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Mormon Pioneers:
The Swarthout Family
Truman Swarthout
Truman Swarthout remains somewhat of a mystery. Even though local history recorded
that he and brother Nathan were part of the Mormon Battalion, there is no record of
Truman being with the Mormon Battalion. Local history further recorded that Truman
Swarthout homesteaded near present day Wrightwood. The truth was, Truman came to
California as the part of the Daniel Spencer Company wagon group, and did not
homestead the Lone Pine Canyon (present day Clyde Ranch near Wrightwood,
California), but continued on to present day San Bernardino, where he owned a cattle
ranch in the San Bernardino Valley.
Assigned to Company A, under the command of Captain Jefferson Hunt, was a private
Hamilton Swarthout. Assigned to Company D, under the command of Captain Nelson
Higgins, was private Nathan Swarthout.
Truman Swarthout, along with others, lived in the Fort San Bernardino/ Mormon
Stockade for almost a year. Even though Truman Swarthout was listed on San
Bernardino property assessment rolls in 1857, at Rancho San Bernardino, there was no
other record of Truman in San Bernardino after that. It is speculated that Truman
Swarthout returned to Utah with the rest of the Saints. In 1864, he lived in Provo,
Utah.
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