From Find-A-Grave.
Pictures of him and his marker accompany article.
Born: December 31, 1783, in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Died: July 23, 1865, in Geneva, New York
U.S. Army officer, first graduate of the USMA in 1802. Chief Engineer of U.S. Army 1812-1818.
His father was Dr. Foster Swift, a surgeon in the U.S. Army during the American Revolution.
Joseph Swift is buried at Washington Street Cemetery in Geneva, New York.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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