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John R Swanson
Tombstone photo
Union Chapel Cemetery
Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
| John R. Swanson |
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| Submitted by: Wanda Purcell |
John R. Swanson was born August 12, 1909 and died June 3, 1981, at the
age of seventy-one years, ten months, one week and two days.
He
spent his youth on Long Creek northwest of Reydon. But for many
years he lived in Reydon. Institutions, landmarks, and fixtures pass
on, so do people.
John was buried in Union Chapel Cemetery, our
little country graveyard near his parents and not far from where he
was born and raised.
His parents came over from Sweden somewhere near the turn of the
century.
They raised their family on a farmstead near the head of
Long Creek. It was unique for it looked like a little bit of
Sweden. {I though it was beautiful from my side of the hill.}
Ollie and Fredrika raised four boys and two daughters. They are
Joel, Arthur, Paul, Sophia Bushman, John and Lula Belle Coons. All
have preceded him in death except Paul who lives in Leeds, North
Dakota.
Paul went to North Dakota in the late twenties or early thirties.
Earlier times his home and family were at Devil's Lake, North
Dakota.
Paul was one of the earliest {maybe first} who went out and criss-
crossed our U.S. with custom combines.
He was interviewed by the Reader's Digest. Their article brought
mail from all over the states and from many foregin lands.
Many people share memories with Paul as well as sympathy.
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