When James A. Sweet was born on 13 March 1813, in Berlin, Rensselaer, New York, United States, his father, James Sweet, was 33 and his mother, Sally Clark, was 31. He married Lois or Louise Hart in 1841, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Busti, Busti, Chautauqua, New York, United States for about 15 years and Ellicott, Chautauqua, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 17 March 1893, in Dodge, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Incorporated as village in 1827
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English (Somerset): from the Middle English personal name Swet(e) (Old English Swēt(a) (male), Swēte (female)), or else a nickname from Middle English swet(e), sweyt ‘sweet; pleasing; beloved; attractive’ (Old English swēte, swōt), from which the personal names derive. Compare Swett .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Suess and French Ledoux ‘the gentle, the sweet’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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