Charles Moseley Swain died July 23, 1904. He was born in Philadelphia on July 7, 1849, and was the son of William M. Swain, a native of the State of New York, and Sarah James, a native of Bristol, England. He was educated in private schools and in Crittenden Commercial School and Saunders Institute in Philadelphia, and attended the law school of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1867 he entered the law offices of Samuel Hood, where he studied for four years, and was admitted to the Bar in 1&71. He continued in the active practice of his profession until 1886, when he was elected president of the City Trust, Safe Deposit and Surety Company of Philadelphia, and thereafter gave his time and attention to the duties of this office until his death. He was also actively identified with a number of other financial institutions and business enterprises. From 1877 to 1881 he was a director of the West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company; in 1885 he became a director of the American Academy of Music; and in 1886 a director of the Franklin Fire Insurance Company. He was also a director of the Merchants' National Bank of Philadelphia, and a director and for a time president of the Edison Electric Light Company, and a director of the Philadelphia Electric Company.
He found time to serve as a member of the common council from 1896 until January 1, 1902, when he resigned because of ill-health and lack of time to perform conscientiously his duties as councilman. Although not in active practice for nearly twenty years, he kept up his acquaintance and friendship with his colleagues at the Bar, and was a member of the American Bar Association and of the Lawyers' Club. He was also a member of the Union League and of the Art Club. For years he was active in the Masonic fraternity, in which he held high office. Mr. Swain will be remembered as a man of modest, retiring disposition, with a warm regard for his friends, all of whom held him in the highest esteem.
Source: REPORT OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
American Bar Association HELD AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, September 26, 28 and 29, 1904.
He found time to serve as a member of the common council from 1896 until January 1, 1902, when he resigned because of ill-health and lack of time to perform conscientiously his duties as councilman. Although not in active practice for nearly twenty years, he kept up his acquaintance and friendship with his colleagues at the Bar, and was a member of the American Bar Association and of the Lawyers' Club. He was also a member of the Union League and of the Art Club. For years he was active in the Masonic fraternity, in which he held high office. Mr. Swain will be remembered as a man of modest, retiring disposition, with a warm regard for his friends, all of whom held him in the highest esteem.
Source: REPORT OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
American Bar Association HELD AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, September 26, 28 and 29, 1904.
Charles Moseley Swain died July 23, 1904. He was born in Philadelphia on July 7, 1849, and was the son of William M. Swain, a native of the State of New York, and Sarah James, a native of Bristol, England. He was educated in private schools and in Crittenden Commercial School and Saunders Institute in Philadelphia, and attended the law school of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1867 he entered the law offices of Samuel Hood, where he studied for four years, and was admitted to the Bar in 1&71. He continued in the active practice of his profession until 1886, when he was elected president of the City Trust, Safe Deposit and Surety Company of Philadelphia, and thereafter gave his time and attention to the duties of this office until his death. He was also actively identified with a number of other financial institutions and business enterprises. From 1877 to 1881 he was a director of the West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company; in 1885 he became a director of the American Academy of Music; and in 1886 a director of the Franklin Fire Insurance Company. He was also a director of the Merchants' National Bank of Philadelphia, and a director and for a time president of the Edison Electric Light Company, and a director of the Philadelphia Electric Company.
He found time to serve as a member of the common council from 1896 until January 1, 1902, when he resigned because of ill-health and lack of time to perform conscientiously his duties as councilman. Although not in active practice for nearly twenty years, he kept up his acquaintance and friendship with his colleagues at the Bar, and was a member of the American Bar Association and of the Lawyers' Club. He was also a member of the Union League and of the Art Club. For years he was active in the Masonic fraternity, in which he held high office. Mr. Swain will be remembered as a man of modest, retiring disposition, with a warm regard for his friends, all of whom held him in the highest esteem.
Source: REPORT OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
American Bar Association HELD AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, September 26, 28 and 29, 1904.
He found time to serve as a member of the common council from 1896 until January 1, 1902, when he resigned because of ill-health and lack of time to perform conscientiously his duties as councilman. Although not in active practice for nearly twenty years, he kept up his acquaintance and friendship with his colleagues at the Bar, and was a member of the American Bar Association and of the Lawyers' Club. He was also a member of the Union League and of the Art Club. For years he was active in the Masonic fraternity, in which he held high office. Mr. Swain will be remembered as a man of modest, retiring disposition, with a warm regard for his friends, all of whom held him in the highest esteem.
Source: REPORT OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
American Bar Association HELD AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, September 26, 28 and 29, 1904.
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Buried 26 July 1904.
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