Daughter of Moses R. Swaim and Rebecca Denny, Eleanore Swaim married Stephen Rossell/Rossel circa 1871. Known children of this couple were Martha Eleanor and Robert Stephen Rossel. Eleanore married a second time on 14 Sep 1879 in Denton County, TX, to Dr. Ervin Howard. This union produced two children: Viola and Edward D. Eleanor nee Swaim married Joel Avery Heald 28 Mar 1887 in Denton County, TX; one child, a daughter, Maude Heald, was born 07 Oct 1888.