William Swisher grew to man's estate in his native Ohio and lived there until about 1837, when he too became a pioneer, coming to this county in a wagon and settling in what is now Harp Township. He entered a tract of land from the Government and he and his family found shelter in a log house. He led a busy, active life until death terminated his career in 1842, when he was scarcely past life's meridian. In early manhood he married Francis F. "Fannie" Foley, who was also a native of Ohio. She bore but one child, our subject, Isaac F. Swisher, and her death occurred just before that of her husband. William Foley, the maternal grandfather of Fannie, was born in Ohio in early pioneer times and he became an extensive farmer in his native State. In the early days of the settlement of Logan County, Ill., he removed thither with his family and died there at a ripe old age. He was one of the pioneers of the county and often hunted deer and other wild animals that were then very plentiful here, and it was while on one of these expeditions that he met his death by being thrown from a horse.
William Swisher grew to man's estate in his native Ohio and lived there until about 1837, when he too became a pioneer, coming to this county in a wagon and settling in what is now Harp Township. He entered a tract of land from the Government and he and his family found shelter in a log house. He led a busy, active life until death terminated his career in 1842, when he was scarcely past life's meridian. In early manhood he married Francis F. "Fannie" Foley, who was also a native of Ohio. She bore but one child, our subject, Isaac F. Swisher, and her death occurred just before that of her husband. William Foley, the maternal grandfather of Fannie, was born in Ohio in early pioneer times and he became an extensive farmer in his native State. In the early days of the settlement of Logan County, Ill., he removed thither with his family and died there at a ripe old age. He was one of the pioneers of the county and often hunted deer and other wild animals that were then very plentiful here, and it was while on one of these expeditions that he met his death by being thrown from a horse.
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