Background
Swartz, Osman Ellis was born on November 3, 1880 in Newark, Ohio, United States. Son of Samuel Ellis and Jane Harriet (Ellis) Swartz.
Swartz, Osman Ellis was born on November 3, 1880 in Newark, Ohio, United States. Son of Samuel Ellis and Jane Harriet (Ellis) Swartz.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois, 1899. Bachelor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, 1902.
Admitted to West Virginia bar, 1902, and began practice at Clarksburg. Counsel Monongahela West Pennsylvania Public Service Company, Fairmont, West Virginia, 1918-1923. Counsel Consolidation Coal Company, Fairmont, 1918-1923, general attorney at New York City, 1923-1928.
General counsel United Carbon Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1928-1956, retired.
President and director Thompson Land and Coal Company. Vice president, director United Rubber & Chemical Company.
Director Holley Land Company, United Carbon Company.
Through The Lord’s Supper, or Holy Communion, the bread and cup symbolize the broken body and shed blood offered by Christ recall God’s great love for people; as they did for the disciples on the eve of Christ’s crucifixion.
Served as private, Army of the United States, World War. Member American and West Virginia bar associations, New York Law Institute, Phi Kappa Psi. Club: Edgewood Country.
Married Marion Stephenson Swartz, February 21, 1929.