Swett, Leonard, 1825-1889
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Swett, Leonard, 1825-1889
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Leonard Herbert Swett, son of Leonard Swett and Laura Quigg, was born in 1858 in Bloomington, Illinois and traveled extensively in the American West as a surveyor with the United States Geological Survey. He married Rose Maria Skillings (1864-1914) in 1889 and they had at least one child, Laura Rose Swett, born in 1897.
Leonard Swett (1825-1889), active in Illinois politics and elected to the state legislature in 1858, was a friend of Abraham Lincoln. In 1865 Swett moved to Chicago, where he became prominent as a lawyer.
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Cattle
Cotton trade
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Fort Wingate (N.M.)
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New Mexico
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Indian Territory
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Utah
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Albuquerque (N.M.)
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