promoter, grain trader, politician, b. Owasco, N.Y. He moved to Milwaukee in 1835, established claim to a tract of land, and became a farmer. He was a member of the Milwaukee Claimants' Union for the protection of settlers against speculators (1836). A Democrat, Sweet was a member of the territorial upper house (1836-1838) and was Milwaukee alderman (1848-1849). He was prominently identified with many early plankroad and railroad promotion projects, and was one of the outstanding pioneers in the Milwaukee grain trade. He left Milwaukee in the early 1860's, moved to Kansas, and eventually to Evanston, Ill., where he died. J. G. Gregory, Hist. of Milwaukee (4 vols., Chicago, 1931); J. A. Watrous, Memoirs of Milwaukee Co. (2 vols., Madison, 1909); J. S. Buck, Pioneer Hist. of Milwaukee (2 vols., Milwaukee, 1876-1881).Learn More
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