Job F. Swift was born in Litchfeld, Connecticut in July of 1819, the son of Ira Swift and Grace Rogers. His father Ira was born 17 Feb. 1778 in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut and married there on 2 October 1800 to Grace who was born 28 January 1779 in New Haven, Connecticut. She died on 06 December 1844. Dr. Job Swift married Susan Shipp Gray on 28 April 1841 in Trigg, Kentucky. Susan had been born there on 22 May 1823 (another record says on 13 May 1821). She was the daughter of Archie Gray (married in 1822) and Mary B. Humphries (1803-1846). Job and Susan initially resided in Kentucky, and their daughters were born there. They subsequently moved to Texas where Job was active in the Rangers both as a fighter and as a medic to help in need. He died very young in 1850, and his widow remained in Corpus Christi to raise her children. One daughter, Marcella J. Swift, died as a teenager during the 1867 Yellow Fever epidemic. Her sister Mary Grace Swift married Wm. H. Maltby, a local newspaperman, on 15 July 1860, but she too died in the 1867 Yellow Fever epidemic and was buried along with Marcella in Old Bayview Cemetery. Job's daughter Amanda Leona Swift (born 02 August 1842 in Kentucky) married 22 August 1860 in Nueces County to Minister John Ludowick Harper (born 26 January 1829 in Linden, Marengo County, Alabama). They were residing in Bandera County, Texas in 1880 (Federal Census, Bandera County, p. 19B) with six children. Their oldest son, Matthias, died at only 19 years old when thrown from a horse in July of 1884 at Waresville (see Caller issue of 03 August 1884, page 5). In later years (Caller issue of 30 April 1897, page 3, col. 1) the Corpus Christi Caller reported how the daughters of Mary Grace Swift-Maltby visited their aunt Amanda Harper when the Harper family was residing in Utopia (Uvalde County). Job F. Swift was an early burial in Old Bayview Cemetery, but he rests with daughters Marcella and Mary Grace as well as his granddaughters born to Wm. H. and Mary Grace Maltby.
Research and transcription: Michael A. Howell
Research and transcription: Michael A. Howell
Job F. Swift was born in Litchfeld, Connecticut in July of 1819, the son of Ira Swift and Grace Rogers. His father Ira was born 17 Feb. 1778 in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut and married there on 2 October 1800 to Grace who was born 28 January 1779 in New Haven, Connecticut. She died on 06 December 1844. Dr. Job Swift married Susan Shipp Gray on 28 April 1841 in Trigg, Kentucky. Susan had been born there on 22 May 1823 (another record says on 13 May 1821). She was the daughter of Archie Gray (married in 1822) and Mary B. Humphries (1803-1846). Job and Susan initially resided in Kentucky, and their daughters were born there. They subsequently moved to Texas where Job was active in the Rangers both as a fighter and as a medic to help in need. He died very young in 1850, and his widow remained in Corpus Christi to raise her children. One daughter, Marcella J. Swift, died as a teenager during the 1867 Yellow Fever epidemic. Her sister Mary Grace Swift married Wm. H. Maltby, a local newspaperman, on 15 July 1860, but she too died in the 1867 Yellow Fever epidemic and was buried along with Marcella in Old Bayview Cemetery. Job's daughter Amanda Leona Swift (born 02 August 1842 in Kentucky) married 22 August 1860 in Nueces County to Minister John Ludowick Harper (born 26 January 1829 in Linden, Marengo County, Alabama). They were residing in Bandera County, Texas in 1880 (Federal Census, Bandera County, p. 19B) with six children. Their oldest son, Matthias, died at only 19 years old when thrown from a horse in July of 1884 at Waresville (see Caller issue of 03 August 1884, page 5). In later years (Caller issue of 30 April 1897, page 3, col. 1) the Corpus Christi Caller reported how the daughters of Mary Grace Swift-Maltby visited their aunt Amanda Harper when the Harper family was residing in Utopia (Uvalde County). Job F. Swift was an early burial in Old Bayview Cemetery, but he rests with daughters Marcella and Mary Grace as well as his granddaughters born to Wm. H. and Mary Grace Maltby.
Research and transcription: Michael A. Howell
Research and transcription: Michael A. Howell
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In memory of
Dr. Job F. Swift
Born
Litchfield, Conn.
July 16, 1819
Died
Oct. 14, 1850
Aged
31 yrs.m 2mos. 28 days
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