Obituary, The Milford Cabinet and Wilton Journal, July 29, 1920, page six. BEDFORD. Samuel Moses Swett died in Concord, July 5, aged 85 years 3 months, 16 days. Apoplexy was the cause of his death, but his health had been poor for a year. He was a member of Hillsboro lodge, I.O.O.F., Star lodge N.E.O.P. and the Rebekahs. He is survived by a son George Lovejoy Swett of Boston, a daughter, Mrs. Carrie E. Atwood of Waterville Me., two granddaughters, Mrs. Esther M. Cunningham of Waterville, Me., and Mrs. Grace L. Dyer of New York. Mr. Swett's fueral was held from Wallace Funeral Home in Manchester, the 7th. Interment took place in Bedford village cemetery. Samuel was a native of Bedford, one of the 8th generation of Swetts in this country, one of the four sons of Moses and Lucy Ann Lovejoy, a native of Amherst. All of that family are now deceased. The place where Samuel was born has bee for years the Stillman or John Parkhurst farm, on the Joppa road. Samuel was the last Swett who lived on the place. Previous to his living on the place alone, he and his brother Edward owned it. Previous to them their father Moses owned it; previous to that the grandfather Moses; and previous to that the great grandfather Moses, who was a ship builder and came from Newbury to Bedford about 1786, the first swett in Bedford, and one of the pioneer settlers.... Samuel Swett married Emily S. Townsend, of town, who died in 1894. After her death he cotinued keeping his home in Manchester, where he went after leavig town, and where he lived over 40 years until failing health compelled him to leave the care of a home and about a year ago he went to the Odd Fellows Home in Concord, where he died. Samuel was a genial man, much like his ancestors, of whom it has been written. "The Swetts have been peaceable, industrious law-abiding citizens of interest for their longevity...." [credit to Janice W Brown for contributing].