{"id":1655,"date":"2020-03-03T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T23:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/havilandsville.com\/?p=1655"},"modified":"2026-03-07T18:51:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:51:55","slug":"bela-metcalfe-swinford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/havilandsville.com\/ro\/bela-metcalfe-swinford\/","title":{"rendered":"Bela Metcalfe Swinford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><strong>B. M. SWINFORD<\/strong>, farmer, P. O. Berry, was born in Harrison County, Ky. June 7, 1815, and is the son of H. H. and Mickie (Perrin) Swinford. His father was a native of Harrison County and born in 1789; he worked for many years at the blacksmithing business and then engaged in farming, in which he was interested at the time of his death, which occurred in 1840; politically he was a Democrat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The mother of B. M. died in 1847; both his parents were members of the Christian Church. Mr. Swinford lived with his parents until he was 20 years of age, and then learned the trade of a carpenter and millwright; he followed this business until 1848, and then began farming on Sycamore Creek, near Cynthiana; he remained there until 1853, and then removed to Lair&#8217;s Station where he resumed farm business, and continued the same for two years, when he removed to Covington, Ky.; there he began merchandising and did some carpenter work; he continued a resident of Covington until 1859, and then returned to Harrison County, resumed mill building, which he followed until 1862.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">He then went to Bourbon County for three years and then became a resident of Cynthiana for about seven years; in 1871 he made his final move and settled on the farm he now owns of 140 acres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In 1845, Mr. Swinford was married to Miss Polly Young, who bore him six children, one of whom now lives, James H.; his wife died in 1851, aged thirty-nine years, and in 1871 he married a Mrs. Emily Blair, who was the mother of two living children by her former husband, viz: Joseph and Edward. Both the parents and children are members of the Christian Church, and Mr. Swinford is a Democrat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.<br>by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin &amp; Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 704.<br>[Harrison County] [Berry&#8217;s Station Precinct]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B. M. SWINFORD, farmer, P. O. Berry, was born in Harrison County, Ky. June 7, 1815, and is the son of H. H. and Mickie (Perrin) Swinford. 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