Richard Sweeting (1851 - 1930)

Born 8 Aug 1851 in Cherokee Sound, Abaco, Bahamas

Husband of Ann (Russell) Sweeting — married 3 Jan 1876 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Descendants

Died 2 Dec 1930 at age 79 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Richard Sweeting is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Richard was born 8 August 1851 in Cherokee Sound, Abaco, Bahamas.^[1] He was baptized there on 31 August in the Methodist Church.^[2] He was the son of Thomas Sweeting and Levinia J. Pinder.

He married Ann Russell on 3 January 1876 in Key West in a ceremony performed by John T. Barker, Justice of the Peace.^[3] The witnesses were Thomas Pearce and Maria Knowles.

Richard died on 2 December 1930 in Key West,^[4] and he is buried there in the City Cemetery.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Bahamas Registrar General, Civil Registration, Births, 1851, Town of Cherroe Sound, Abaco, p. 156, no. 3, Richard Sweeting, 8 August 1851; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBHP-RS3?i=296&wc=Q4ZP-N3D%3A216281801%3Fcc%3D1922411&cc=1922411 : accessed July 2016).
2. ↑ Oreste Lombardi, comp., Richard Sweeting, no. 18846, Abaco.ged, 2013 Dolly Mae Bahamas 40th Anniversary CD (Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas: Wyannie Malone Museum, 2014); citing Abaco Methodist serial # 618.
3. ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses A: 155, Richard Sweeting and Anna Russell, 3 January 1876; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9KN-YV9?i=338&cat=341167 : accessed July 2016).
4. ↑ "Florida Deaths, 1877–1939," Richard Sweeting, 2 December 1930, Monroe County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPSR-8RW : accessed July 2016).
5. ↑ Donna Jean Robinson, "Richard "Boldick" Sweeting," Memorial no. 139658108, posted 6 December 2014; memorial without photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=139658108 : accessed July 2016). The memorial does include an image of Richard's obituary.