Hiram Sweet

Brief Life History of Hiram

When Hiram Sweet was born on 26 March 1800, in Berlin, Rensselaer, New York, United States, his father, Samuel Thomas Sweet, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Babcock, was 32. He married Deborah Simmon about 1820, in Garoga, Ephratah, Fulton, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ephratah, Ephratah, Fulton, New York, United States for about 5 years and Genoa Township Cemetery Busse Addition, Genoa, DeKalb, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 27 March 1884, in DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Genoa Township Cemetery Busse Addition, Genoa, DeKalb, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hiram Sweet
1800–1884
Deborah Simmon
1807–1895
Marriage: about 1820
John Hiram Sweet
1821–1916
Samuel H Sweet
1832–1896
Rouse Sweet
1827–1908
Amy Ann Sweet
1828–1917
Sarah M. Sweet
1830–1901
Frances Sweet
1840–1927

Sources (16)

  • Hiram Sweet, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Hiram Sweet, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Hiram Sweet in entry for Frances Sweet Parks, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"

World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1806

Berlin was formed from Petersburgh, Schodack, and Stephentown, 21 March 1806.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

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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