The Swankites were an offshoot of the Wengerites

Wengerites

Wengerites were an offshoot of the River Brethren started in Montgomery County, Ohio and peaking at 15 congregations. They broke from the River Brethren in 1836 over issues of closed communion and meetinghouses. They are named for John Wenger, the leader who initiated the separation. In 1861 part...

 formed in Ohio in 1861. This occurred over issues of meeting length, church order

Ecclesiology

Today, ecclesiology usually refers to the theological study of the Christian church. However when the word was coined in the late 1830s, it was defined as the science of the building and decoration of churches and it is still, though rarely, used in this sense.In its theological sense, ecclesiology...

 and method of baptism. They called themselves the Brethren in Christ, a name used by both the Wengerites and the River Brethren

River Brethren

The River Brethren is a name used to indicate certain Christian groups originating in 1770, during a revival movement among German colonizers in Pennsylvania....

 at that point.

In 1883 the Swankites united with Evangelical United Mennonites and formed the Mennonite Brethren in Christ.