Bridgeman (Young) Swift, was born September 7, 1827, at
Middlebury, Vermont. He attended Middlebury College and
married October 30, 1862, Irene Battelle Eldridge of Norfolk,
Conn., daughter of Joseph and Sarah Eldridge, who was born
July 27, 1840. They resided at Norfolk but removed to Detroit
where he practiced law many years. They were members of the
Fort Street Presbyterian church of that city. He died June 15,
1913 at Detroit. She died May 1, 1913 at Detroit. Children:
1. Edward Eldridge, b. September 1, 1864, at Norfolk,
Conn. (B57,61)
2. Irene Battelle, b. April 8, 1866, at Detroit, Mich.;
m. William Moffatt; resides at 2212 Genessee
Street, Utica, N.Y. (B57,62)
3. Mary Eldridge, b. May 21, 1876, at Norfolk, Conn.
(B57,63)
B57,61.
Edward Eldridge Swift, 1st child of Edward Young Swift
(B57,6) and Irene Battelle (Eldridge) Swift, was born
September 1, 1864, at Norfolk, Conn. He married, 1st, August
3, 1893, at the Chateau deJouvrey, Bries-sur-Forges, France,
Florence Wilson of New York City. They had a daughter,
Katharine. They were divorced and he married, 2d, Laura Edna
Drake of Easton, Pa., daughter of Samuel Drake and Sara
(Arndt) Drake, April 16, 1929, at Easton, Pa., where he was in
business. Mrs. Swift resides at 319 Clinton Terrace, Easton, Pa.
Child:
1. Edward Eldridge, Jr., b. February 25, 1918, at New
York City; attended Mercer Junior College; has
resided with his mother; had a war defense job at
Phoenix, Arizona. (B57,611)
B57,63.
Mary Eldridge Swift, 3d child of Edward Young Swift (B57,6)
and Irene Battelle (Eldridge) Swift, was born at Norfolk, Conn.,
May 21, 1876, and attended the Dobbs Ferry School. She
married, 1st, Frederick Moulton Alger, son of General Russell
A. Alger and Mrs. Alger of Detroit, Michigan, May 2, 1901, at
Detroit. They resided at Detroit and Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
He graduated from Andover Academy and Harvard University
and died December 31, 1933. She married, 2d, Dr. Frederick
Towsley Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward
Murphy.
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