Talk:Swaim's Panacea

Son-in-law
The article currently has this paragraph: After William Swaim died in 1846, his son James continued the business until his death in 1870, along with Swaim's son-in-law Franklin Stewart. (Stewart's son Samuel Swaim Stewart invented the Banjeaurine. )

There is a problem with this statement. While America's Instrument does indeed say that Franklin Stewart is the son in law of William Swaim, the second source "Supreme Court Case of Illinois, 1920" contradicts that. William Swain had one daughter (Eliza Swain) who married Oliver Hopkinson. His only other child was James Swain who died in 1870. James had one child (William Swaim, Jr., died 1877) who had three daughters, Catherine Margaret Swaim (married Davenhill), Amelia Swaine (married Frank Ellery), Eliza Swaim (married Charles F. F. Battanchon). There is not a daughter free in this chain of descendants for Franklin Stewart to marry.

Furthermore, looking at who Franklin Stewart did marry, a record shows that he married Amelia Barron Jaques (1826-1977); they had 4 children Fanny Stewart (1853-1907), Samuel Swaim Stewart (1855-1898), Dennison David Stewart (born 1858), and Catharine Stewart (born 1860). Amelia Barron Jaques was the daughter of Isaac Shute Jaques and Fanny Baron, and married "Dr. Franklin Stewart, of Philadelphia."

I am removing the statement "Swaim's son-in-law" until this is straightened out, because at the moment one modern source is making a claim, and historical sources haven't brought forward to support that claim. The claims that can be supported are that Dr. Franklin Stewart was "Medical Director" for Swaim's Panacea and that he had a son named Samuel Swaim Stewart who started a banjo company. Jacqke (talk) 03:22, 2 April 2023 (UTC)