francis sweet

Francis Sweet was born on August 29, 1806 near Jonesborough in Washington County, Tennessee. At a young age he moved with his family to Ohio.

On December 12, 1827 he married Abigail Hammond in Miami, Ohio.[1] The couple would go on to have at least 6 children born between Ohio and Indiana.

During the 1830 census the family was still in Miami County, Ohio in the area of Monroe.[2] The family then moved to Indiana in 1836 and at the 1840 census were in Wayne Township in Allen County.[3] They remained in Allen County in the 1850 & 1860 census but were near Lake Township.[4][5]

His wife Abigail passed away on August 13, 1865. He then married a widow named Mrs. Hannah Peabody February 21, 1867.[6] This new family, including Hannahs 2 children from her passed husband, would continue to live in Lake Township.[7][8]

After a long full life Francis passed away on March 25, 1884 at the age of 77 having spent the majority of his life now in Allen County, Indiana. He was laid to rest in the Lake Chapel Cemetery in Arcola where his first wife Abigail was also buried.[9]

Excerpt from Valley of the Upper Maumee River, Vol I:

In the spring of 1836, Francis Sweet entered a tract in section 17, but remained in Fort Wayne until 1844. He became one of the prominent citizens and filled all the local offices, serving fifteen years as justice subsequent to 1846. He was the second postmaster, succeeding John Crawford, who was appointed in 1840, for what was known as the Taw-Taw post-office. Mr Sweet held the position until 1863, acting also, after the establishment of the Pittsburg railroad, as carrier of the mail from the station.[10]

Excerpt from Valley of the Upper Maumee River, Vol II:

Mr. Sweet's ancestors came to America in 1636, and were leading people in the Massachusetts Bay colony. In 1671, some of the family removed to Guilford county, N. C, and subsequently to Tennessee, where, near Jonesboro, Francis Sweet was born, July 28, 1806. In early youth he settled in western Ohio, and was married December 13, 1827, to Abigail Hammond, who was born in Abbeyville district, S. C, May 27, 1810. She was the daughter of Louis Hammond, born in South Carolina, May 20, 1785, who served in the second South Carolina regiment in the war of 181 2, and was killed in a battle near Washington, D. C, in 1813. Her mother was Nancy Buffington, born in South Carolina, September 14, 1791, died about 1856. Francis Sweet came to Allen county in 1835, and in 1836 brought his family by ox-team from Troy, Ohio, and settled in the western part of the county. He was a prominent pioneer, was one of the first Masons in this part of the country, was a leading old line whig, served twenty-five years as justice of the peace, and was postmaster at the old Indian office of Taw-taw, two and a half miles north of the present hamlet, Arcola. His first wife died August 13, 1865, and in 1867, he was married to Hannah, widow of John Peabody of Arcola, Ind. Francis Sweet died at Columbia city, March 25, 1884.[11]

Sources

↑ "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDJL-P8X : 10 February 2018), Francis Sweet and Abagail Hammond, 12 Dec 1827; citing Miami,Ohio, reference ; FHL microfilm 0550177 V. B, D-F, 185416.

↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGV-NVF : 9 September 2017), Francis Sweet, Monroe, Miami, Ohio, United States; citing 66, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 136; FHL microfilm 337,947.

↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBD-25D : 15 August 2017), Francis Sweet, Wayne Township, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing p. 29, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 74; FHL microfilm 7,722.

↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVX-BXW : 12 April 2016), Francis Sweet, Lake, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing family 1196, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FC-YV4 : 13 December 2017), Francis Sweet, 1860.

↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM1-811J : 10 February 2018), Francis Sweet and Hannah Peabody, 21 Feb 1867; citing Allen, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 549,309.

↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXX8-XJN : 12 April 2016), Frances Sweet, Indiana, United States; citing p. 24, family 174, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,797.

↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMC-DZS : 14 August 2017), Francis Sweet, Lake, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 105, sheet 242A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0264; FHL microfilm 1,254,264.

↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #62318498

↑ Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Valley of the Upper Maumee River, with Historical Account of Allen County and the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Vol. 1, Brant & Fuller, 1889. Page 292 Francis Sweet

↑ Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Valley of the Upper Maumee River: With Historical Account of Allen County and the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Vol. 2, Brant & Fuller, 1889. Bio of Samuel B Sweet Page 68-70