Capt Jacob Swank.
Birth: May 16, 1824
Death: Aug. 6, 1875
Captain Swank was in the Civil War and served in Company F 3rd Iowa.
Wife; Nancy H Cowle Niles (1836 - 1920).
Children: Lou Lou Swank McMasters (1868 - 1913), Eddie Swank (1872 - 1876).
Inscription: Father of Mrs. Gus McMasters.
Burial: West Union Cemetery, West Union, Fayette County, Iowa,
Third Iowa Infantry Co. F.
Swank, Jacob. Age 37. Residence Westfleld, nativity Ohio. Enlisted May 20, 1861. Mustered June 8, 1861. Wounded severely Sept. 17, 1861. Blue Mills, Mo. Promoted Second Sergeant Dec. 25, 1861. Wounded slightly April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Promoted First Lieutenant April 9, 1862; Captain Sept. 1, 1862. Wounded July 12, 1863, Jackson, Mise. Mustered out June 18, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service.
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