Lineas Swift

    Lineas Swift, Lawrenceburgh Township, a thrifty farmer of Dearborn County, was bon in the same in 1845. His father, Henry Swift, settled at the mouth of Laugherey Creek in a very early day and died at the age of about seventy years.

    Mr. Swift grew up in the county and was engaged in common labor till the spring of 1864, when he enlisted in Company D, Sixty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving one year in the late war. He received his discharge June 9, 1865, and returned to Hardintown. He had spent some time in corn weighing for James Gaff, the distiller, and on his return home was thus employed with Hiram Cox in the river trade, loading and weighing produce.

    He was married in February, 1868, to Eliza Hayes, daughter of Isaac Hayes, and they have four children: Isaac, Bertha, Eva and John. Mr. and Mrs. Swift are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he being regarded as one of the most energetic farmers of the community, which occupation he has given his exclusive attention to for some time.

Source: History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana by F.E. Weakley & Co., 1885.