Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Sweet, G. B. 1835 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  CAPT. G. B. SWEET, painter, Palestine, was born September 20, 1835, in
Cincinnati, Ohio, where he went to school. He is a son of W. M. Sweet, born in
Fauquier County, Va., a machinist by occupation; he married Mary A. Goldsmith,
who is the mother of two children. In early, life, Mr. Sweet boated for some
years on the Ohio; then learned the carpenter trade in Indiana; afterward he
clerked in the railroad contractor's office at Tipton, Ind. In 1853, he came to
Palestine, where he clerked for O. H. Bristol & Co., for over two years. Having
learned the painter's trade, he followed it till September 3, 1862, when he
enlisted as private in the Ninety-eighth Illinois, Company E. During the war,
through his bravery and good conduct, he rose to the rank of A. A. A. General,
holding the rank of Brevet Captain under Gen. A. O. Miller. The Ninety-eighth
Illinois, as is well known, did some of the heaviest fighting during the war. It
was in fifty-six engagements; in all of which Capt. Sweet participated except
one. He was wounded only once. He was mustered oat of the service near
Springfield, July 6, 1865, when he came to Palestine to follow his trade. He was
married in Palestine. February, 1855, to Miss C. J. Alexander, born 1835, died
December, 1876, in same place. Her father, Dr. H. Alexander, was a pioneer of
this county, a member of the Legislature and County Judge; he was a native of
Kentucky. He married Julia Kitchell, a daughter of Judge Kitchell. Mr. Sweet has
three children living-Edmund C., born December, 1856; Janella, born January,
1862; Ira, born September 21, 1866. He is a Presbyterian, a Democrat and a
member of the "Alfred Harrison Post," No. 152, G. A. R. Dept. of Ill. He holds
the office of "Officer of the Day."

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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