Esther was the oldest daughter of William and Nancy Jane McLain Sweet. She was born on September 21, 1867 on a farm near Tipton, Iowa. I see her gravestone says 1868, but I'm pretty sure I have the birthdate correct. In the spring of 1879, the family moved from Iowa to Pipestone County, Minnesota where William started farming in Troy Township. Esther had an older half-brother named Lorenzo Reuben Sweet. In 1886, Lorenzo Sweet formed a partnership with Edwin Chaney to work a farm in Grange Township, Pipestone County. Edwin had just come to Minnesota from Kentucky. Esther and Edwin met at the farm, and on August 11, 1888, they were married in Pipestone County.
For the next thirty-three years they lived on their own farm in Pipestone County. Edwin and Esther had ten children. In 1914, Edwin was injured when his wagon team bolted. He fell from the wagon and was run over. Edwin never fully recovered, and for the rest of his life was a semi-invalid. In 1920, their sons homesteaded land in the Northwest Angle, on what was some of the last remaining public land in the United States, and persuaded Edwin to move the family there with them. Life was very difficult there, and Edwin only lived a year after moving to the Angle in 1922. Esther returned to the Baudette and Thief River Falls area, where she died on February 10, 1935. Esther is buried in the Old Woodlawn Cemetery, Pipestone County. Her Death Certificate says she was born on January 8, 1866.
For the next thirty-three years they lived on their own farm in Pipestone County. Edwin and Esther had ten children. In 1914, Edwin was injured when his wagon team bolted. He fell from the wagon and was run over. Edwin never fully recovered, and for the rest of his life was a semi-invalid. In 1920, their sons homesteaded land in the Northwest Angle, on what was some of the last remaining public land in the United States, and persuaded Edwin to move the family there with them. Life was very difficult there, and Edwin only lived a year after moving to the Angle in 1922. Esther returned to the Baudette and Thief River Falls area, where she died on February 10, 1935. Esther is buried in the Old Woodlawn Cemetery, Pipestone County. Her Death Certificate says she was born on January 8, 1866.
Esther was the oldest daughter of William and Nancy Jane McLain Sweet. She was born on September 21, 1867 on a farm near Tipton, Iowa. I see her gravestone says 1868, but I'm pretty sure I have the birthdate correct. In the spring of 1879, the family moved from Iowa to Pipestone County, Minnesota where William started farming in Troy Township. Esther had an older half-brother named Lorenzo Reuben Sweet. In 1886, Lorenzo Sweet formed a partnership with Edwin Chaney to work a farm in Grange Township, Pipestone County. Edwin had just come to Minnesota from Kentucky. Esther and Edwin met at the farm, and on August 11, 1888, they were married in Pipestone County.
For the next thirty-three years they lived on their own farm in Pipestone County. Edwin and Esther had ten children. In 1914, Edwin was injured when his wagon team bolted. He fell from the wagon and was run over. Edwin never fully recovered, and for the rest of his life was a semi-invalid. In 1920, their sons homesteaded land in the Northwest Angle, on what was some of the last remaining public land in the United States, and persuaded Edwin to move the family there with them. Life was very difficult there, and Edwin only lived a year after moving to the Angle in 1922. Esther returned to the Baudette and Thief River Falls area, where she died on February 10, 1935. Esther is buried in the Old Woodlawn Cemetery, Pipestone County. Her Death Certificate says she was born on January 8, 1866.
For the next thirty-three years they lived on their own farm in Pipestone County. Edwin and Esther had ten children. In 1914, Edwin was injured when his wagon team bolted. He fell from the wagon and was run over. Edwin never fully recovered, and for the rest of his life was a semi-invalid. In 1920, their sons homesteaded land in the Northwest Angle, on what was some of the last remaining public land in the United States, and persuaded Edwin to move the family there with them. Life was very difficult there, and Edwin only lived a year after moving to the Angle in 1922. Esther returned to the Baudette and Thief River Falls area, where she died on February 10, 1935. Esther is buried in the Old Woodlawn Cemetery, Pipestone County. Her Death Certificate says she was born on January 8, 1866.
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