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Frank Ross Sweet 1870 – 1936 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Apr 1870

Birth Location: Sangamon, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 1936

Death Location: Sangamon, Illinois, USA

Father: Cornelius Sweet

Mother: Sarah Ross

Spouse(s): Sarah McCandless

Children(s): Charles Sweet, Harry Sweet

Frank Ross Sweet was born in 1870 in Sangamon, Illinois, USA, the child of Cornelius Sweet and Sarah Whitney Ross. Frank Ross Sweet married Sarah McCandless, and had children including Charles R Sweet, Harry D Sweet. Frank Ross Sweet passed away in 1936 in Sangamon, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Frank Ross Sweet was born in 1870 in Sangamon, Illinois, USA, the child of Cornelius Sweet and Sarah Whitney Ross.
  • Frank Ross Sweet married Sarah McCandless, and had children including Charles R Sweet, Harry D Sweet.
  • Frank Ross Sweet passed away in 1936 in Sangamon, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Cornelius Sweet
1816 – 1898
Birth Location: Eureka, Urbana, Ohio, USA
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Sarah Ross
1827 – 1901
Birth Location: Tremont, Clark, Ohio, USA
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Spouses(s)

Sarah McCandless
1870 – 1900
Birth Location: Illinois, USA
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Children(s)

Charles Sweet
1893 – 1940
Birth Location: Sherman, Sangamon Illinois, USA
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Harry Sweet
1900 – 1984
Birth Location: Sagamon, Illinois, USA
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Frank Sweet's Ancestors

Self
Frank Sweet
1870 – 1936
Birth Place: Sangamon, Illinois, USA
Parents
Cornelius Sweet
1816 – 1898
Eureka, Urbana, Ohio, USA
Sarah (Whitney) Ross
1827 – 1901
Tremont, Clark, Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Asel Sweet
1793 – 1879
Flemingsburg, Fleming, Kentucky, USA
Sarah Gard
1794 – 1870
Tremont, Clark, Ohio, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Sweet
1769 – 1830
Elizabeth Mershon
1775 – 1840
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Mershon
1750 – 1813
Martha Stevens
1752 – 1796

Frank Sweet's Descendants

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Frank (Ross) Sweet (16 Apr 1870 – 1936) m. Sarah McCandless (Jun 1870 – 1900)
  1. 1. Charles (R) Sweet (1 Oct 1893 – 3 May 1940)
  2. 2. Harry (D) Sweet (9 Jan 1900 – Nov 1984) m. Georgia Stewart (1899 – 1934)
    1. 1. Dean (Stewart) Sweet (18 Aug 1921 – 24 Sep 1987) m. Patricia (Florence Ann) Harnett (25 Jun 1924 – 31 Aug 2001)
      1. 1. Roger (Dean) Sweet (14 May 1944 – 11 Aug 2005)

Frank Sweet's Timeline

2 Records

1870
16 Apr 1870
Birth of Frank Ross Sweet in Sangamon, Illinois, USA
Sangamon, Illinois, USA
1936
1936
Age 66
Death of Frank Ross Sweet in Sangamon, Illinois, USA
Sangamon, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1870
    Event Place: Sangamon, Illinois, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1936
    Event Place: Sangamon, Illinois, USA
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