Background
Swallow, Silas C. was born on March 5, 1839 in Plains, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George and Sarah Swallow.
Swallow, Silas C. was born on March 5, 1839 in Plains, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George and Sarah Swallow.
Educated Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania. Doctor of Divinity, Taylor University, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Editor Pennsylvania Methodist. Superintendent Methodist book rooms. Published expose of Pennsylvania politicians, 1897.
Was tried and acquitted.
Editor of Church Forum for several years. Prohibition candidate for state treasurer, 1897, for government of Pennsylvania, 1898, 1902, for President of the United States, 1904.
Author: Camp Meetings and the Sabbath. “III Score & X,” or Selections, Collections and Recollections of Seventy Busy Years.
Home: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Married Louisa Robbins, January 30, 1866.