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William Asel Sweet 1870 – 1954 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Dec 1870

Birth Location: Illiopolis, Sangamon, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 24 Feb 1954

Death Location: Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA

Father: Charles Sweet

Mother: Mary Council

Spouse(s): Flora Lewis

Children(s): Ralph Sweet, Charles Sweet

William Asel Sweet was born in 1870 in Illiopolis, Sangamon, Illinois, USA, the child of Charles Anson Sweet and Mary A Council. William Asel Sweet married Flora Marion Lewis, and had children including Ralph Lewis Sweet, Charles Wheeler Sweet. William Asel Sweet passed away in 1954 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • William Asel Sweet was born in 1870 in Illiopolis, Sangamon, Illinois, USA, the child of Charles Anson Sweet and Mary A Council.
  • William Asel Sweet married Flora Marion Lewis, and had children including Ralph Lewis Sweet, Charles Wheeler Sweet.
  • William Asel Sweet passed away in 1954 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Charles Sweet
1847 – 1876
Birth Location: Urbana, Champaign, Ohio, USA
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Mary Council
1849 – 1933
Birth Location: Fancy Creek, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
MC

Spouses(s)

Flora Lewis
1880 – 1966
Birth Location: Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA
FL

Children(s)

Ralph Sweet
1902 – 1990
Birth Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
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Charles Sweet
1908 – 1971
Birth Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
CS

William Sweet's Ancestors

Self
William Sweet
1870 – 1954
Birth Place: Illiopolis, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
Parents
Charles Anson Sweet
1847 – 1876
Urbana, Champaign, Ohio, USA
Mary (A) Council
1849 – 1933
Fancy Creek, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
Grandparents
Cornelius Sweet
1816 – 1898
Eureka, Urbana, Ohio, USA
Sarah (Whitney) Ross
1827 – 1901
Tremont, Clark, Ohio, USA
Great-Grandparents
Asel Sweet
1793 – 1879
Sarah Gard
1794 – 1870
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sweet
1769 – 1830
Elizabeth Mershon
1775 – 1840

William Sweet's Descendants

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William (Asel) Sweet (8 Dec 1870 – 24 Feb 1954) m. Flora (Marion) Lewis (28 Jun 1880 – 7 Apr 1966)
  1. 1. Ralph (Lewis) Sweet (18 Oct 1902 – 9 Apr 1990) m. Marjorie (Jane) Epperson (24 Aug 1911 – 12 May 2004)
    1. 1. Dorothy (Jane) Sweet (27 Aug 1935 – 22 Jan 1996)
  2. 2. Charles (Wheeler) Sweet (13 Jun 1908 – 3 Sep 1971)

William Sweet's Timeline

2 Records

1870
8 Dec 1870
Birth of William Asel Sweet in Illiopolis, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
Illiopolis, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
1954
24 Feb 1954
Age 84
Death of William Asel Sweet in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA
Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Dec 1870
    Event Place: Illiopolis, Sangamon, Illinois, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Feb 1954
    Event Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA
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