Person:William Sweetser (5)

Watchers
William S Sweetser
b.Abt 1809
m. May 1836
  1. Levi Emerson SweetserAbt 1837 - Abt 1862
  2. Sanford Davis SweetserCal 1841 - 1879
Facts and Events
Name[4] William S Sweetser
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1809
Marriage May 1836 Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Eliza Partridge Wheaton
Death[1][2][3] 10 Jan 1842 Paxton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
    [1].

    Deaths which have taken place in the Town of Paxton for the year ending May 1, 1842.
    Date of Death: Jan 10 [1842]
    Name: William S. Sweetser
    Age: 32 [birth before 10 Jan 1810, i.e., abt 1809]
    Sex: male
    Occupation: Cordwainer
    Cause: Consumption

  2. Find A Grave: Paxton Center Cemetery, Paxton, MA, in Find A Grave
    William Sanford Sweetser.

    In Memory of
    WM. S. SWEETSER,
    died Jan. 11, 1842
    aged 32 years.
    [Note: the memorial page gives a middle name of Sanford, and birth date of 22 Jun 1809 in Paxton. Obviously this isn't information from the gravestone, and the basis for this hasn't been discovered.]

  3. Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate files, 1731–1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2012)
    CAse 57680 Sweetser, William S. Paxton 1842.

    1 Feb 1842: Bond of Horace Knight of Leicester as administrator of William S. Sweetser late of Paxton deceased.
    5 Feb 1842: Inventory of William S. Sweetser Late of Paxton Deceased: $1728.40, by Nath'l Lakin, Clark Pike, H. H. Howe.
    4 Apr 1843: Petition of Eliza P. Sweetser widow of William S. Sweetser deceased for allowance, that deceased left two children one 6 yrs, one 1 1/2 yrs dependent on her for support.
    4 Apr 1843: Account of Horace Knight administrator of William S. Sweetser late of Paxton deceased, allowed. Assent by Eliza as widow and as guardian of children. Shows allowance $100 to widow, and balance also given to widow.

  4. Sweetser, Philip Starr. Seth Sweetser and his Descendants. (Philadelphia, Pa.: Integrity Press, 1938)
    [2] p. 185, 186.

    William Sanford Sweetser [#270], s/o Samuel Sweetser [#268] and Elizabeth Earle, b. Paxton 22 Jun 1809, d. Paxton 10 Jan 1842, m. 2 May 1836 Eliza Partridge Wheaton of Warwick.