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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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CHARLES F. SWEET. Among the farmers of Sheridan township none is more worthy of entering these pages than the subject of this sketch, who was born in Granville, Washington county, New York, April 4, 1829. He was educated at the common schools of Granville. In 1839 he moved to Vermont and lived there three years, and then returned to Granville. He is the son of Allison and Betsey Sweet; his father was a native of New York and his mother of Vermont. They had twelve children, of which young Charles was the eighth child. In 1847 he went to Troy, N. Y., and engaged in the hardware business, where he remained two years. He returned to Granville, and moved with his parents to Orleans county, on the shores of Lake Ontario, going in a canal boat. He remained there five years, engaged in farming, and then went to Troy, where he engaged in a hardware factory, soon after taking charge of the factory. He was married to Esther A. Constance July 9, 1857, daughter of William and Mary Constance, who were natives of England. Mrs. Sweet was born Aug. 11, 1832, in Long Hope, Gloucester, England, and came to America with her parents in 1851, locating in Troy, N. Y. After Mr. Sweet was married he moved to Jasper county, Mo., and located on his present farm Sept. 29, 1869. He has 100 acres, all under cultivation, and a good orchard, raising nearly all kinds of fruit; he has fair buildings. They have two children, Sadie C., who was educated in the common schools of Jasper county, attended the high school at Carthage six years, and has taught two terms of school, and Anna L. Mr. and Mrs. Sweet are members of the Baptist Church, and in the community none stand higher.

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