Laura Virginia Sweat

Brief Life History of Laura Virginia

When Laura Virginia Sweat was born on 22 July 1866, in Vernon, Louisiana, United States, her father, Leonard Covington Sweat Jr, was 30 and her mother, Mary C Groves, was 25. She lived in Ward Six, Vernon, Louisiana, United States in 1880. She died on 15 March 1888, in Vernon, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 21, and was buried in Walnut Hill, Vernon, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Pinkney Groves
1875–1950
Laura Virginia Sweat
1866–1888

Sources (3)

  • Laura C Sweat in household of Leonard C Sweat, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Laura V Sweat, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Laura Virginia Sweat, "Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970"

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World Events (8)

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

1868 · Louisiana Is Readmitted Into the Union

Louisiana was readmitted into the Union.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Sweet .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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