Hugh Swift
Hugh Swift, farmer, was born in the north of Ireland, in 1808, and emigrated to America in 1820. He settled in York County, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1836, when he removed to Wayne County, Ohio, and from thence, in the following year, to his present location in this township.
In 1856 he married Mary Jane Grifiith, of Highland County, Ohio, who has borne him four children: John G., born January 16, 1857; Harriet A., born October 22, 1858; William, born September 24, 1860; Benjamin F., born October 22, 1867.
Mr. Swift has a well improved farm of about two hundred and twenty-five acres, a part of which is in Highland County.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County