"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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AUSTIN SWEET is a native of Fleming County, Ky., was born August 16, 1831,
and is the youngest of the three children of Benjamin and Harriet (Mills)
Sweet, natives respectively of Kentucky and Virginia. Benjamin Sweet was
born in 1798, his father, William Sweet, having been one of the earliest
pioneers of Fleming County, Ky., and the parent of eight sons and two
daughters. Benjamin moved to Morgan County, Ind., in 1834, where he and wife
closed their lives. Our subject, Austin Sweet, married in this county,
November 22, 1855, Hannah K., daughter of John and Isabel Clark, and born
March 11, 1838. This union gave being to six children--Benjamin F.,
Halleck (deceased), Edward M., Harriet A., Ann (deceased) and Otis A. Mr.
Sweet is a worthy and genial gentleman, as well as a respected citizen.
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