Person:Charles Sweetser (1)

Charles Sweetser
b.22 Jan 1808 Dummerston VT
d.14 Apr 1864 Delaware Co, OH
m. 28 Nov 1799
  1. Eliza J. Sweetser1801 - 1865
  2. Elmyra Sweetser1802 - 1845
  3. Earl Sweetser1804 - 1828
  4. William Sweetser1806 -
  5. Charles Sweetser1808 - 1864
  6. Madison Sweetser1809 - 1865
  7. Delight Sweetser1813 -
  8. James Sweetser1815 - 1878
  9. Mary Sweetser1817 -
m. 1846
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Charles Sweetser
Gender Male
Birth? 22 Jan 1808 Dummerston VT
Marriage 1846 Delaware Co, OHto Ann Pettibone Ball
Occupation? lawyer and politician
Death? 14 Apr 1864 Delaware Co, OH
Burial? Oak Grove Cem, Delaware Co, OH
Reference Number? Q5082788?

Served in the 31st and 32nd Congress, as a leading Democrat

SWEETSER, Charles, a Representative from Ohio; born in Dummerston, Vt., January 22, 1808; moved with his parents to Delaware, Ohio, in 1817; attended the public schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853); chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirty-second Congress); resumed the practice of law; died in Delaware, Ohio, April 14, 1864; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. (From Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Charles Sweetser.

References
  1. History of Delaware County, Ohio. (1888).
  2. Sweetser, Philip S. Seth Sweetser and His Descedants. (Philadelphia: Integrity Press, 1938)
    p.266.
  3.   Charles Sweetser, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.