Seth Muse Swan was born on January 31, 1888, in Maribel, North Carolina. Swan was a clerk in the Stonewall community of Pamlico County when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. Swan was subsequently inducted into the service in October 1917 and attached to the 322nd Infantry. He deployed overseas from July 1918 to May 1919 and received an honorable discharge on May 31, 1919. Swan died in Fayetteville (Cumberland County) on April 9, 1976.