He worked as the financial agent of Ohio's Board of Fund Commissioners, the agency responsible for issuing, paying interest on, redeeming and canceling the state's general obligation bonds.
The church was consecrated on Oct 1, 1875, and on the same day his grandson Robert Swartwout was the first child baptized.
His body was transported to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was buried in Lindenwood Cemetery, as was his brother.
They had eight children, Henry, Cornelia, Frances, Alfred Jr., Charlotte Anna, Arthur, and Dixon Edgerton.
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