[p. 443] proprietor of the Pulaski Roller Mills, at Pulaski, Pa., where he is a representative citizen, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, July 22, 1837, and is a son of John and Sarah (McCready) Swogger.
The parents of Mr. Swogger were both born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, later lived in Columbiana County, and in 1844 they moved from Ohio and settled in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where they died.
David W. Swogger was seven years old when his parents settled in Mercer County and there he remained through his school period. When twenty years of age he went to New Castle, where he learned the milling business at the old Joseph Kissick mill, which was one of the first mills to be built in Lawrence County. He served an apprenticeship of three years, receiving the sum of $6 a month, with board, in payment for his services. For several years afterward he worked as a journeyman miller and then embarked in the business for himself, at New Wilmington. Later he bought a mill at Neshannock Falls and continued in the milling business there for some eighteen years. He then conducted a flour and feed business for a time, at New Castle, but in 1903 he came to Pulaski and purchased the well known mills at this place, which he has continuously operated ever since. He has equipped his mill plant with the roller process and turns out a fine grade of flour, which he sells locally and also ships to Pittsburg and other points. His mills have a capacity of seventy-five barrels a day. He deals in flour, grain and mill feed.
Mr. Swogger was married (first) to Miss Jennie Dodds, of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. They had five daughters, and three survive her, namely: Blanche, who is the wife of J. S. Young, of Hickory Township, Lawrence County; Gail, who is the wife of R. M. Blair, of Plain Grove Township, and Daisy B., who is the wife of Edward Iven, of Youngstown. Mr. Swogger was married (second) to Mary Tinker, who was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and died in Lawrence County. He was married (third) to Josephine Allison, of Pulaski Township.
Mr. Swogger is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Pulaski. He takes a hearty interest in public affairs, especially those pertaining to the development and government of his own town, and never fails to cast his vote with the Republican party. He has always lived a busy life, has made his own way in the world, and has won the confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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