Thomas Swope ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 9 June 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 34, Roll 930, Family 264
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Thomas Swoap..30..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and daughter.)

NOTE - If his birth date was Aug 1828, then his age should have been 31 instead of 30.
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Sullivan Township, Ashland County, OH on 2 July 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 1, Roll 1169, Family 4
Sullivan Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Thomas Swope..40..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was Aug 1828, then his age should have been 41 instead of 40.
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Sullivan Township, Ashland County, OH on 9 June 1880. ⁵

1880 US Census
Page 225B, District 92, Dwelling 105, Family 107, Roll 0991
Sullivan Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Thomas Swope..Self..52..OH..Divorced..Farmer
Lawrence Swope..Son..20..OH..Does Farm Work
Charles E. Swope..Son..15..OH..Does Farm Work
Allen Swope..Son..13..OH..Does Farm Work
Myrty Swope..Daughter..9..OH
Franklin D. Swope..Son..7..OH
Anna Swope..Sister-in-Law..50..OH..Widowed..Housekeeper
David W. Swope..Nephew..12..OH..Attends School

(Thomas was divorced and living with 5 children, widowed sister-in-law, and her son.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in Aug 1828, then his age should have been 51 instead of 52.
.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Sullivan Township, Ashland County, OH on 28 June 1900. ⁶

1900 US Census
Sheet 15A, District 16, Dwelling 382, Family 385
Sullivan Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Farm rented
Thomas Swope..Father-in-Law..Aug 1828..71..OH..Divorced
(Divorced and living at the home of his married daughter, Myrtle and her family.)
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Thomas married Delitha Eliza Krebs, daughter of Mathias Krebs and Elizabeth Fast, on 27 February 1859 in Ashland County, OH.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce. (Delitha Eliza Krebs was born in 1841 in Ohio ^{4 7 8} and died after 1 June 1880.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 9 June 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 34, Roll 930, Family 264
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Thomas Swoap..30..OH..Farmer
Delitha Swoap..19..OH
Florena Swoap..5m..OH
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• Thomas Swope and Delitha Eliza Krebs were divorced between 1870 and 1880. ¹

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Sullivan Township, Ashland County, OH on 2 July 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 1, Roll 1169, Family 4
Sullivan Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Thomas Swope..40..OH..Farmer
Deltha Swope..28..OH..Keeping house
Lawrence Swope..11..OH
Sophrona Swope..7..OH
Charles E. Swope..6..OH
Allen B. Swope..3..OH
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  Marriage Notes:

Thomas Swoap and Delitha Krebs were married in Feb 1859 and their first daughter, Florena was born within a year or so but evidently died young because her name does not show on the 1870 census list for the family. Sometime between 1873 and 1880 they divorced with all of the 5 remaining children in the household staying with Thomas, except for Sophornia who was married in 1879. Delitha was found in the 1880 census living as a housekeeper for a young widowed farmer in nearby Ruggles, Ashland County, Ohio. Nothing more is known about Delitha and it is not know if she ever remarried. On the 1900 census, Thomas still showed that his marital status was "divorced".
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