Howard Llewellyn Swisher (September 21, 1870 – August 27, 1945) was an American businessperson, real estate developer, orchardist, editor, writer, and historian.

As a prominent businessman, he established several companies responsible for the development of businesses and real estate in Morgantown, West Virginia.

In Hampshire County, Swisher maintained fruit growing interests and served as the president of the South Branch Merchandising Company.

Howard Llewellyn Swisher was born on September 21, 1870, on a farm near the unincorporated community of Levels, West Virginia.

[4] Swisher spent his early years and adolescence on his father's farm, until he became a schoolteacher in Hampshire County at the age of 18.

[4] Following his graduation, he traveled throughout the northwestern United States and the Canadian provinces and territories of Alberta, Assiniboia, British Columbia, and Manitoba.

[5][9] As a prominent businessman, Swisher established several corporations and companies responsible for the development of businesses and commercial and residential real estate in Morgantown.

[1][4][5] The business prospered, and in April 1898, Swisher established the Acme Publishing Company, which he served as president of for several years.

[4] In December 1914, following its organization in Parkersburg, Swisher was named the secretary-treasurer of the West Virginia Real Estate Dealers' Association.

[5][9] While attending West Virginia University, he published a small book containing approximately 600 lines of poetry, which he dedicated to his classmates.

[4][5] Both the Dering and Walker families, from which Swisher's wife descended, had arrived in the Colony of Virginia during its earlier periods of settlement.

[4] On August 27, 1945, Swisher died of a cerebral hemorrhage due to hypertension at his residence at 80 Donley Street in Morgantown.

[19][20] Swisher was interred on August 30, 1945, at Oak Grove Cemetery in Morgantown's Chancery Hill Historic District.