Son of Philip and Charity(Bates)Swarthout, listed 6 children including Nathan's brother Hamilton, George W., and Harley Swarthout.
Enlisted in the Mormon Battalion and was
mustered out in the fall of 1847 in Los Angeles. Later Swarthout went north to Sutters Fort and was one of the first to mine gold on the American River. On August 25, 1851 he married Emma Smith Tanner at Sycamore Grove near San Bernardino. (Information courtesy San bernardino Historical Society)
Roster of Company D- Captain Nelson Higgins, Private Nathan Swarthout