Brief Life History of Edwin Eugene
When Edwin Eugene Sweet was born on 28 February 1861, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Albert Sanford Sweet, was 28 and his mother, Ellene Maria Field, was 28. He married Ada Frances Guillo on 25 January 1888, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States in 1900. He died in 1935, at the age of 74.
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- Edward E Sweet, "United States Census, 1910"
- Edwin Eugene Sweet, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- E Eugene Sweet, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
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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