   Thomas A. Swaringuin (1831-1908). Married Mary Ann Hartswell in 1851 and had three children: John, Chansus and Clarentine. In 1868 he married Martha Hall England, the widow of William B. England, who was killed in the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863, and assumed responsibility for her three children: Laura, Hettie and William. Martha and Capt. Swaringuin are buried in Hall Cemetery in Athens, Menard Co., Illinois. Submitted by Barbara Shannon Cox |