William Ellery Sweet Sr (1869 - 1942)

Born 27 Jan 1869 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Joyeuse Lennig (Fullerton) Sweet — married 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 9 May 1942 at age 73 in Denver, Colorado, USA

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Preceded by 22nd Governor Oliver Henry Shoup

William Ellery Sweet 23rd Governor of Colorado 1923—1925

Succeeded by 24th Governor Clarence Morley

Biography

William Sweet Sr is Notable.

Born to William Ellery Channing Sweet, 1846–1932 & Emeroy L Stevens, 1845–1922

1870 Chicago, ward 05, Cook, Illinois ^[1]

Household

Channing Sweet M 24 Canada

Emeroy L Sweet F 24 Canada

Wm E Sweet M 1 Illinois

Julia A Stevens F 45 Canada

Household ID: 1034 -- Line Number: 24

1885 El Paso, Colorado ^[2]

Channing Sweet, age 38 born in Canada, occupation, none

Emeroy L Sweet, age 39 Canada

Wm E Sweet M 18 Illinois

Servant Regina Lechner, age 23

Spouse: Joyeuse Lennig Fullerton, 1866–1962

Date: 1893

1900 Precincts 6 & 11 Denver city Ward 10, Arapahoe, Colorado ^[3]

Marriage Year (Estimated): 1893

Father's Birthplace: Canada E --Mother's Birthplace: Canada E

Household

William E Sweet, age 30 born in Illinois, occupation: Broker

Joyeuse L Sweet Wife F 33 New Jersey

Children: 2 / 2 living

Lennig Sweet Son M 7 Colorado

Channing F Sweet Son M 2 Colorado

Williamina Fullerton Sister-in-law F 30 New Jersey

Mary J Loghry Servant F 57 Pennsylvania

Alice Kiellnhoff Servant F 28 Kansas

Line Number: 63

Children

1. Lennig Sweet 1893–1973
2. Channing Fullerton Sweet 1898–1994
3. William Ellery Sweet 1905–1971

Burial: Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M642-1BF : 19 March 2020), Channing Sweet, 1870. Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) -- Affiliate Publication Number: M593 -- GS Film Number: 000545699 --Digital Folder Number: 004263662 --Image Number: 00444 --Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N01421-5 -Record Number: 17564
2. ↑ "Colorado State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8WX-RNL : 28 December 2020), William E Sweet in entry for Channing Sweet, 1885; citing NARA microfilm publication M158 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 498,506. 1885 El Paso, Colorado Image
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMM-1J2 : accessed 5 September 2020), William E Sweet, Precincts 6 & 11 Denver city Ward 10, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 83, sheet 15B, family 283, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,119. Digital Folder Number: 004118991 --Image Number: 00374 --Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N00784-0 --Record Number: 18143

• "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZWQJ-WW2M : 2 March 2021), William Ellery Sweet and Fullerton, 1892.
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