Title	Mr.
Last Name	Swanton
First Name	Seth
Middle Name	Forrest
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth	Dexter, ME
Date of Birth	1883-01-09
Place of Death	York, ME
Date of Death	1955-05-03
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 5-5-1955, p.4
Obituary	SETH FORREST SWANTON Memorial services will be held tomorrow (Fri.) in Portland for Seth Forrest Swanton, 72, who died May 3 in a York (Maine) hospital after a short illness. He was born in Dexter, Jan. 9, 1883, son of the late Seth J. and Drusilla (Coakley) Swanton. He was educated in the Dexter schools and learned the moulders trade at Fay and Scott. Later he was employed at the Portsmouth Navy Yard and in Washington, D. C., retiring several years ago. He was twice married, his first wife, Blanche Taylor, died in 1913 and he later married Rachel Allen who died in 1949. He is survived by one son, Owen S. Swanton of Silver Spring, Md., three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, two step-sons, two step-daughters, also a brother, G. Eugene Swanton, and a sister, Mrytie S. Jackson, both of Dexter.