Gustavus Franklin Swift
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About
American entrepreneur who headed a Midwestern meat-packing enterprise during the late 1800s.
Before Fame
He grew up on a Massachusetts farm and began working for a butcher shop when he was 14 years old.
Trivia
He helped develop a refrigerated railroad car that allowed for the mass distribution of inexpensive beef.
Family Life
He had 11 children with his wife Annie Maria Higgins.
Associated With
He was employed by the same turn-of-the-century meatpacking industry that provided scandalous fodder for author Upton Sinclair.
