weaver, Albuquerque, N.M.; Wilma Meyers, Vandalia.
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Faith Baptist Church, Hutchinson, Kan. Burial: Sterling Community Cemetery. Memorials: Veterans Administration Medical Center, Wichita, Kan.
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
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Record added: Sep 03, 2011
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Sweeney, Keren Happuch (Brown)
Name: Sweeney, Keren Happuch (Brown)
Burial Date: 1920, 10/14
Age at Death: 66
Plot Location: 605 E
Notes: wife of James Davis
Pronounced Hap-pok
Bibical Note:
12 The LORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.
13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch.
15 Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.
16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
17 And so Job died, an old man and full of years.
Keren Happuch Brown was born on February 10, 1854, in Iowa. She married James Davis Sweeney on December 21, 1871. They had four children in 13 years. She died on October 3, 1920, in Kansas at the age of 66, and was buried in Sterling, Kansas.
Her daughter Inez is buried next to her.
Death: Oct., 1920
age 65, wife of James Davis
James Davis Sweeney and grandson James Dennis Sweeney
Family links:
Children:
Inez D Sweeney (1873 – 1950)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Plot: 605 E
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Sweeney, Inez D
Name: Sweeney, Inez D
Burial Date: 1950, 02/10
Age at Death: 77
Plot Location: 605 F
Notes: daughter of James Davis & Keren-Happuch (Brown)
Born in Iowa. Worked as a telephone operator in Amarillo, Texas. Died at Northwest Texas Hospital, Amarillo, from asphyxiation in a home fire from stove.
Mother also buried in this cemetery.
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James Davis Sweeney was born on November 23, 1850, his father, ANDREW, was 50 and his mother, ROSEANNA, was 43. He married Keren Happuch Brown on December 21, 1871. They had four children in 13 years. He died on December 30, 1930, in Amarillo, Texas, at the age of 80, and was buried in Amarillo, Texas.
Swearingen, Mary B
Name: Swearingen, Mary B
Burial Date: 1901, 04/03
Age at Death: 14
Plot Location: 099 K
Notes: Daughter of Aaron & Laura (Harris)
Mary B Swearingen
| Birth | 01/13/1887 |
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| Death | 04/02/1901 |
| Burial |
Sterling, Rice County, Kansas, USA Add to Map |
| Plot | 099 K |
Swartz, William M
Name: Swartz, William M
Burial Date: 1923, 08/23
Age at Death: 59
Plot Location: 474 D
Notes: divorced husband of Margaret Jane ‘Jennie’ (Kline) h/Jessie Lenora (Horton)
Margaret Jane ‘Jennie’ (Kline) Swartz
Daughter of Harrison and Hannah (Shawver) Kline. She died at the home of her son Calvin L. Swartz. Husband William M. Swartz divorced her after he relocated in Sterling, Kansas. William Swartz married Margaret Jane “Jennie” Kline on June 23, 1884, in Sandusky Co., OH. He moved to Sterling, Kansas where his brother Henry and sister Sarah (Swartz) Nearhood were living. Jennie refused to leave Ohio.
Son of Samuel Swartz, who was born 1 AUG 1831 in Beaver Township (Troxelville), Union Co. (now Synder Co.), Pennsylvania, and died 2 OCT 1909 in Sandusky Co., Ohio. Samuel Swartz married Jemima Hare May 4, 1852, in Snyder Co., PA. She was born 29 DEC 1832 in Pennsylvania and died 25 FEB 1892 in Sandusky Co., Ohio. They were buried in York Chapel Cemetery, Sandusky Co., Ohio.
William Swartz married Margaret Jane “Jennie” Kline on June 23, 1884, in Sandusky Co., OH. He moved to Sterling, Kansas where his brother Henry and sister Sarah (Swartz) Nearhood were living. Jennie refused to leave Ohio.
William later married Jessie Lenora Horton in Rice County, Kansas.
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Swartz, Ora Belle
Name: Swartz, Ora Belle
Burial Date: 1988, 03/21
Age at Death: 88
Plot Location: 474 C
Notes: Daughter of William M & Jessie Lenora (Horton)
| Birth: | 1900 |
| Death: | 1988 |
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| Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 474C |
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Swartz, John Franklyn ‘Frank’
Name: Swartz, John Franklyn ‘Frank’
Burial Date: 1946, 06/08
Age at Death: 68
Plot Location: 663 D
Notes: Husband of Ida Jenett (Carter)
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Swartz, Jessie Lenora (Horton)
Name: Swartz, Jessie Lenora (Horton)
Burial Date: 1950, 12/20
Age at Death: 80
Plot Location: 474 B
Notes: 2nd wife of William M Swartz
Jessie Lenora Horton Swartz
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Jefferson County, Ohio, USA
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| DEATH | Dec 20, 1950 (aged 79–80)
Kansas, USA
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Swartz, Ida Jenett (Carter)
Name: Swartz, Ida Jenett (Carter)
Burial Date: 1943, 05/09
Age at Death: 63
Plot Location: 663 B
Notes: wife of John Franklyn ‘Frank’
Ida Jennett Carter Swartz
| Birth |
Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA
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| Death | 7 May 1943 (aged 63)
Sterling, Rice County, Kansas, USA
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Sterling, Rice County, Kansas, USA Add to Map |
| Plot | 663 B |
| Birth: | Aug. 20, 1879 Hoopeston Vermilion County Illinois, USA |
| Death: | May 7, 1943 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA |
Family links: *Calculated relationship |
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Swartz, Henry
Name: Swartz, Henry
Burial Date: 1926, 01/28
Age at Death: 69
Plot Location: 429 A/B
Notes: husband of Ella L (Miller)
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| Age: | 61 | ||||||
| Birth Year: | abt 1859 | ||||||
| Birthplace: | Ohio | ||||||
| Home in 1920: | Sterling, Rice, Kansas | ||||||
| Street: | Seventh Street | ||||||
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| Race: | White | ||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||
| Relation to Head of House: | Head | ||||||
| Marital Status: | Married | ||||||
| Spouse’s Name: | Ella L Swartz | ||||||
| Father’s Birthplace: | Pennsylvania | ||||||
| Mother’s Birthplace: | Pennsylvania | ||||||
| Able to Speak English: | Yes | ||||||
| Occupation: | Veternarian | ||||||
| Industry: | Home | ||||||
| Employment Field: | Own Account | ||||||
| Home Free or Mortgaged: | Free | ||||||
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Swartz, Ella L (Miller)
Name: Swartz, Ella L (Miller)
Burial Date: 1936, 01/03
Age at Death: 74
Plot Location: 429 E/F
Notes: wife of Henry
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