On the 1st of August, 1850, Mr. Swinger married Miss Margaret Ann Stauffer, who was born near Salem, Montgomery county, Ohio, May 15, 1831, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Kinsey) Stauffer. She has been to her husband a faithful helpmeet, counselor and adviser, and to her children a kind and loving mother. Five children were born to them, namely : Amos H., born May 10, 1851, attended the local schools until twenty .years of age and began work in his father's tile factory in boyhood. In 1886 he purchased the plant and is still engaged in the manufacture of tile. He was formerly a Republican in politics, but now supports the Democratic party, and is a member of the Ludlow and Painter Creek Baptist church. He was married, December 21, 1873, to Susan Frock, and they had five children : Oliver, who was born September 27, 1874, and married Hattie Reiber ; Edward R., who was born August 28, 1878, and married Lola Brown; Cora and Myrtle, who died in infancy; and Katy Elizabeth, the second child of our subject, was born October 13, 1852, and is now the wife o. David Dell, of Landis, Darke county, by whom she has two children—Susan and Maggie. Rachel, born October 15, 1853, was married February 8, 1874, to John M. Deeter, and to them were born six children : Charles, who died in infancy; Simon; Amos; Libbie, the wife of Clyde Stratton; John; and Lola, who died in infancy. They moved west in 1886, and in 1899 located in Eddy county, North Dakota. Margaret, born July 11, 1867, was married May 8, 1887, to John Haber, and they have four children : Verna, Roy, Oma and Charles. John L., born June 22, 1869, attended the public schools until twenty-one years of age and was married January 31, 1891, to Martha L. Hyer, by whom he has four children : Lova Ethel, born October 27, 1891; Sarah Margaret, born May 25, 1894 ; John Jesse, born February 11, 1898 ; and Elizabeth N., born August 30, 1900.
