Background
Swift, Polemus Hamilton was born on October 24, 1853 in Palmyra, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Nathaniel and Lydia (Hamilton) Swift.
Swift, Polemus Hamilton was born on October 24, 1853 in Palmyra, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Nathaniel and Lydia (Hamilton) Swift.
Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern University, 1881, Doctor of Divinity, 1896. Graduate Garrett Biblical Institute, 1883. Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1888.
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1882. Pastor Centenary Church, Chicago, 1883-1884, Court Saint Church, Rockford, Illinois, 1885-1890, Oakland (Chicago), 1890-1895, Englewood (Chicago), 1895-1900, Wesley (Chicago), 1900-1904, Austin (Chicago), 1904-1909, Madison Avenue Church, Baltimore, April 1909-1915, River Forest, Illinois, 1915-1918. District superintendent Chicago Southern District, 1918-1923.
Chairman finance committee Rock River Conference Commission, 1923-1925.
Trustee Garrett Biblical Institute, 1899-1905. Delegate General Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1896, 1900, 04, 08, 20.
Delegate Ecumenical Conference, London, 1901. Author: Star in the West, 1898.
Magnetism of the Cross, 1904.
Gospel Cheer Messages, 1908.
Married Olive Lois Boynton, November 20, 1883. Children: Marian Ella (deceased), George Hamilton (deceased), Mildred Eloise (Mistress Richard H. Manny), Rosamond Boynton (deceased).