Lewis County, West Virginia    Biography of CHARLES P. SWINT

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., 
Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. pg. 178


CHARLES P. SWINT, who is engaged in the practice of
his profession at Weston, judicial center of Lewis County,
has gained secure vantage-ground as one of the able and
representative members of the bar of this section of the
state, and his status is the more pleasing to note by reason
of the fact that he early became dependent upon his own
resources and by his own ability and efforts worked his
way forward to the goal of success.

Mr. Swint was born at Catskill, New York, on the 8th
of July, 1876, and is a son of Peter and Caroline (Wink-
ler) Swint, the former of whom was born in the Grand
Duchy of Luxemburg, Holland, February 22, 1850. He was
an infant at the time of his father's death and was thirteen
years old when he accompanied his widowed mother to the
United States and made settlement in the State of New
York, where he was reared to adult age and where his mar-
riage occurred. He became a skilled workman as a painter
and decorator, and as such was engaged in West Virginia
prior to his marriage. He returned to New York for his
bride, and upon hia raturn to West Virginia he purchased
land and engaged in farm enterprise in Randolph County,
besides continuing in the work of his trade to a considerable
extent. He finally removed from his farm to Weston, where
he has since lived virtually retired. He is a republican in
politics, and both he and his wife are zealous communicants
of the Catholic Church. Of the children the eldest is Miss
Minnie, who is a trained nurse by profession; Charles P.,
of this review, was the next in order of birth; Louis is
engaged in farm enterprise in Randolph County; John, a
college graduate, has taken post-graduate work also, is in
charge of St. Patrick's Church and parochial school at
Weston, and was recently appointed Bishop of this diocese;
Peter is a mechanic and farmer in Lewis County; Mary
is a Sister and teacher in the Catholic convent in the City
of Wheeling, as is also her sister Agnes; Dr. Benjamin H.
is a successful physician and surgeon in the City of Charles-
ton; and Josephine is the wife of Rupert Cannon, of Logan,
West Virginia.

Charles P. Swint remained on the home farm until he was
fifteen years of age, when the family removed to Weston.
Here he continued his studies in the public schools until
hia graduation from high school, and thereafter he entered
the law department of the University of West Virginia, in
which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1900,
his reception of the degree of Bachelor of Laws having
been virtually coincident with his admission to the bar. He
forthwith opened an office at Weston, where he has since
continued in the successful practice of his profession, with
a representative clientage, and where he served one term
a prosecuting attorney of the county. He is a leader in
the local councils of the republican party, and has served
several terms as chairman of the Republican County Com-
mittee of Lewis County. He and his wife are active com-
municants of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in their home
city.

On the 12th of June, 1909, was solemnized the marriage
of Mr. Swint and Miss Agnes Cleary, who graduated from
the Weston High School and who had been a popular teacher
in the public schools prior to her marriage. They have two
children, Mary C. and Agnes C.