. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . el Swallow, thenmajor. The command was transported by boat to Mo-bile, taking part in the siege of that place and the attackon Fort Blakely. Afterwards marched to Eufala, Ala-bama, via Montgomery ; thence to Columbus, Mississippi,and on to Vicksburg, performing garrison and other dutiesuntil mustered out, August 31, 1865. Colonel Swallow returned to Illinois, his native State,and organized the banking-house of Cross & Swallow onJanuary I, 1866; sold out in November, 1S72. In July,1873, he moved to Trinidad, Colorado, org
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . el Swallow, thenmajor. The command was transported by boat to Mo-bile, taking part in the siege of that place and the attackon Fort Blakely. Afterwards marched to Eufala, Ala-bama, via Montgomery ; thence to Columbus, Mississippi,and on to Vicksburg, performing garrison and other dutiesuntil mustered out, August 31, 1865. Colonel Swallow returned to Illinois, his native State,and organized the banking-house of Cross & Swallow onJanuary I, 1866; sold out in November, 1S72. In July,1873, he moved to Trinidad, Colorado, organizing theLas Animas County Bank of Swallow & Terry. In Oc-tober, 1875, changed to First National Bank, being itsfirst cashier. In November, 1884, was elected treasurerof the State of Colorado, and removed to Denver, whenhe has since resided, excepting over three years spentin Europe, Asia, and Africa. He is now connected withthe American National Bank of Denver, being our of itsdirectors and second vice-president. .56 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {volunteer). BREVET COLONEL AMASA SAWYER TRACY, Brevet Colonel Amasa Sawyer Tracy was born inthe town of Dover, Maine, on the 16th day of March,[829. He was the third child of David and Sarah FowlerSawyer Tracy. When sixteen years of age he left hishome in Farmington, .Maine, where his father had residedfor several years, and went to Uxbridge, Massachusetts,where he made the acquaintance of Miss Helen SarahDow, a young lady from Vermont. In February, 1849,they were married, and went to Leicester, Vermont, wherethe father of his wife resided. In August of the same year his young wife died. Hethen returned to Massachusetts. Six years later he againwent to Vermont and located in the village of Middle-bury. There he became acquainted with Sarah M.,daughter of Horace Crane, a prominent citizen of thatvillage, and in March, 1858, they were married. By hissecond wife he has had six children, four of whom areliving,— Horace C, Lena
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