Contra Costa County Biography

THOMAS B. SWIFT

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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                  No greater evidence of popularity or eminent fitness for the 
important responsibility is required of Thomas B. Swift than the fact that he is 
successfully filling the position of superintendent of the Mountain Copper 
Company at Martinez. He was born on April 29, 1872, at St. Louis, Missouri, son 
of Benjamin S. and Carrie A. Swift, both parents being natives of Maine. Thomas 
B. Swift received his education in the New York public schools, the College of 
the City of New York, and graduated from the chemical department of the New York 
City night school. He became identified with the chemical and metallurgical 
laboratories of New York City for three years. He then became connected with the 
Mountain Copper Company, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, for a period of ten years. In 
1906 Mr. Swift came to Martinez, where he holds the position as superintendent 
of his concern. He was married on February 1, 1896 to Miss Nellie B. Smith, of 
New York City, and their three children are Thomas Brewster, Margaret B., and 
Eleanor C. Mr. Swift has served as clerk of the Martinez grammar-school board 
for a period of four years, and he has also served on the grand jury in Contra 
Costa County during 1916-17. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Masonic 
Lodge of Martinez and is master of his lodge. He is a broad-minded and 
public-spirited man, and has won success and is liked by his fellow-man.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California," Elms Publ. Co., 1917, 
p.619.