Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Sweers, Lewis 1853 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

LEWIS SWEERS. Among the prominent, thrifty and enterprising citizens of Atlas
Township, Genesee County, none is more worthy of the notice of our readers than
the subject of this sketch. He is a native of the county, having been born here
February 29, 1853, and is a son of Manley and Lydia (VanCleve) Sweers. The
father was a Vermonter by birth, and the mother a native of the Empire State,
and the Grandfather Sweers is said to have been a soldier in the War of 1812.

  Manley Sweers, the father of our subject, migrated in the spring of 1836, from
New York to Genesee County, this State, and purchased land from the Government
where he put up a small log house and resided with his family for a number of
years. Later in life, he erected a better residence and is now in his
eighty-third year, and counted as one of the oldest living, pioneers in Atlas
Township. This sturdy pioneer endured the usual hardships incident to the life
of an early settler and had but limited means with which to provide for his
family. He has ever been wide-awake and enterprising, willing to undertake work
for the upbuilding of the county and helpful to the community in every way, He
first farmed with the help of oxen but in due time was able to command a team of
horses. His education had been limited and he had been blessed with but few
advantages. His wife, who died September 29, 1891, was also one of the first
pioneers of Atlas Township.

  Lewis Sweers, our subject, was reared to man's estate in Atlas Township, and
from early youth engaged in farming, although his parents granted him time to
secure a good common-school education. It was in 1877 when he was married to
Amelia, daughter of William Siebenhar of Atlas Township, whose sketch will be
found elsewhere in this volume. By this union one son was born, Lewis L., who
was born May 27, 1878. Our subject has made his own property and now owns a good
farm of one hundred and fifty acres. He has served as Treasurer of the township
for two years and in 1890 was the Enumerator in this township for the Eleventh
Census. Politically, he is a Republican and is identified with the Knights of
the Maccabees at Goodrich.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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