1850 Census National Archives Federal Center Denver, Colorado 1577/1607 Sandusky Co. Ohio William Swartzlander 46 m Laborer Penn Sarah 45 f Penn Mathias 7 m Ohio Michael 5 m Ohio William H Swartzlander 3 m Ohio It appears that either they added 20 years to their ages or it was an error transcribing from one form to another as William should be 26 and Sarah 25 or that this writer missread the information.

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  From the WFT CD, William H Swartzlander left the family sometime prior to 1856 as per Sandusky Co., Probate Court, Case No. 850, c 1856, Solomon Overmyer (Geo L, J M, J. Geo) was appointed guardian of the minor children: Mathias, Michael, Wm Henry, Mary and David, their uncle by marriage to their mother's sister, Magdalene.

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  Found in Fulton Co., Indiana, a marriage license that was issued 25 April 1857 to William H Swartzlander and Margaret Kissinger.  They lived in Rochester, Indiana until 1885 and then moved to Goshen, Indiana where he died 12 May 1894 and buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery. (Info from vital statistics of the Health Department).  Information obtained from the obituary of his wife, Margaret, who died 12 November 1927.

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1870 Census Columbia Tama Co. Iowa William Swartzlander 48 Pennsylvania Margaret 39 Ohio Samuel 13 Indiana Mary E 11 Indiana Sarah C 8 Indiana George 5 Iowa Margaret 3 Iowa Ellen 5/12 Iowa Also noted that James Swartzlander listed as a child of William and Sarah born in July of 1858 which is after he married Margaret Kissinger in Indiana and that the first child of William and Margaret, Samuel was born in February of 1857, in Indiana, a couple of months before he married Margaret.

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Need to go back and recheck these notes as it appears that there is some conflicting notes.