Thomas Swann was an American lawyer and politician who also was President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as it completed track to Wheeling and gained access to the Ohio River Valley. Wikipedia
Born: February 3, 1809, Alexandria, VA
Died: July 24, 1883 (age 74 years), Leesburg, VA
Parents: Jane Byrd Page Swann and Thomas Swann
Place of burial: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
Grandparents: Jane Byrd Page and John Page
Great-grandparents: William Byrd II, Maria Taylor Byrd, Mann Page, and more
Books: Letter of Thomas Swann, Esq. President of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road Company, on the Claim of A.J. Marshall, Esq. of Va. with Accompanying Documents, Address of Thomas Swann, Esq., on the Parkersburg Rail Road, Delivered at the New Assembly Rooms, (Hanover Street,) June 28, 1852, Address of Thomas Swann, Esq. (President,) to the Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road Company on the Importance of an Early Completion of Their Road to the Ohio River: And the Report of B. H. Latrobe, Esq., Chief Engineer, and more