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J. McNutt Smith and Margaret Swinney Family

• Husband | Male J. McNutt Smith

  
  

  Born	Abt 1830
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Married	27 Jun 1858  [1]	Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States  [1]
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Wife | Female Margaret Swinney

  
  

  Born	14 Aug 1834	Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Father	Thomas W. Swinney | F226 Group Sheet
  Mother	Lucy Taber | F226 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Reader Smith

  
  

  Born	Abt 1868
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Margaret Smith

  
  

  Born	1868
  Died	28 Aug 1950
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Smith had been engaged to Rhesa Swinney, but at the last minute "fell in love" with Margaret and they eloped. This caused a permanent rift in the family. Margaret's name was never again spoken in the Swinney household, and the Smith children were never welcomed at the Swinney homestead

  
  

• Sources

  [S824] Bessie Keeran Roberts, "Thomas W. Swinney, Donor of Fort Wayne's First Park", (Fort Wayne, IN: Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society, 1965), Internet Archive (http://archive.org/details/ithoswswinneydon00robe: accessed 24 January 2019)..