463. William P. "Wid"
SWINDLE was born on Feb 28 1840 in Walker Co., Alabama. He appeared
on the census in 1850 in Walker Co., Alabama. 11 in 1850. He appeared on the
census in 1880 in Itawamba Co., Mississippi. He died on Apr 8 1898 in Itawamba
Co., Mississippi. Wid was shot and killed by two brothers, Bluse and Tih Steel.
They were sentenced to 5 years in prison. Court case #2903 in Sept. 1898.
He was buried in Itawamba Co., Mississippi. Salem Baptist Church Cemetery.
Tombstone reads 1840. Shot and killed in an ambush in Itawamba Co., Mississippi.
Two men convicted of killing him. According to court records Bluse and Tilt
Steel were convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 5 years in the Mississippi
State Penitentiary for killing "Wid".
Moved to Itawamba Co., Ms. abt 1875.
Tombstone reads 1840.
He was married to Millie EVANS on Jan 4 1884.
Millie EVANS was born in 1860. She died on Sep 28 1926. She was
buried in Old Ridge Cemetery. William P. "Wid" SWINDLE and Millie
EVANS had the following children:
853 i.
Ev SWINDLE.
854 ii.
Tom SWINDLE.
855 iii.
Lige SWINDLE.
856 iv.
Lena SWINDLE.
857 v.
Florence SWINDLE.
858 vi.
Myrtle SWINDLE died about May 1926. Died 4 months before her mother died.
Mother died 09/28/1926. She was buried in Old Ridge Cemetery.
He was married
to Ollie RUTLEDGE (daughter of Edward RUTLEDGE and
Elizabeth LOGAN) in 1862 in Walker Co., Alabama.
Ollie RUTLEDGE was born in 1846 in Walker Co., Alabama. She died in 1882
in Itawamba Co., Mississippi. Buried 50 yards behind home place in family cemetery.
William P. "Wid" SWINDLE and Ollie RUTLEDGE had the following children:
859 i.
Darthula SWINDLE was born in 1863 in Walker Co., Alabama.
+860 ii.
Willie Ann SWINDLE.
+861 iii.
John W. SWINDLE Sr..
862 iv.
Mary SWINDLE was born in 1871 in Walker Co., Alabama.
863 v.
Lizzia SWINDLE was born in 1875 in Walker Co., Alabama.
+864 vi.
Marion Cicero SWINDLE.
+865 vii.
Alfred "Babe" SWINDLE.
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