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ID: 2890
CATNUM: 3075
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NameFirst: Swaim ~Curran
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BirthMonth: 2
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BirthYear: 1826
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OriginalBirthCity: Randolph
OriginalBirthState: NC
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OriginalBirthNation: USA
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DeathDay: 1
DeathYear: 1897
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OriginalDeathCounty: Jasper
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:47:15 PM
CreatedBy: sa
LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 5:47:15 PM
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ID: 2890
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OriginalNotes: OTHER:Pioneer Painters of Indiana, Peat, p. 239, 140-42: born in Randolph Co. [VA, p. 140; NC p. 239???]; while still young his family moved to Fountain City; his father assisted with Underground Railway. At about age 30 he came to South Bend accompanied by brother who bought farm in Green Twp. He went to NY to learn painting, married and returned to South Bend to establish himself as professional artist. In the middle of the 1860s he apparently became interested in the processes of photography and began to use photographic print as the foundation of some of his portraits. Examples of combined techniques date from about 1868. In 1869 his family moved to McHenry Co., IL; in 1878 moved to Jasper Co., Missouri where he bought a farm. d. in 1897.

1850 St. Joseph Co. Census (from on-line index, Gen Web, township or place of birth not listed)
27            136           136           Swain, Mere           59  MW             Atty of Law              
28            136           136           Swain, Adah          58   FW                                      
29            136           136           Swain, Mahala       30   FW                                      
30            136           136           Swain, Eliza           28   FW                                      
31            136           136           Swain, Polly           26   FW                                      
32            136           136           Swain, Curran        23   MW             Portrait Painter         
33            136           136           Swain, Benj           21   MW             Painter                  
34            136           136           Swain, Henry         18   MW             Waggon Maker             
35            136           136           Swain, Rachel M   10   FW
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:47:15 PM
CreatedBy: sa
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PersonID: 2890
CATNUM: 3075
NameFirst: Swaim ~Curran
NameLast: Swaim
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City: South Bend
State: IN
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:51:23 PM
CreatedBy: sa
LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM
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County: St. Joseph
Country: USA
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KnownDates: 1860s
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OriginalSource: Pioneer Painters of Indiana, Peat, 1954, p. Swaim was an artist. After the middle of the 1860s Swaim apparently became interested in the processes of photography and began to use the photographic print as the foundation of some of his portraits. Th likenesses of Thelus Bissell and his wife Ellen, owned by Mrs. Esse Bissel Dakin, are examples of the combined techniques, dating rom about 1868. In 1869 the family moved from South Bend. He moved to South Bend in about 1856.
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