Researching James Swearingen
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The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Swearingen on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Swearingen and the Swearingen Family Tree
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Swearingen Family Tree Databases
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Some Famous People called James Swearingen
James Swearingen
James Swearingen is an American composer and arranger. He was born in 1947. He holds a Master’s Degree from the Ohio State University and a Bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University and is Professor of Music Emeritus, Department Chair of Music Education at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio.
The music he writes is part of a small genre played in American high school band classes as Concert Literature, generally two- to six-minute-long pieces played for high school band concerts. He is a recipient of several ASCAP awards.
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