Swetting, Ernest Volney – Switzer, Lucy Robins Messer
Swetting, Ernest Volney
educator, lawyer, was born Aug. 1, 1858, in Berlin, Wis. He received his education in the public schools of his native city; was engaged in educational work for a number of years; and is now one of the foremost lawyers of Iowa of Algona.
Swift, Benjamin
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born April 5, 1781, in Amenia, N. Y. In 1813, 1814, 1825 and 1826 he was a representative in the general assembly. He was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1827 to 1831. In 1833 he was elected to the senate of the United States for six years. He died Nov. 11, 1847, in St. Albans, Vt.
Swift, Ebenezer
soldier, surgeon, was born Oct. 8, 1819, in Wareham, Mass.
In 1865 he held the office of medical director with the ranks of lieutenant-colonel and colonel. In 1869 he received the additional brevet of brigadier-general for meritorious services voluntarily rendered during the prevalence of cholera at Fort Harker, Kan. In 1874 he became medical director of the department of the south, and thereafter, until his retirement on Oct. 8, 1883, he was assistant medical purveyor in New York city.
Swift, Gustavus Franklin
packer, merchant, was born June 24, 1839, in Cape Cod, Mass. Embarking in the business of packing in his own name, he met with excellent success, and then embarked in the work of shipping fresh meats directly from Chicago to all parts of the United States and to Europe. The firm of Swift and Company, now a corporation, organized in 1885 with a capital of $300,000, now $15,000,000.
Swift, John Lindsay
lawyer, jour- -nalist, author, was born in 1828 in Massachusetts. He is a Boston lawyer and journalist, deputy collector of the port of Boston from 1890. He is the author of About Grant.
Swift, Jonathan Williams
naval officer, was born March 30, 1808, in Taunton, Mass. He entered the navy as midshipman in 1823. He was promoted to commodore on the retired list in 1867. He died July 30, 1877, in Geneva, N. Y.
Swift, Lewis
astronomer, was born Feb. 29, 1820, in Clarkson, N. Y. In 1880 he found a comet with a period of five and a half years, and in 1881 he discovered two others. For the former he received a special prize of $500 from Mr. Warner, which is the largest sum ever awarded for the discovery of any heavenly body.
Swift, Louis Franklin
packer, was born in 1860 in Cape Cod, Mass. He identified himself with the packing business, in which the family have become famous, and has spent a portion of his business career in England in the interest of Swift and Company.
Swift, Lucian
journalist, was born July 14, 1848, in Akron, Ohio. In 1885 he became manager, secretary and treasurer of the Minneapolis Journal, which posi- -tion he still holds.
Swift, Robert
conchologist, was born in 1799 in Philadelphia. His collection of shells, said to be the finest in -the West Indies, was arranged in Denmark, and presented to the Smithsonian institution at Washington, D. C.
The collection was valued at $30,000. He died May 6, 1872, in St. Thomas, W. I.
Swift, Samuel
lawyer, jurist, au- -thor, was born Aug. 3, 1782, in Amenia, N. Y. He was secretary of state of Ver- -mont; judge of probate of Addison county from 1819 till 1841; and a judge of the county court in 1855-57. He published History of the Town of Middlebury; Statistical and Historical Account of the County of Addison, Vermont; and addresses. He died in 1875 in Middlebury, Vt.
Swift, Zephaniah
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, author, was born in February, 1759, in Wareham, Mass. He was a representative in congress from Connec ticut from 1793 to 1797. He was placed on the bench of the superior court of the state, where he continued eighteen years, during the last five years of which he was chief justice. He was afterward a member of the state legislature, and was one of the committee to revise the statute laws of the state. He published several works; among them was a Digest of the Laws of Connecticut, on the model of Blackstone.
He died Sept. 27, 1823, in Warren, Ohio.
Swigert, Philip
banker, state senator, was born Dec. 27, 1798, in Fayette county, Ky. He was chiefly instrumental in the establishment of the Deposit bank of Frankfort, and upon its organization he was elected president. In 1861 he was elected by the Kentucky legislature, chairman of the state board of internal improvement. In 1864 he was elected to represent the counties of Franklin, Woodford and Anderson in the state senate.
Swiler, John W
educator, was born Dec. 14, 1844, in Hoguestown, Pa. He received his education in the Monmouth college, and the Bryant and Stratton Commercial college, from both of which institutions he graduated with honor.
For thirteen years he was a teacher in the Illinois institution for the Deaf and Dumb; and since 1880 has been superintendent of the State school for the Deaf of Delavan, Wis. He has contributed valuable articles to several educational publications.
Swinburne, John
surgeon, congressman, was born May 30, 1820, in Deer River, N. Y. He was appointed surgeon by the surgeon-general of the United States, and assigned to duty at Savage's Station. In 1864 he was appointed health officer of the port of New York, and was reappointed in 1866. In 1882 he was elected mayor of Albany, and in 1884 was elected a representative from New York to the forty-ninth congress. He died March 28, 1889, in Albany, N. Y.
Swinburne, Louis Judson
author, was born Aug. 24, 1855, in Albany, N. Y.
He was a Colorado writer who was in Paris during the siege of 1871, and published a volume of observations on the subject entitled Paris Sketches. He died Dec. 9, 1887, in Colorado Springs, Col.
Swing, David
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 23, 1830, in Cincinnati.
He was a presbyterian clergyman of Chicago, tried for heresy in 1874, and acquitted, subsequently pastor of the Central church there until his death. He was the author of Sermons; Club Essays; Truths for To-Day; Motives of Life; and Old Pictures of Life, a collection of essays. He died Oct. 3, 1894, in Chicago,
Swing, Philip B
lawyer, jurist, was born in Ohio. He resided at Batavia, Ohio, whence he was, in 1871, appointed United States judge for the southern district of Ohio.
Swink, George W
farmer, state senator, was born June 1, 1836, in Breckinridge county, Ky. During 1875-84 he was postmaster at Rocky Ford, Col.; was elected to the Colorado state senate in 1892, and received the re-election in 1896.
He has taken an active part in the organization of several irrigating companies and helped to build several large canals in the interests of his county.
Swinton, John
journalist, author, was born Dec. 12, 1830, in Scotland. He is a journalist of New York city whose principal work is John Swinton's Travels.
Swinton, William
journalist, educator, author, was born April 23, 1833, in Scotland. He was a journalist and educator, long prominent in New York city, and was the author of Rambles Among Words; Twelve Decisive Battles of the War; Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac; The Times's Review of McClellan; History of the New York Seventh Regiment; Word Analysis; Bible Word Book; and Studies in English Literaturè.
He died Oct. 24, 1892, in New York.
Swisher, Mrs. Bella
(FRENCH), was born in 1837 in Georgia. She was a writer who resided in Texas from 1877, and the author of Struggling up to the Light, a novel; Rocks and Shoals; Florecita, a romance; History of Brown County, Wisconsin; Cassie; Homeless Though at Home; and The Story of a Woman's Love. She died in 1894.
Swisshelm, Mrs. Jane Gray
(CANNON), journalist, author, was born Sept. 6, 1815, in Pittsburg, Pa. She was a journalist of Pittsburg, and subsequently of St. Cloud, Minn., prominent as an abolitionist. She was the author of Letters to Country Girls; and Half a Century, an autobiography. She died July 22, 1884, in Swissvale, Pa.
Switzer, George Washington
clergyman, was born Nov. 2, 1854, in Tippecanoe county, Ind. He graduated from the De Pauw university of Greencastle, Ind.; and has gained distinction as one of the leading clergyman of the methodist episcopal church. In 1881 he was a delegate to the international Young Men's Christian association held in London, England; and in 1897 was vice-president of the Young Men's Christian association of Indiana. He is a popular clergyman of Indiana, and has filled pastorates in Crawfordsville, Brazil and West Lafayette, in that state. a
Switzer, Lucy Robins Messer
temperance worker, was born March 28, 1844, in Lowell, Mass. She has become prominent as worker in the Woman's Foreign Missionary society and the Woman's Christian Temperance union, and has written extensively on those subjects. She has traveled thousands of miles in the work, and has attended national conventions in Detroit, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D. C. For ten years she has been territorial and state president of the Woman's Christian Temperance union at Cheney, Wash.