Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B
Lawrence County

H.S. SWETNAM, M.D., was born in Lawrence County, Ky., June 1, 1818, and is a
son of Neri and Mildred (Cross) Swetnam, natives of Culpeper County, Va.
Theelder Swetnam was born November 2, 1777, was of English descent, came to
Kentucky in 1818, and died January 7, 1862.  H.S. Swetnam was reared on the
home farm, which place he left at the age of twenty-one, and for two years
engaged in teaming and chopping wood; the four years following he again
employed himself on the farm, after which he went to Morgan County and
taught school.  In 1850 he began the study of medicine under Dr. Joseph D.
Williams, of Bath County, with whom he remained three years before
attempting to practice.  In 1859 he entered Ohio Medical College, from which
he graduated in 1860, having, however, previously practiced in Bath and
Johnson Counties.  After graduation he returned to Johnson County and
practiced until 1865, when he removed to Louisa, Lawrence County, where he
has ever since been engaged actively in his profession.  January 19, 1848,
he married Miss Mary J. Williams, a native of Scott County, Va., and to this
union seven children have been born.  Of these, John Willis and William B.
are practicing physicians; John Willis was born February 23, 1851, and is
residing at Peach Orchard, Lawrence County, Ky; William B. is in Morris
County, Kan., and was born October 4, 1863; the remaining living child is
Victoria R.  Dr. H.S. Swetnam is the owner of 308 acres of good land in
Lawrence County, a large tract in Johnson County, and a number of lots in
Louisa.  He is an Odd Fellow and has been an elder and preacher in the
Methodist Protestant Church for forty years.  He is a Republican in
politics, and during the war was assistant surgeon of the Thirty-ninth
Kentucky Mounted Infantry.

Swetnam Cross Williams 
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Culpeper-VA Morgan-KY Bath-KY Johnson-KY Scott-VA Morris-KS 

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