Born on Friday, Died on Sunday.

Aged 62 years, 7 months, 7 days.

23 Jul 1899

Amity, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Obituary printed in unknown newspaper around July 24, 1899.

A. J. Swart

Andrew Jackson Swart, aged 63 years, a brave soldier, a true Christian and a useful citizen, has gone to claim his reward. On Sabbath evening, July 23, 1899, death visited his home, and the spirit of him who was loved and respected by all who knew him was borne to its long home. Death had no terrors for him; he had a living faith in God, the fruit of which was an abiding peace. The funeral services at his late home in Amity, at 2 o'clock, Tuesday, July 25, will be conducted by the Philo Paul G.A.R. post, of which deceased was a member. Soldiers of other posts are requested to take part.

A. J. Swart was the sixth and youngest son of Philip Swart, whose ancestors came from Germany, and settled in Washington county, Amwell township. Here the descendants of this noble old pioneer have since resided. A. J. Swart was one of the best known citizens of Amwell township. In his earlier life he was strong, manly and vigorous; but for the last 35 years he has been an invalid, and a great sufferer. He loved his home and his country, and bore his afflictions with scarcely a murmur. In 1861, when the call was for 3-months men, he enlisted in Co. E, 12th Pa. Vol. regiment, the first company in the county to offer its services in the war for the Union. At the expiration of four months, he, with his company, was discharged. Shortly after returning home he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jane Greenlee. Scarcely more than a year of wedded bliss, and the patriotic fire is rekindled, and now again for the duty he feels that he owes to his country. He turns away from a loving wife and the tender babe, only two weeks old, and enlisted in Co. D, 140th Pa. Vols. in August, 1862, where with true courage and bravery he remained until July 2, 1863. In the battle of Gettysburg, after many had been killed and more badly wounded; when the enemy was pressing hard on the flanks, and when the order came to retreat, then it was that his big, manly heart went out in sympathy for his comrades, and while assisting a wounded comrade, a ball pierced his leg, passing through and shattering the bone, making a wound that never healed, and from which he always has suffered.

He has been a very worthy and useful member of the M. P. church for 30 years and here he will be missed. The Philip Swart family was patriotic. Four of them were soldiers in the same company, namely John, Henry, Amos, and A. Jackson. All dead. So too, is Jacob, a civilian. Those who survive the deceased are J. W. Swart, Mrs. Andrew Horn, Mrs. D. Buchanan, and Mrs. Jas. Jackson. These, with the wife and four daughters, Ella, wife of Samuel Luellen, Ola, wife of Morris Gaus, Minnie, Mrs. Johnson, and Anna, at home, mourn the loss of a kind brother, loving father, and an affectionate husband.

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Transcribed by Nola Elliott in June 1998. Published in July 1998 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com

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[Thanks to Kevin McGeary for death location, death month & day, birth county & state, birth month & day, removed link to spouse {Mary Swart (1840–1913)} and links to parents sent via SAC on 22 Apr 2015.]

[Thanks to Steven Smith for link to spouse sent via SAC on 22 Apr 2015.]

[Thanks to Anne Rank for the bio information sent via e-mail on 05 Sept 2016.]

[Thanks to Anonymous for veteran status sent via SAC on 03 May 2024.]