SWEET family reunion, 1895, Coldwater
If you are related to the Sweets of Branch County, MI, let me know. A group of researchers descended from Benjamin Sweet (1776-1862) would like to have a roster of related families. We are trying to make connections based on the indentity of individuals and families at this reunion.
clipping from Sweet family reunion, Coldwater, Mi, 1895
"A Pleasant Reunion" The fourteenth annual reunion of the Sweet family occurred on Wednesday, Aug. 21st at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Hezekiah Sweet, on north Clay Street. The reunion lasted all day and well into the late night and a number did not get away until Thursday. Tables were laid on the lawn and a bower of evergreens erected over them and presented a very pleasant appearance. The day passed in feasting, social recreation and games. A business meeting was called and the following officers elected for the ensuing year:
President- Mahlon E. Sweet, Kirtland, O.
Vice Pres- Hezekiah Sweet, Coldwater, Mich.
Treasurer- Carrie Heiges, Middlefield, O
Marshall- Edmund Stearns, Auburn O
The following members were present. M.E. Sweet, Kirtland, O. Mrs. Lovina Clark, Blissfield, Mich.,Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Powell, Mr and Mrs. Elsworth Powell and child. Miss Mary Thompson, Miss Florence Thompson, Miss Belle Powell and Miss Stelle Powell, Hanover , Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Wilkins, Groveland, Mich. Messrs. J.B. and Eugene Sweet, Mr and Mrs. Adelbert Wixon and child, Union City, Mich. Miss Mernie Bailey, Salmon City, Idaho. Mrs. Henry Winslow and Mr Lewis Winslow, Osage, Iowa. Mrs. Lottie Sweet and child, Miss Berdena Sweet, Mr. Orlo M. Sweet, Mr Herbert J. Sweet, Mr. R.E. Gilbert and two children, Painesville, O. Mr and Mrs. Leonard Taylor, Mr and Mrs Charles Taylor, Mr and Mrs. L. H. Keyes and Emma Noyes, Batavia, Mich. Mr. and Mrs J. T. Holmes, and three daughters, Miss Louise Holmes, Mr. Nate Holmes and Master Allison Holmes, Burr Oak, Mich. Mrs. S. VanAlstine, Mrs. Grace V. Taylor Mr and Mrs A. S. Hatmaker and two children and Mr Benjamin Sweet, Bronson, Mich. Mr and Mrs Adelbert Short and little daughter, and Mr. Charles Short, Mrs Clarence Wixon and two children, Coldwater, Mich. Mrs E. O. Smith, Detroit, Mich. Mr. and Mrs Hezekiah Sweet and two daughters, Mr. William Sweet and Master Ralph Sweet, Coldwater, Mich. Mrs James Brooks, Goshen, Ind. Mr and Mrs Wallace Peterson, Mr and Mrs T. W. Fegeles and D. B. Purinton, Coldwater, Mich. Mrs Peter Redman and Charles Redman, Osseo, Mich. The next meeting will be held at the home of B. F. Sweet, Auburn, O.
Loren Michael