Henry Cotheal Swords was born on October 31, 1854. On August 2, 1909 Mr Swords was elected Treasurer of the New York Stock Exchange. He had been elected to the Exchange on October 11, 1877, though he was not an active member since he became involved with the Fulton Trust Company. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Samuel Clarkson of Philadelphia on Wednesday February 5, 1896 at St. Stephen’s Philadelphia. They had a daughter called Elizabeth. He seems to have died on the 6th February 1924.
According to the New York Times, November 18, 1912, he was descended from Lieutenant Thomas Swords of the British 85th Regiment of Foot, who resigned in 1776 because he sympathized with the American colonists. A service was held in St Paul’s Chapel Trinity Parish, near Broadway and Fulton Streets, in New York, November 17, 1912, when a bronze cross was unveiled at Thomas Swords’ tomb by great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth Swords.
He erected a drinking fountain in memory of his mother, Ann Maria Cotheal Swords, in Trinity Churchyard in 1911.
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HENRY C. SWORDS DIES; FULTON TRUST CO. HEAD ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. T. Henry Cotheal Swords, president of the Fulton Trust Company of 143 Broadway, Manhattan, died here yesterday after an illness of several months. He was born in New York City In 1864 and attended private schools. He became a member of the stock brokerage Arm of Barbour, Swords & Co. In 1877 and in 1831 became associated with the Real Estate Trust Company, now the Fulton Trust Company. He was a member of many clubs, and is survived by his widow and one daughter.
According to the New York Times, November 18, 1912, he was descended from Lieutenant Thomas Swords of the British 85th Regiment of Foot, who resigned in 1776 because he sympathized with the American colonists. A service was held in St Paul’s Chapel Trinity Parish, near Broadway and Fulton Streets, in New York, November 17, 1912, when a bronze cross was unveiled at Thomas Swords’ tomb by great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth Swords.
He erected a drinking fountain in memory of his mother, Ann Maria Cotheal Swords, in Trinity Churchyard in 1911.
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HENRY C. SWORDS DIES; FULTON TRUST CO. HEAD ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. T. Henry Cotheal Swords, president of the Fulton Trust Company of 143 Broadway, Manhattan, died here yesterday after an illness of several months. He was born in New York City In 1864 and attended private schools. He became a member of the stock brokerage Arm of Barbour, Swords & Co. In 1877 and in 1831 became associated with the Real Estate Trust Company, now the Fulton Trust Company. He was a member of many clubs, and is survived by his widow and one daughter.
Henry Cotheal Swords was born on October 31, 1854. On August 2, 1909 Mr Swords was elected Treasurer of the New York Stock Exchange. He had been elected to the Exchange on October 11, 1877, though he was not an active member since he became involved with the Fulton Trust Company. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Samuel Clarkson of Philadelphia on Wednesday February 5, 1896 at St. Stephen’s Philadelphia. They had a daughter called Elizabeth. He seems to have died on the 6th February 1924.
According to the New York Times, November 18, 1912, he was descended from Lieutenant Thomas Swords of the British 85th Regiment of Foot, who resigned in 1776 because he sympathized with the American colonists. A service was held in St Paul’s Chapel Trinity Parish, near Broadway and Fulton Streets, in New York, November 17, 1912, when a bronze cross was unveiled at Thomas Swords’ tomb by great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth Swords.
He erected a drinking fountain in memory of his mother, Ann Maria Cotheal Swords, in Trinity Churchyard in 1911.
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HENRY C. SWORDS DIES; FULTON TRUST CO. HEAD ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. T. Henry Cotheal Swords, president of the Fulton Trust Company of 143 Broadway, Manhattan, died here yesterday after an illness of several months. He was born in New York City In 1864 and attended private schools. He became a member of the stock brokerage Arm of Barbour, Swords & Co. In 1877 and in 1831 became associated with the Real Estate Trust Company, now the Fulton Trust Company. He was a member of many clubs, and is survived by his widow and one daughter.
According to the New York Times, November 18, 1912, he was descended from Lieutenant Thomas Swords of the British 85th Regiment of Foot, who resigned in 1776 because he sympathized with the American colonists. A service was held in St Paul’s Chapel Trinity Parish, near Broadway and Fulton Streets, in New York, November 17, 1912, when a bronze cross was unveiled at Thomas Swords’ tomb by great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth Swords.
He erected a drinking fountain in memory of his mother, Ann Maria Cotheal Swords, in Trinity Churchyard in 1911.
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HENRY C. SWORDS DIES; FULTON TRUST CO. HEAD ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. T. Henry Cotheal Swords, president of the Fulton Trust Company of 143 Broadway, Manhattan, died here yesterday after an illness of several months. He was born in New York City In 1864 and attended private schools. He became a member of the stock brokerage Arm of Barbour, Swords & Co. In 1877 and in 1831 became associated with the Real Estate Trust Company, now the Fulton Trust Company. He was a member of many clubs, and is survived by his widow and one daughter.
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