Muscogee County GaArchives Photo Person.....Swift, George Parker 
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Source:             Special Sesquicentennial Supplement IV Ledger-Enquirer
Name:               George Parker Swift
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              George Parker Swift I

    George Parker Swift I, pioneer cotton manufacturer 
    of Georgia, was born Sept. 1, 1815, in Fairhaven, Mass.
    He moved to Ga. In the early 1840s and started the Triume
    Mills at Wynmanville, Upson County, first  making cotton
    thread & yarn, than expanding into cotton weaving. 
    Colonel Swift moved to Columbus in 1865 and in 1867 
    founded the Muscogee Mills, now which has been in 
    continuous operation by the same family owners and has 
    grown to be one of the largest manufacturers of cotton
    towels and ticking in the world.

Historical Marker

Special Sesquicentennial Supplement IV 
Ledger-Enquirer, Sunday May 7, 1978, S-14.
                

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