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Swift, Gustavus Franklin – Swinburne, John

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.

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.