When Charles Gould Sweetland was born on 10 April 1818, in Buchanan, Botetourt, Virginia, United States, his father, Dr. Eleazer Sweetland, was 35 and his mother, Sarah 'Sally' Hawkins Van Meter, was 23. He lived in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States in 1850. He died on 24 November 1858, at the age of 40, and was buried in Sweetland Cemetery, Sweetland, Nevada, California, 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.
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
English: habitational name from Sweetlands Farm in Upottery (Devon), perhaps from Old English swēte ‘sweet, pure, pleasant’ + land ‘land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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