The Quincy Daily Journal, Wednesday, July 30, 1890; page 2.
CHICAGO points with pride to its large population and immense area. Last week, Alanson Sweet, one of the pioneers of the place, got lost in the city.
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The Quincy Daily Journal, Friday, October 13, 1905; page 8.
THE DEATH OF
A. L. SWEET
AT 1869 HAMPSHIRE STREET
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON --
WAS AGED 82, AND WAS AN
Old Resident of Quincy --
Was in the Service of the
Adams Express Company
Thirty-Seven Years --
He Had Been Pensioned
Since 1893 --
Leaves Two Sons.
Alanson L. Sweet, aged 82, died about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at 1869 Hampshire street, the home of his three grandchildren: Ruth, George, and Julia Anderson, who have taken care of him since the death of his daughter, Mrs. George Anderson, which occurred several years ago.
He was an old resident of Quincy, and was well known here, and also in Brown county, where he had lived in his younger days. Since the summer of 1893, he had not been engaged in any active work, but had lived with his daughter, who cared for him faithfully in his old age, and who, since the gentle woman passed away, has been as faithfully cared for by his three young grandchildren.
For the past several months, he has been failing, and it was seen weeks ago that the end was beginning to draw nigh; and it came, as expected, after a long life, at a ripe old age, death being due to a general breaking down of the system, caused by old age.
Besides the three grandchildren mentioned, there survive him two sons: Don Sweet of Amarillo Texas, and Jesse Sweet of Eden Illinois.
One brother, Joseph Sweet of Hutchinson Kansas, and one half-brother, J. L. Harney of Kansas City Missouri, also survive him.
Miss Madge Alden of Ravenswood Missouri is a grandchild, and she has been here for some weeks assisting in caring for her grandfather.
His wife was Martha J. Pope who died many years ago.
Deceased was born on a farm about five miles southeast of what is now Jacksonville Illinois, on the 17th day of April 1823.
When he was about 4 years old, his father went to Galena to work in the mines. After a short time, he wrote for his family to join him, and they came by wagon to Quincy to take the boat.
The elder Sweet died at Galena soon after his family joined him, and was buried on one of the hills, but at the time of the Black Hawk war, the Indians destroyed all trace of the grave.
The widow and three children then returned to the Morgan county farm, and the mother taught school to support the little ones. In two years, she married again, and when [the] deceased was nine years old, the family moved to a farm one-half mile south of Mt. Sterling. He lived there until he was fifteen years old, when he started to New York, where his uncles were engaged in the coasting trade. They gave him a job as a shipping clerk, and he went to Sag Harbor to school one winter.
After three years spent in New York, he returned to Jacksonville Illinois and learned the trade of wheelwright, which he followed for fourteen years. A part of this time, he was engaged in the business at Barry, but later removed to Mt. Sterling.
In 1856, he secured a position as messenger for the American Express company, taking a run on the then just completed Northern Cross Line, now the C., B., & Q., between Quincy and Galesburg. In some capacity, he was in the service of this company until January 1, 1893, when the Adams Express company secured the C., B., & Q. lines.
He continued in service with the Adams Express company until the August following, when he retired from active life, having been in the express service 37 years.
From the time he was discharged from the Adams company's service, he had received a monthly pension of $30 from the American Express company.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon.
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- research and transcription by Tree Leaf.
CHICAGO points with pride to its large population and immense area. Last week, Alanson Sweet, one of the pioneers of the place, got lost in the city.
___________
The Quincy Daily Journal, Friday, October 13, 1905; page 8.
THE DEATH OF
A. L. SWEET
AT 1869 HAMPSHIRE STREET
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON --
WAS AGED 82, AND WAS AN
Old Resident of Quincy --
Was in the Service of the
Adams Express Company
Thirty-Seven Years --
He Had Been Pensioned
Since 1893 --
Leaves Two Sons.
Alanson L. Sweet, aged 82, died about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at 1869 Hampshire street, the home of his three grandchildren: Ruth, George, and Julia Anderson, who have taken care of him since the death of his daughter, Mrs. George Anderson, which occurred several years ago.
He was an old resident of Quincy, and was well known here, and also in Brown county, where he had lived in his younger days. Since the summer of 1893, he had not been engaged in any active work, but had lived with his daughter, who cared for him faithfully in his old age, and who, since the gentle woman passed away, has been as faithfully cared for by his three young grandchildren.
For the past several months, he has been failing, and it was seen weeks ago that the end was beginning to draw nigh; and it came, as expected, after a long life, at a ripe old age, death being due to a general breaking down of the system, caused by old age.
Besides the three grandchildren mentioned, there survive him two sons: Don Sweet of Amarillo Texas, and Jesse Sweet of Eden Illinois.
One brother, Joseph Sweet of Hutchinson Kansas, and one half-brother, J. L. Harney of Kansas City Missouri, also survive him.
Miss Madge Alden of Ravenswood Missouri is a grandchild, and she has been here for some weeks assisting in caring for her grandfather.
His wife was Martha J. Pope who died many years ago.
Deceased was born on a farm about five miles southeast of what is now Jacksonville Illinois, on the 17th day of April 1823.
When he was about 4 years old, his father went to Galena to work in the mines. After a short time, he wrote for his family to join him, and they came by wagon to Quincy to take the boat.
The elder Sweet died at Galena soon after his family joined him, and was buried on one of the hills, but at the time of the Black Hawk war, the Indians destroyed all trace of the grave.
The widow and three children then returned to the Morgan county farm, and the mother taught school to support the little ones. In two years, she married again, and when [the] deceased was nine years old, the family moved to a farm one-half mile south of Mt. Sterling. He lived there until he was fifteen years old, when he started to New York, where his uncles were engaged in the coasting trade. They gave him a job as a shipping clerk, and he went to Sag Harbor to school one winter.
After three years spent in New York, he returned to Jacksonville Illinois and learned the trade of wheelwright, which he followed for fourteen years. A part of this time, he was engaged in the business at Barry, but later removed to Mt. Sterling.
In 1856, he secured a position as messenger for the American Express company, taking a run on the then just completed Northern Cross Line, now the C., B., & Q., between Quincy and Galesburg. In some capacity, he was in the service of this company until January 1, 1893, when the Adams Express company secured the C., B., & Q. lines.
He continued in service with the Adams Express company until the August following, when he retired from active life, having been in the express service 37 years.
From the time he was discharged from the Adams company's service, he had received a monthly pension of $30 from the American Express company.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon.
____
- research and transcription by Tree Leaf.
The Quincy Daily Journal, Wednesday, July 30, 1890; page 2.
CHICAGO points with pride to its large population and immense area. Last week, Alanson Sweet, one of the pioneers of the place, got lost in the city.
___________
The Quincy Daily Journal, Friday, October 13, 1905; page 8.
THE DEATH OF
A. L. SWEET
AT 1869 HAMPSHIRE STREET
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON --
WAS AGED 82, AND WAS AN
Old Resident of Quincy --
Was in the Service of the
Adams Express Company
Thirty-Seven Years --
He Had Been Pensioned
Since 1893 --
Leaves Two Sons.
Alanson L. Sweet, aged 82, died about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at 1869 Hampshire street, the home of his three grandchildren: Ruth, George, and Julia Anderson, who have taken care of him since the death of his daughter, Mrs. George Anderson, which occurred several years ago.
He was an old resident of Quincy, and was well known here, and also in Brown county, where he had lived in his younger days. Since the summer of 1893, he had not been engaged in any active work, but had lived with his daughter, who cared for him faithfully in his old age, and who, since the gentle woman passed away, has been as faithfully cared for by his three young grandchildren.
For the past several months, he has been failing, and it was seen weeks ago that the end was beginning to draw nigh; and it came, as expected, after a long life, at a ripe old age, death being due to a general breaking down of the system, caused by old age.
Besides the three grandchildren mentioned, there survive him two sons: Don Sweet of Amarillo Texas, and Jesse Sweet of Eden Illinois.
One brother, Joseph Sweet of Hutchinson Kansas, and one half-brother, J. L. Harney of Kansas City Missouri, also survive him.
Miss Madge Alden of Ravenswood Missouri is a grandchild, and she has been here for some weeks assisting in caring for her grandfather.
His wife was Martha J. Pope who died many years ago.
Deceased was born on a farm about five miles southeast of what is now Jacksonville Illinois, on the 17th day of April 1823.
When he was about 4 years old, his father went to Galena to work in the mines. After a short time, he wrote for his family to join him, and they came by wagon to Quincy to take the boat.
The elder Sweet died at Galena soon after his family joined him, and was buried on one of the hills, but at the time of the Black Hawk war, the Indians destroyed all trace of the grave.
The widow and three children then returned to the Morgan county farm, and the mother taught school to support the little ones. In two years, she married again, and when [the] deceased was nine years old, the family moved to a farm one-half mile south of Mt. Sterling. He lived there until he was fifteen years old, when he started to New York, where his uncles were engaged in the coasting trade. They gave him a job as a shipping clerk, and he went to Sag Harbor to school one winter.
After three years spent in New York, he returned to Jacksonville Illinois and learned the trade of wheelwright, which he followed for fourteen years. A part of this time, he was engaged in the business at Barry, but later removed to Mt. Sterling.
In 1856, he secured a position as messenger for the American Express company, taking a run on the then just completed Northern Cross Line, now the C., B., & Q., between Quincy and Galesburg. In some capacity, he was in the service of this company until January 1, 1893, when the Adams Express company secured the C., B., & Q. lines.
He continued in service with the Adams Express company until the August following, when he retired from active life, having been in the express service 37 years.
From the time he was discharged from the Adams company's service, he had received a monthly pension of $30 from the American Express company.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon.
____
- research and transcription by Tree Leaf.
CHICAGO points with pride to its large population and immense area. Last week, Alanson Sweet, one of the pioneers of the place, got lost in the city.
___________
The Quincy Daily Journal, Friday, October 13, 1905; page 8.
THE DEATH OF
A. L. SWEET
AT 1869 HAMPSHIRE STREET
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON --
WAS AGED 82, AND WAS AN
Old Resident of Quincy --
Was in the Service of the
Adams Express Company
Thirty-Seven Years --
He Had Been Pensioned
Since 1893 --
Leaves Two Sons.
Alanson L. Sweet, aged 82, died about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at 1869 Hampshire street, the home of his three grandchildren: Ruth, George, and Julia Anderson, who have taken care of him since the death of his daughter, Mrs. George Anderson, which occurred several years ago.
He was an old resident of Quincy, and was well known here, and also in Brown county, where he had lived in his younger days. Since the summer of 1893, he had not been engaged in any active work, but had lived with his daughter, who cared for him faithfully in his old age, and who, since the gentle woman passed away, has been as faithfully cared for by his three young grandchildren.
For the past several months, he has been failing, and it was seen weeks ago that the end was beginning to draw nigh; and it came, as expected, after a long life, at a ripe old age, death being due to a general breaking down of the system, caused by old age.
Besides the three grandchildren mentioned, there survive him two sons: Don Sweet of Amarillo Texas, and Jesse Sweet of Eden Illinois.
One brother, Joseph Sweet of Hutchinson Kansas, and one half-brother, J. L. Harney of Kansas City Missouri, also survive him.
Miss Madge Alden of Ravenswood Missouri is a grandchild, and she has been here for some weeks assisting in caring for her grandfather.
His wife was Martha J. Pope who died many years ago.
Deceased was born on a farm about five miles southeast of what is now Jacksonville Illinois, on the 17th day of April 1823.
When he was about 4 years old, his father went to Galena to work in the mines. After a short time, he wrote for his family to join him, and they came by wagon to Quincy to take the boat.
The elder Sweet died at Galena soon after his family joined him, and was buried on one of the hills, but at the time of the Black Hawk war, the Indians destroyed all trace of the grave.
The widow and three children then returned to the Morgan county farm, and the mother taught school to support the little ones. In two years, she married again, and when [the] deceased was nine years old, the family moved to a farm one-half mile south of Mt. Sterling. He lived there until he was fifteen years old, when he started to New York, where his uncles were engaged in the coasting trade. They gave him a job as a shipping clerk, and he went to Sag Harbor to school one winter.
After three years spent in New York, he returned to Jacksonville Illinois and learned the trade of wheelwright, which he followed for fourteen years. A part of this time, he was engaged in the business at Barry, but later removed to Mt. Sterling.
In 1856, he secured a position as messenger for the American Express company, taking a run on the then just completed Northern Cross Line, now the C., B., & Q., between Quincy and Galesburg. In some capacity, he was in the service of this company until January 1, 1893, when the Adams Express company secured the C., B., & Q. lines.
He continued in service with the Adams Express company until the August following, when he retired from active life, having been in the express service 37 years.
From the time he was discharged from the Adams company's service, he had received a monthly pension of $30 from the American Express company.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon.
____
- research and transcription by Tree Leaf.
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