The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-30

Q. NatHanlel, porn OcU. y, lslls IudfFi0u
Dec. %, 1894, Olive Moody, and died
in Scarboro.
8. Sarah, born May 10, 1878.
10. Nancy, born Feb. 9, 1775; died I'M
married Oct. IS, 1858, aged % years.
IL. William, born Dec. 6, 1776; married
Clarissa Benson, of Middleboro, Mass.
They lived in EOtistield and Parsons
field. He had n son, Col. William
SWEET, who was born in Otisfield
Amy Reed and settled in Paris, Me-, in
1859, and had four children: Lewis
Benson, Joan Reed William Harvey
and Harriet Q. A sixth child of Capt.
William SWEET was Lewis CLARK SWEET,
whose son, William Sampson SWEET,
lives in Boston.
IL. Hannah, born March T. 1870.
10. Stephen, born April II, 1881. His
wife was probably named Hannah, and
he died in Portland March 9, 1S49
IA. Eliza, born Sept. 20, 1888, married at
Windham June 6, 1902. Elijah Macon,-
Der, of Middleboro, Mass, and settled
in Durham, Me-. where she died April
26, 1853. She is described as having q
high forehead, large nose and mouth.
full cheeks, black hair, benevolent
smile, and was typical SWEET of the
olden time. She had nine children,
and one of her descendants is Rev. Ev-
erett S. Stackpole of Auburn, Me-. who
furnished many of the notes of this
sketch of his ancestor.
John SWEET. son of DIR. Stephen, had q
son John SWEET. Jr., born Feb. 4, 1889;
married Aug. 90, 1916, Remember Berry,
and died at Turner, Me-, June 20, 1859.
His wife was born Dec. g. 1894, and died
at Turner May 80, 1888. He was farm
er, and soldier of the war of 1919. They
had six children: Danville D., of Muske-
gon, Mich, Eliza Jane, who married
Leonard Macoml g. of Durham, Sarah B.
married Albion Kicker of Turner,
Leonard, Rosanna Maria, married JUS
tus Briggs of Auburn, Me-, and Mary
Ellen, who married Joseph Briggs of
Auburn.
Leonard. SWEET, son of John, .Jr., was
born at Turner, Me-, Aug.11, 1925; mar
ried, first, July 20, 1854, Laura R. Quigg
of Bradford, N. H, and second, in July,
1887, Marie Decker of Chicago, Ill. He
was studen6 IT North Yarmouth Acad-
envy and at Colby University. but did
not graduate from college. He studied
law with Howard and Shepley in Port
land, served in the Mexican war as a pri-
yate in the 9Th Indiana Infantry hegt.,
and was taken prisoner at Vera Cruz.
He began the practice of law at Bloom
ington, ILL.,, in 1913, and while travelling
the Eighth Circuit became intimately as
ISOLATED with A braham Lincoln and Dav-
i'd Davis. SWEET and Davis did much to
secure the nomination Of Lincoln for the
presidency. SWEET presented his name
to the Chicago convention of 1860, and
after his election was one of Lincoln's
closest friends.
Mr.. Swett's classmate and chum in COL
lege was Hon. Josiah Fl. Drummond of
Portland, to whom he wrote vivid de-
scription of the events leading up to the
nomination of Lincoln. The letter was
published in the New York Sun May 81,
1891, and in ''Lincoln's Campaign by
o. II. Oldroyd 1t was also literally
quoted form in McClure's Ma gazine
(November, 1866. with the comment that
it was one of the best documents on the
convention OF 1860. Mr.. Drummond,
with his characteristic generosity, has
presented the original letter to the Hi.
nois Historical Society.
Hon. Leonard SWEET removed to Chi
cago in 1865, and delivered the GRAFTON at
the unwilling of Lincoln's statue in Chi
cago Oct. %, 1887, which stands at the
entrance to the park named in honor of
the martyred president. Standing by the
statue one feels as though he was almost
in the presence of Lincoln himself.
Mr.. SWEET was one Of the most promi-
nent lawyers and politicians in the
Northwest, and his only son, Leonard
Herbert SWEET, now lives at Aurora, Ill.
He was tall, spare man, with straight
black hair, and had large nose and
mouth. with kindly expression to his
face. He was good mate to Lincoln, of
whom he was a trusted adviser through
the war. Mr.. SWEET presented the name
of Walter @. Ores ham as Illinois candi-
date, to the Chicago convention of June,
1888. He died at Chicago June s, 1889,
aged rs years.
John SWEET had other children, as fol-
lows:
Q. Josiah, born Sept. 1s, 1890; married
Achsah Hayford of Hartford, Me-, and
lived in the eastern part of the State.
Had daughters Phylena, Columbia and
Almena.
8. Polly, born April 2, 1898; married
Clemens Randall and died in Sept.
4. Margaret, born April 81, 1894; married
Ephraim Kicker, and died Oct. Is, 1874.
Had eight children, one Of whom Is
John SWEET Kicker, a wealthy merchant
in Milwaukee, Wis.
g. Nancy, born July 81, 1876; married
Abial Drake, and died in Buckfeld,
Me-, Nov. 81, 1859.
6. David W., born May 2, 1898; mar
ried Almira Rioker, and died at Buck
field, Nov. 2, 1854. Had daughters
Achsah, Alnina and Florinda.
z. Leonard Spaulding, born Dec. Z, 1901;
married, at Canton. Conn, April rs,
1881, Almira Higley, and died at West
Bay City. Mich, Oct. z, 1879. Had a
son, Henry Warren SWEET, of Oakdale,
Neb.. and daughter, Mary a., who
married Seth Bourne.
s. Lorenzo, born Oct. 81. 1908; married
Celestia Case, and died at Rockland,
Me-, in Aug. 1873 Had daughters,
Isadore, Isabella, Adelaide and Ellen.
The writer, while preparing the his
tory of Surgeon Stephen Swett's regi-
ment, made considerable effort to learn
of the history of his family,
but had little success. What was pub
lished awakened an interest, and with
the result of this imperfect sketch of the
first physician of Gorham, of whom we
would like to know still more.
N. G,