Swords, Collins W., D. D. S.

Submitted by Mike Miller

Swords, Collins W., D. D. S., New Orleans, was born in Big Cane, La., Nov. 4, 1891; son of Marion Lewis and Aola (Ward) Swords. (For sketch of parents and names of all children, see Marion Lewis Swords, elsewhere in this work.) In the course of his education, Collins W. Swords attended Louisiana State university, Texas Christian university, Southwestern Louisiana Industrial institute, and Soulé college, class of 1908. After finishing at Soulé college, the young man entered the office of his father, at Opelousas, as chief deputy tax collector, and remained incumbent of that position 1 year, following which he entered Northwestern university, at Evanston, from which he graduated with the degree of D. D. S. as a member of the class of 1912. The doctor then opened offices at New Orleans, and began practice, and since that time his profession has engrossed his attention. In addition to ministering to the requirements of an increasing private practice, Dr. Swords fills the important position of chief of the dental clinic of the Presbyterian hospital, New Orleans. He is a member of Psi Omega fraternity and of Northwestern University alumni association. At this time, the doctor is not a married man.

Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 422. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.