Louis Franklin Swift (1861-1937)

Louis F. Swift, President of Swift & Company, Meat Packers, Chicago

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In 1918, he came in at 23rd (tied with James B. Duke, Jacob Schiff, George Eastman, Pierre S. du Pont, Julius Rosenwald, Mrs. Lawrence Lewis and Henry Phipps) on the first ever Forbes Rich List with an estimated personal fortune of $50-million. He married Ida, daughter of Alden Brackett Butler, and they had six children (listed above).

Parents (2)

Gustavus Franklin Swift

Founding President of Swift & Co., Meat Packers, Chicago

1839-1903

Ann Mariah (Higgens) Swift

Mrs Ann Mariah (Higgens) Swift

1843-1922

Spouse (1)

Ida May (Butler) Swift

Mrs Ida May (Butler) Swift

1860-1922

Children (6)

Nathan Butler Swift

Nathan Butler Swift, of Lake Forest, Illinois

1881-1903

Bessie (Swift) Fernald

Mrs Bessie Ethel (Swift) Fernald

1883-1920

Alden Brackett Swift

Alden B. Swift, of Chicago

1885-1936

Ida May (Swift) Minotto

Ida May (Swift) Countess Minotto

1891-1943

Louis Franklin Swift Jr.

Louis Franklin Swift Jr., of Willow S. Ranch near Corona, California

1895-1955

William Elliott Swift

William Elliott Swift, of Chicago

1897-1930

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