BIOGRAPHY: John Andrew SWARTZ, Mifflin County, PA

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The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, Comprising 
the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania.
Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume I, pages 604-605.

  JOHN ANDREW SWARTZ, M. D., McVeytown, Mifflin county, Pa., son of Dr. 
Christian and Margaretta (Stamm) Swartz, was born at Orwigsburg, Schuylkill 
county, Pa., March 1, 1825.  He is of German ancestry.  His maternal 
grandparents were John and Rebecca Stamm, who resided in Berks county, on the 
Tulpehocken creek.  Mr. Stamm was a tanner, which trade he followed in 
connection with his farming interests.  His family consisted of five children.  
Dr. Swartz, Sr., first practised his profession at Hamburg, Berks county, and at 
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county.  In 1830 he came to Lewistown, Mifflin county, 
where he built up an extensive practise, and where the rest of his life was 
spent.  He was married in Berks county, June 27, 1812, to Margaretta Stamm.  Dr. 
Swartz, Sr., died August 5, 1847, his wife preceding him to the grave by exactly 
two years, having died August 5, 1845.  Their children were:  Mary Ann, born 
July 12, 1813, married the late Hon. Judge Beaver, of Danville, Pa., and had 
four sons and four daughters;  Franklin, born July 5, 1816, graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, and practised medicine in Juniata 
county, where he died April 5, 1848;  William Findley, born May 3, 1819, married 
Emmeline Pyle, of Philadelphia, has one daughter, Mrs. David Zinn, of 
Philadelphia, who has one son, David Zinn, Jr.;  John Johnson, born May 24, 
1822, died young;  John Andrew;  Henry Frederick, born May 30, 1827, died young;  
Charles Edwin, born December 15, 1834, is married, and resides in Philadelphia 
with his family.
  Dr. John A. Swartz came to Lewistown with his parents while yet in his 
childhood, and in that town he grew to manhood.  He attended the public schools 
and the academy at Lewistown, and at eighteen he began to read medicine with Dr. 
Culbertson, of the same place.  After remaining with that gentleman for two 
years, he entered Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, graduating there-
from in 1849.  In the same year he came to McVeytown and began, and has since 
continued, a very successful practise of his chosen profession.  He is a 
Democrat, and a good citizen, wide-awake and progressive, and has become 
influential in the county councils of his party.  He has frequently served in 
various borough offices, and during President Cleveland's first term, he was 
appointed to the office of chief of a Division in the Treasury Department, and 
held it four years.
  Dr. John A. Swartz was married December 28, 1852, to Anna Matilda, daughter of 
George and Mary (Clayton) Lewis.  Mrs. Swartz is of English descent, and is a 
niece of Hon. John M. Clayton, of Maryland.  Two of their children died young, 
the others are:  Dr. John Ross, born January 26, 1857;  Frank Clayton, D. D. S., 
graduate of the Dental College of Philadelphia, began practise in that city, and 
died there July 18, 1887;  and Mary Lewis (Mrs. George Mitchell), born August 
23, 1858, married September 16, 1888, now resides in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Dr. 
J. A. Swartz and his wife attend the Presbyterian church at McVeytown.
  Dr. John Ross Swartz, the elder son, is a practising physician of Harrisburg, 
Pa.  He was educated in the public schools and at Airy View Academy.  After 
reading medicine with his father, he entered the Hahnemann College, of 
Philadelphia, and graduated in 1879.  He began to practise in Washington, D. C., 
as assistant to T. D. Verdie, M. D.  He removed in 1880 to Harrisburg, where he 
is in the enjoyment of an extensive and profitable practise.  He received from 
President Cleveland an appointment to the county board of pension examiners, of 
which he was secretary for three years.  Dr. J. R. Swartz is an active and 
interested member of the county, State and national medical organizations.  He 
is also a member of the Harrisburg Club, and of the Masonic fraternity.  Dr. J. 
R. Swartz was married in 1883 to Marjorie, daughter of George and Annie Zinn, of 
Harrisburg.