Oregon Republican League "Bridging the Generations Project 400": ORL Swackhamer Family

Oregon Republican League "Bridging the Generations Project 400": ORL Swackhamer Family

Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, pages 271.

SWACKHAMER, SAMUEL O., of Union, was born in Warren County, New Jersey, July 25, 1837, and came to Oregon in 1863, and has lived constantly in Union County, engaged as a stock raiser and freighter/ In 1876 he was the first Republican elected Sheriff, and was re-elected in 1878. In 1880 he was nominated for the State Senate. He was appointed Register of the United States Land Office at La Grande in 1885. He was a delegate to the county convention from 1864 to 1892, and the state conventions of 1886 and 1890.


Samuel's parents were Conrad and Elisabeth Swackhammer.

Descendants of Conrad Swackhammer

1 Conrad Swackhammer b: 1807 in New Jersey d: 06 Apr 1889 in Union Co, OR
.. +Elisabeth Swackhammer b: Abt. 1804 in NJ m: Abt. 1833 in NJ
........ 2 John A. Swackhammer b: 1834 in NJ
........ 2 Mary J. Warden Swackhammer b: 1836 in NJ
........ 2 Samuel Oscar Swackhamer b: 25 Jul 1837 in Warren Co, NJ d: 10 Oct 1915 in Union, OR
............ +Clara Electa Dodge b: 09 Dec 1844 in Montpelier, VT m: 09 Oct 1862 in Omaha, NE
................... 3 Clara Nevada Swackhamer b: 16 Jan 1865 in La Grande, Union Co., OR d: 08 May 1924 in Hot Lake Sanatorium, Lake, Oregon
....................... +W E Mulholland d: 30 Sep 1927 in Alaska
................... 3 Mary Olive Swackhamer b: 14 Nov 1866 in La Grande, Union Co., OR
................... 3 Luther O. Swackhamer b: 19 Oct 1870 in La Grande, Union Co., OR
................... 3 Alta E. Swackhamer b: 03 Nov 1872 in La Grande, Union Co., OR
................... 3 Sarah Elizabeth Swackhamer b: 09 Aug 1874 in La Grande, Union Co., OR
................... 3 Maud Swackhamer b: 01 Oct 1877 in La Grande, Union Co., OR
................... 3 Walter Byrd Swackhamer b: 04 Jul 1879 in La Grande, Union Co., OR d: 07 Mar 1971 in Santa Maria, California
....................... +Edith Odell b: 1882 d: Jun 1969
................... 3 Arthur T. Swackhamer b: 05 Mar 1881 in La Grande, Union Co., OR
................... 3 Chester Roy Swackhamer b: 26 May 1886 in OR
....................... +Daisy Nichols b: Abt. Mar 1888 in Juneau, Dodge Co, WI m: 03 Sep 1912 in Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minnesota
............................. 4 Robert Swackhamer b: 10 Apr 1916 in Santa Ana, California
............................. 4 William Swackhamer b: 1924
........ 2 Daniel S. Swackhammer b: 1842 in NJ d: Aft. 1870 in Des Moines IA
............ +Nancy Emmeline Barnell b: 12 Jun 1852
................... 3 Sadie Estaline Swackhammer b: Abt. 1868