Jeriah Swetland

Jeriah Swetland (April 1817[1]–November 24, 1906[2]) was an American businessman and local politician in nineteenth-century central Ohio.

At the age of nineteen, he left home for an apprenticeship in the harnessmaking and saddlemaking trades.

Two years later, he left New Hampshire to settle in London, Ohio, where he began to conduct business; between 1847 and 1856, he moved at various times to Pickaway County, Mount Sterling, and again to London, where he joined in partnership with William Chandler for a ten-year period.

After a time of service on London's village council, he was elected as a Democrat to the Ohio House of Representatives, serving from 1867 to 1869.

He and his wife were active members of the local congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church.