Sarah Felicia Swift was also known as Sarah F. V. Swift. Sarah Felicia Swift was born on 14 December 1840 at Otsego County, New York. She was the daughter of
Julius C. Swift and
Lydia Hawkins. Sarah Felicia Swift married
Leonard Baldwin Vaughn circa 1857.
Sarah Felicia Swift and
Leonard Baldwin Vaughn appeared on the census of 5 June 1860 at Summit Twp., Erie County, Pennsylvania; real estate value 5,000.00 personal proberty 1,550.00. Sarah Felicia Swift a presbyterian 1881.
Sarah Felicia Swift and
Leonard Baldwin Vaughn appeared on the census of 1881 at Petrolia, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
Sarah S. Vaughn to her mother, Mrs. Julius Swift, Petrolia, Ont c/o D. N. Swift Sioux Falls, Oct 26, 1884 Dear Mother
I thought I would write a few lines to you today although I have nothing much to write. Alice is better now. She has had no fever since Thursday and feels very comfortable but she is pretty weak and I hope if nothing happens to put her back she will be able to sit up some by next Sunday. it is three weeks since she has sat up any and she has been pretty sick but she is getting along very nicely now. She begins to want to eat but I shall be very careful what she has for some time yet. We have had a splendid nurse to take care of her nights and she comes up every day to bathe and change her so it has been a great relief to me and I have learned a good deal that I did not know before. I have been pretty lonely but was glad I could come. I don't think I would like to live here in winter, they have such high winds. It has been pleasant a part of the time since I have been here. I hope to go home before it gets very cold weather but shall stay until Alice gets pretty strong if they all keep well at home. how are you getting along and how do you feel and how are the children. little George I suppose walks all around, dear little fellow, how I would like to see him. I got very much attached to him when he was to our house last spring and Christina to. She and I got along first rate. tell her Auntie would like to see her. I suppose you hear from Cap and Rose. Cap was feeling pretty well when I came away. Now Ma I wish you would write to me soon if you are able to. I hope to see you before you go back to Penn. I send love to you and the boys and their wives and a kiss to all the children. if you write soon Direct to Sioux Falls, Dakota care of J.B. Clark.
from Sarah.
From Sarah Swift Vaughn to mother Lydia Swift
Ann Arbor Aug 23rd 1885
Dear Mother,
It is a long time since I have written to you but I have not forgotten you, not even for one day, but I do not have much to write and I know you hear when Rose writes. We are all in usual health. I did not feel very well for a month or so the first of the summer but feel as well as usual now. this is a dark rainy day which makes it seem lonely. I suppose Dean has gone Back and the girls Chloe and Cap I suppose will go soon if they have not gone already. Alice will go home in about 2 weeks. I cannot bear to think of her going but I know she will have to go. Jim is getting very anxious to have her come back, he was here about a month ago and stayed a week. he thinks Eddie Webster is one of the nicest young men he ever saw. he says he is nice in every way. Rose had a letter from Laura a short time ago. She is talking some of going to see Lucy this fall. I don't think I have much news to write we have not done much but the work this Summer. We had Company all through July or Grand Mother did and of course we had them to wait upon. her niece Maria Partridge and her husband was here a week in July. She is very nice and we all liked them both, but I was not feeling well when they were here so it was quite an effort for me to keep around and do what I had to. Old Mrs Adams is going away from here to live [with] her son. [He] has been elected President of Cornell College at Ithica, New York and they are going there to live. The old lady feels very bad about going and we shall miss her very much, but she will have to go where her son goes. We are some [soon] expecting a short visit from Sherm before long. Grand Ma is well and has been all summer. School commences in 2 weeks and I will be glad to have the children in school again. Gertie is taking music lessons and getting along nicely. She was nine years old last Friday: Well now I have written all I can think of - hope to hear from you before long - how are all the friends? We have not heard from you for a long time. Write as often as you can. I send love to all and a large share to you and a kiss to the children.
Sarah.
From Sarah Swift Vaughn to mother Lydia Swift
Ann Arbor April 12th 1885
Dear Mother,
I have just finished a letter to Alice and thought I would write a few lines to you, although I do not owe you any letter, but that don't make any difference with me. I like to hear from you often but I know it must be quite a task for you to write particularly when your eyes are bad. One of my eyes troubled me some a little over a year ago and I went to Dr. Jones and he said it was Rheumatism, well that was the first time I ever heard of any body having Rheumatism in the eye. Well he gave me some medicine that cured it very soon but it did not run as long as yours has. but I hope yours will get better soon. I have no news of interest to write. We are all quite well and Jogging along about as usual - cooking and washing dishes, sweeping and dusting and so on, and the weeks go by very fast. We have had a very cold winter as you very well know and the cold seems to hold on but I suppose we will have warm weather after a while. I went to Church this morning, the girls did not go. Cap goes when she feels well and the weather is suitable. it was so damp and chilly this morning she thought she better not go. She feels pretty well the most of the time but she don't seem to be very strong and she had to be very careful of herself. The children both go to school every day and Gertie is very fond of school. She has commenced to take music lessons and I think she is going to like it very much. Alice is well and we expect her home to spend the summer if nothing happens to prevent. She intends to come about the first of June. Grandma is well and reads from morning until night, nearly. She sometimes says she is blind but I tell her I think she can see some or she could not read all the time. She makes her own bed and that is all she does except read but she is extremely well, has not even had a head ache more than 2 or 3 times this winter and has not lost a meal victuals. I expect she feels stiff and lame of course as she does all the time. She goes in to see old Mrs. Adams occasionally but that is all she has been out this winter. Leonard comes home often, he was here the past two weeks, went back yesterday. he is going to let out 2 or 3 acres of berries this spring, black berries and raspberries. I presume you hear from the boys oftener than we do, we hear through Leonard when he comes home but not often any other way. Well Ma I guess I have nothing more to write today. I would like very much to see you but I don't expect to go any where this summer. it seems very hard for me to leave home and I don't think unless it is sickness that calls me away that I shall go much as long as Grand Ma lives but shall go to see you as soon as I can but things don't seem to go right now if I can get away. I want to hear from you as often as you feel like writing. I send love to you and all and a kiss to the children.
From Sarah.
From Sarah Swift Vaughn to mother Lydia Swift
Ann Arbor Aug 23rd 1885
Dear Mother,
It is a long time since I have written to you but I have not forgotten you, not even for one day, but I do not have much to write and I know you hear when Rose writes. We are all in usual health. I did not feel very well for a month or so the first of the summer but feel as well as usual now. this is a dark rainy day which makes it seem lonely. I suppose Dean has gone Back and the girls Chloe and Cap I suppose will go soon if they have not gone already. Alice will go home in about 2 weeks. I cannot bear to think of her going but I know she will have to go. Jim is getting very anxious to have her come back, he was here about a month ago and stayed a week. he thinks Eddie Webster is one of the nicest young men he ever saw. he says he is nice in every way. Rose had a letter from Laura a short time ago. She is talking some of going to see Lucy this fall. I don't think I have much news to write we have not done much but the work this Summer. We had Company all through July or Grand Mother did and of course we had them to wait upon. her niece Maria Partridge and her husband was here a week in July. She is very nice and we all liked them both, but I was not feeling well when they were here so it was quite an effort for me to keep around and do what I had to. Old Mrs Adams is going away from here to live [with] her son. [He] has been elected President of Cornell College at Ithica, New York and they are going there to live. The old lady feels very bad about going and we shall miss her very much, but she will have to go where her son goes. We are some [soon] expecting a short visit from Sherm before long. Grand Ma is well and has been all summer. School commences in 2 weeks and I will be glad to have the children in school again. Gertie is taking music lessons and getting along nicely. She was nine years old last Friday: Well now I have written all I can think of - hope to hear from you before long - how are all the friends? We have not heard from you for a long time. Write as often as you can. I send love to all and a large share to you and a kiss to the children.
Sarah.
From Sarah Swift Vaughn to mother Lydia Swift
Ann Arbor Aug 23rd 1885
Dear Mother,
It is a long time since I have written to you but I have not forgotten you, not even for one day, but I do not have much to write and I know you hear when Rose writes. We are all in usual health. I did not feel very well for a month or so the first of the summer but feel as well as usual now. this is a dark rainy day which makes it seem lonely. I suppose Dean has gone Back and the girls Chloe and Cap I suppose will go soon if they have not gone already. Alice will go home in about 2 weeks. I cannot bear to think of her going but I know she will have to go. Jim is getting very anxious to have her come back, he was here about a month ago and stayed a week. he thinks Eddie Webster is one of the nicest young men he ever saw. he says he is nice in every way. Rose had a letter from Laura a short time ago. She is talking some of going to see Lucy this fall. I don't think I have much news to write we have not done much but the work this Summer. We had Company all through July or Grand Mother did and of course we had them to wait upon. her niece Maria Partridge and her husband was here a week in July. She is very nice and we all liked them both, but I was not feeling well when they were here so it was quite an effort for me to keep around and do what I had to. Old Mrs Adams is going away from here to live [with] her son. [He] has been elected President of Cornell College at Ithica, New York and they are going there to live. The old lady feels very bad about going and we shall miss her very much, but she will have to go where her son goes. We are some [soon] expecting a short visit from Sherm before long. Grand Ma is well and has been all summer. School commences in 2 weeks and I will be glad to have the children in school again. Gertie is taking music lessons and getting along nicely. She was nine years old last Friday: Well now I have written all I can think of - hope to hear from you before long - how are all the friends? We have not heard from you for a long time. Write as often as you can. I send love to all and a large share to you and a kiss to the children.
Sarah.
Sarah Felicia Swift appeared on the census of 8 June 1900 at Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan; a widow.
Sarah Felicia Swift appeared on the census of 6 January 1920 at Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
Sarah Felicia Swift appeared on the census of 14 April 1930 at with her daughter Alice, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. She died on 5 February 1940 at Maplwood Nursing Home near, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, at age 99. The Danbury News-Times, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 1940. She was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan.