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    1. Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet
    2. Gloria Silverman
    3. Hmm...according to the RIHCTP: Benoni & Julia Fish are buried in CY066 not the Levalley Family Cemetery which is CY064. CY066 WOODLAND CEMETERY COVENTRY WASHINGTON ST AT KNOTTY OAK ST ->20 ft. NW CY064 LEVALLEY FAMILY CEMETERY COVENTRY BLACKROCK RD ->500 ft. E of tel pole #32 ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet > Thanks for that fascinating article -- Benoni was quite a character. > > As to children, per the "Genealogies of the Potter Families and Their > Descendants in America," by Charles Edward Potter (1888), Benoni and > Julia Elizabeth (Potter) Sweet had a couple of children who died in > infancy -- Freddie (d. 1866) and Ada Maria (d. 1865). This source > has many errors, however. Julia (Potter) Sweet later married Benoni > Fish (again, if this source is correct) with whom she had a son and a > daughter, Edith, both of whom also died in infancy, the infant son in > 1880 and Edith in 1884. Julia (Potter) Sweet Fish died in 1922 and is > buried in the Levalley Family Cemetery (CY066) in Coventry, RI. This > source, of course, does not deal with Benoni's other wives. > > > > At 02:56 PM 9/26/2008, you wrote: >>I also found this on the net: >>BENONI SWEET DOES IT AGAIN >>It was May, 1860 in the village of Phenix which was then the principal >>community of Warwick and the chief trading center of central Rhode Island. >>Business had been lagging the past few months. Merchants, banding >>together, >>sought ways and means to promote business. Somebody suggested that they >>get >>Benoni Sweet to put on a show. A committee was named to contact Sweet, an >>artist on the slack wire. >>As he had often done a few years past, would Sweet walk a wire stretched >>from one side of the Pawtuxet to the other? Of course he would oblige. Now >>the wire was there. Crowds filling the village square had come from all >>the >>surrounding villages. Benoni Sweet appeared in a barouche driven by >>William >>Snell, and emerged dressed in purple silks, his face shining, his >>moustache >>waxed, and he bowed. >>Cheers went up from the crowd. Sweet climbed the ladder and ascended the >>wire. Now he called to the men to take up the slack, and the bolt was >>loosened and the wire drawn up more until, Ben, watching, finally gave the >>nod which was in approval. >>And now he started across. The crowd held its breath. Ben made off he >>couldn't do it. Backed up, went forward, backed up again. Some turned >>their >>heads thinking the figure in the silk tights would fall. But Ben picked up >>again, and now he fairly danced across the wire, reaching the other side >>amidst a wave of hand clapping that crashed against the river banks. >>When the event was over, the old timer agreed this had been the biggest >>promotion the village had ever seen. And all the merchants were happy. >>This >>wasn't the first time Benoni Sweet had distinguished himself on a rope in >>the air. In October of 1859 he had gone across Silver Lake near >>Olneyville. >>He even stopped halfway and on an improvised stove cooked eggs. Who was >>this >>man? Well, he was Phenix-born, the son of Benjamin Sweet and grandson of >>the >> > celebrated "Mum" Rice, herself a rope walker of renown. By trade he was >> > a >> > printer, having learned to set type on the old Kent County Atlas which >> > later moved to East Greenwich and became the present East Greenwich >> > Pendulum. he had learned the rope walking art from his grandmother and >> > had >> > gone with a circus as a boy. >>His grandmother had been a most remarkable woman, having walked on tight >>wires around the Pawtuxet Valley. It was from her, it was claimed, that >>Benoni Sweet inherited his extraordinary sense of balance. >>When the Civil War broke out, Sweet enlisted. He was wounded in action, >>but >>he re-enlisted and when the war was over he was honorable discharged with >>the rank of Sergeant Major. >>During the war he entertained the citizens of the Union with his feats, >>especially an exhibit on Pennsylvania Avenue where a rope had been >>stretched >>from the Nation's Capitol to the Clarendon Hotel. It was a wonder he got a >>chance to fight, so many were the invitations to put on shows for the >>war-weary troops. Even Governor William Sprague came out to praise him. >>"Professor" Sweet, they called him now. >>After the war the Professor came back to Phenix and worked here for >>awhile, >>then he opened a store. And not too many years afterwards he went to >>Providence where he remained until his death. >>On 4 Jul 1875 he gave up walking on the rope following an appearance at >>George's Park near Wreatham, Mass. He was getting too old. Some said he >>had >>lost his nerve. Blondin, the famous aerialist, who walked across Niagara >>Falls on a rope, was one of Benoni Sweet's personal friends. Some fifty >>years after that remarkable crossing to the Pawtuxet at Phenix, John H. >>Campbell, editor the Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner at Phenix, inserted a piece >>in >>the Gleaner challenging the professor to come back to Phenix and repeat >>his >>performance. >>Would the professor come back or was he too old? Sweet wrote a long letter >>to the Gleaner pointing out that he was very much alive, that he hadn't >>lost >>his nerve, that just because he was getting along in years people needn't >>think he was dead. Sure he'd walk that rope again. >>"Therefore, if necessary arrangement can be made, I will withdraw all >>prior >>excuses and make the attempt at Phenix, R. I. 4 Jul 1894, at the same >>location." Phenix put on another big celebration. Store fronts were >>decorated with flags and bunting. Professor Sweet gave a discourse on old >>age, and made claim to more youth than his years allowed. >>As he predicted he would, the professor did it again, walked across that >>rope. Again the crowd roared. It was like the good old days. This was good >>for him. It would add month to his life, At this moment the old timers >>adored him. >>It wasn't only for this particular event that the people of Phenix >>remembered the professor. Once he made pontoons of metal and strapped them >>to his feet and started across the river, only to fall over. He would have >>drowned too if someone had not pulled him out of the water. >>This crossing of 1894 was the last Benoni Sweet performed. As the years >>piled up he suffered greatly from diabetes, and the illness finally got >>the >>best of him. He died 18 Feb 1913, at 72. >>His death record shows the date as Feb 16, and the age as 72 years 11 >>months. His parents were Benjamin Sweet (1815-1876) and Susan Rice >>(1797-1865). He married three times, but seems not to have had any >>children. >>Married first Susan Colwell, 1860 Jan 19 at Cranston, second Julia Potter, >>1864 Mar 6 at Cranston, and third Harriet (Williams) Corp, 1875 Dec 23 at >>Providence. I don't know what happened to the first two wives, as I have >>found no record of their deaths in R.I., but he was still married to >>Harriet >>when he died, and she survived him by only 5 years. >>He & Harriet are buried in CY059, Greenwood Cemetery, Fairview Ave., >>Coventry, RI >>SWEET BENONI, PROF 1840 -16 FEB 1913 CY059 >>SWEET HARRIET M 1827 - 6 DEC 1914 >>CY059 >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> >>To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 2:48 PM >>Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet >> >> >> >A further interesting item referring to Benoni Sweet (see below). In >> > the book, "All For the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of >> > Elisha Hunt Rhodes," edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes (Vintage Civil War >> > Library, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, New York, 1985), >> > page 237, Elisha Hunt Rhodes mentions in an entry for July 4th, 1865 >> > (the war having ended) that the Sergeant Major Benoni Sweet amused >> > the party (during Fourth of July celebrations) by a tight rope >> > walking exhibition. [Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted as a private at the >> > start of the Civil War at age 19 and rose through the ranks to >> > Colonel and commander of the 2d RI Volunteer Regiment.] >> > >> > Many thanks to Beth Hurd for the hours and hours she has devoted to >> > transcribing the "Printers and Printing" source. >> > >> > Margaret >> > >> > >> > >> > At 09:33 PM 9/25/2008, you wrote: >> >>from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" >> >>prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a >> >>souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution >> >>printed in 1907 >> >> >> >>"The Journeymen" (part 179) >> >>p. LXXXII. >> >> >> >>"JEREMIAH P. SULLIVAN - Born Providence, R. I., Nov. 2, 1868; learned >> >>printing with Whittemore & Thompson, beginning in 1883; initiated >> >>into Providence Union Feb. 27, 1887; worked for a brief period with >> >>J. A. & R. A. Reid; since July, 1888, has been with E. L. Freeman & >> >>Sons, Central Falls. >> >> >> >>JOHN H. SULLIVAN - Born Providence June 11, 1869; learned printing on >> >>the Evening Bulletin, beginning Sept. 6, 1887; initiated into >> >>Providence Union Aug. 31, 1890; has been a linotype operator on the >> >>Journal and Evening Bulletin since completing his apprenticeship. >> >> >> >>ROBERT EMMET SULLIVAN - Born Providence Jan. 23, 1881; served part of >> >>apprenticeship in office of Evening Bulletin; initiated into >> >>Providence Union June 28, 1903. >> >> >> >>EDWARD A. SUTCLIFFE - Born Central Falls, R. I.; died Pawtucket, R. >> >>I., Nov. 1, 1903, aged 37 years; initiated into Providence Union June >> >>24, 1888. His father was also a printer. >> >> >> >>BENONI SWEET - Born Coventry, R. I., March 16, 1840; learned printing >> >>in Phenix, R. I., on the Kent County Atlas, the first newspaper >> >>published in that county, beginning in 1852; John B. Lincoln was >> >>editor and proprietor; worked in Providence since 1866; initiated >> >>into No. 33 Dec. 11, 1869. Mr. Sweet has been famous as a tight rope >> >>walker. He is at present 'Sweet, the Printer, 862 Broad street.' >> >> >> >>EVERETT H. SWEET - Born Worcester, Mass., August, 1858; died San >> >>Pedro, Cal., August, 1893; learned printing in Providence, beginning >> >>1879. >> >> >> >>J. W. SWEET - Admitted to Providence Union by card in 1877 and >> >>withdrew it the same year. He had travelled extensively and spent >> >>several years in California. >> >> >> >>NEWTON J. SWEET - Born Attleboro, Mass., June 21, 1860; learned >> >>printing in Attleboro, beginning in 1877; worked in Providence in >> >>1880; bought Attleboro Advocate January, 1881, as E. H. Sweet & Co.; >> >>started Attleboro Daily Sun September, 1889; now with L. Sweet & Co., >> >>lumber dealers, Providence. >> >> >> >>ARTHUR H. SWIFT - Born 1874; learned printing with Lee & Upham, >> >>Pawtucket, beginning 1891; admitted to Providence Union by card May >> >>31, 1896; worked on Evening Telegram and as foreman at Pentecostal >> >>Printing Co. and Franklin Press; also on Moosup (Conn.) Journal; now >> >>foreman Bristol Phoenix." >> >> >> >>continued in part 180. >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >> >> >> >>RIGENWEB MAILING LIST >> >> >> >>LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and >> >>history information pertaining to Rhode Island. 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    09/26/2008 11:55:32
    1. Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet
    2. Gloria Silverman
    3. Interesting...the 4 children are buried in SC076, WILLIAM KNIGHT LOT, TUNK HILL RD of tel pole #151.5, SCITUATE, RI > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> > To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:30 PM > Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet > > >> Thanks for that fascinating article -- Benoni was quite a character. >> >> As to children, per the "Genealogies of the Potter Families and Their >> Descendants in America," by Charles Edward Potter (1888), Benoni and >> Julia Elizabeth (Potter) Sweet had a couple of children who died in >> infancy -- Freddie (d. 1866) and Ada Maria (d. 1865). This source >> has many errors, however. Julia (Potter) Sweet later married Benoni >> Fish (again, if this source is correct) with whom she had a son and a >> daughter, Edith, both of whom also died in infancy, the infant son in >> 1880 and Edith in 1884. Julia (Potter) Sweet Fish died in 1922 and is >> buried in the Levalley Family Cemetery (CY066) in Coventry, RI. This >> source, of course, does not deal with Benoni's other wives. >> >> >> >> At 02:56 PM 9/26/2008, you wrote: >>>I also found this on the net: >>>BENONI SWEET DOES IT AGAIN >>>It was May, 1860 in the village of Phenix which was then the principal >>>community of Warwick and the chief trading center of central Rhode >>>Island. >>>Business had been lagging the past few months. Merchants, banding >>>together, >>>sought ways and means to promote business. Somebody suggested that they >>>get >>>Benoni Sweet to put on a show. A committee was named to contact Sweet, an >>>artist on the slack wire. >>>As he had often done a few years past, would Sweet walk a wire stretched >>>from one side of the Pawtuxet to the other? Of course he would oblige. >>>Now >>>the wire was there. Crowds filling the village square had come from all >>>the >>>surrounding villages. Benoni Sweet appeared in a barouche driven by >>>William >>>Snell, and emerged dressed in purple silks, his face shining, his >>>moustache >>>waxed, and he bowed. >>>Cheers went up from the crowd. Sweet climbed the ladder and ascended the >>>wire. Now he called to the men to take up the slack, and the bolt was >>>loosened and the wire drawn up more until, Ben, watching, finally gave >>>the >>>nod which was in approval. >>>And now he started across. The crowd held its breath. Ben made off he >>>couldn't do it. Backed up, went forward, backed up again. Some turned >>>their >>>heads thinking the figure in the silk tights would fall. But Ben picked >>>up >>>again, and now he fairly danced across the wire, reaching the other side >>>amidst a wave of hand clapping that crashed against the river banks. >>>When the event was over, the old timer agreed this had been the biggest >>>promotion the village had ever seen. And all the merchants were happy. >>>This >>>wasn't the first time Benoni Sweet had distinguished himself on a rope in >>>the air. In October of 1859 he had gone across Silver Lake near >>>Olneyville. >>>He even stopped halfway and on an improvised stove cooked eggs. Who was >>>this >>>man? Well, he was Phenix-born, the son of Benjamin Sweet and grandson of >>>the >>> > celebrated "Mum" Rice, herself a rope walker of renown. By trade he >>> > was >>> > a >>> > printer, having learned to set type on the old Kent County Atlas which >>> > later moved to East Greenwich and became the present East Greenwich >>> > Pendulum. he had learned the rope walking art from his grandmother and >>> > had >>> > gone with a circus as a boy. >>>His grandmother had been a most remarkable woman, having walked on tight >>>wires around the Pawtuxet Valley. It was from her, it was claimed, that >>>Benoni Sweet inherited his extraordinary sense of balance. >>>When the Civil War broke out, Sweet enlisted. He was wounded in action, >>>but >>>he re-enlisted and when the war was over he was honorable discharged with >>>the rank of Sergeant Major. >>>During the war he entertained the citizens of the Union with his feats, >>>especially an exhibit on Pennsylvania Avenue where a rope had been >>>stretched >>>from the Nation's Capitol to the Clarendon Hotel. It was a wonder he got >>>a >>>chance to fight, so many were the invitations to put on shows for the >>>war-weary troops. Even Governor William Sprague came out to praise him. >>>"Professor" Sweet, they called him now. >>>After the war the Professor came back to Phenix and worked here for >>>awhile, >>>then he opened a store. And not too many years afterwards he went to >>>Providence where he remained until his death. >>>On 4 Jul 1875 he gave up walking on the rope following an appearance at >>>George's Park near Wreatham, Mass. He was getting too old. Some said he >>>had >>>lost his nerve. Blondin, the famous aerialist, who walked across Niagara >>>Falls on a rope, was one of Benoni Sweet's personal friends. Some fifty >>>years after that remarkable crossing to the Pawtuxet at Phenix, John H. >>>Campbell, editor the Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner at Phenix, inserted a piece >>>in >>>the Gleaner challenging the professor to come back to Phenix and repeat >>>his >>>performance. >>>Would the professor come back or was he too old? Sweet wrote a long >>>letter >>>to the Gleaner pointing out that he was very much alive, that he hadn't >>>lost >>>his nerve, that just because he was getting along in years people needn't >>>think he was dead. Sure he'd walk that rope again. >>>"Therefore, if necessary arrangement can be made, I will withdraw all >>>prior >>>excuses and make the attempt at Phenix, R. I. 4 Jul 1894, at the same >>>location." Phenix put on another big celebration. Store fronts were >>>decorated with flags and bunting. Professor Sweet gave a discourse on old >>>age, and made claim to more youth than his years allowed. >>>As he predicted he would, the professor did it again, walked across that >>>rope. Again the crowd roared. It was like the good old days. This was >>>good >>>for him. It would add month to his life, At this moment the old timers >>>adored him. >>>It wasn't only for this particular event that the people of Phenix >>>remembered the professor. Once he made pontoons of metal and strapped >>>them >>>to his feet and started across the river, only to fall over. He would >>>have >>>drowned too if someone had not pulled him out of the water. >>>This crossing of 1894 was the last Benoni Sweet performed. As the years >>>piled up he suffered greatly from diabetes, and the illness finally got >>>the >>>best of him. He died 18 Feb 1913, at 72. >>>His death record shows the date as Feb 16, and the age as 72 years 11 >>>months. His parents were Benjamin Sweet (1815-1876) and Susan Rice >>>(1797-1865). He married three times, but seems not to have had any >>>children. >>>Married first Susan Colwell, 1860 Jan 19 at Cranston, second Julia >>>Potter, >>>1864 Mar 6 at Cranston, and third Harriet (Williams) Corp, 1875 Dec 23 at >>>Providence. I don't know what happened to the first two wives, as I have >>>found no record of their deaths in R.I., but he was still married to >>>Harriet >>>when he died, and she survived him by only 5 years. >>>He & Harriet are buried in CY059, Greenwood Cemetery, Fairview Ave., >>>Coventry, RI >>>SWEET BENONI, PROF 1840 -16 FEB 1913 CY059 >>>SWEET HARRIET M 1827 - 6 DEC 1914 >>>CY059 >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> >>>To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 2:48 PM >>>Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet >>> >>> >>> >A further interesting item referring to Benoni Sweet (see below). In >>> > the book, "All For the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of >>> > Elisha Hunt Rhodes," edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes (Vintage Civil War >>> > Library, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, New York, 1985), >>> > page 237, Elisha Hunt Rhodes mentions in an entry for July 4th, 1865 >>> > (the war having ended) that the Sergeant Major Benoni Sweet amused >>> > the party (during Fourth of July celebrations) by a tight rope >>> > walking exhibition. [Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted as a private at the >>> > start of the Civil War at age 19 and rose through the ranks to >>> > Colonel and commander of the 2d RI Volunteer Regiment.] >>> > >>> > Many thanks to Beth Hurd for the hours and hours she has devoted to >>> > transcribing the "Printers and Printing" source. >>> > >>> > Margaret >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > At 09:33 PM 9/25/2008, you wrote: >>> >>from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" >>> >>prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a >>> >>souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution >>> >>printed in 1907 >>> >> >>> >>"The Journeymen" (part 179) >>> >>p. LXXXII. >>> >> >>> >>"JEREMIAH P. SULLIVAN - Born Providence, R. I., Nov. 2, 1868; learned >>> >>printing with Whittemore & Thompson, beginning in 1883; initiated >>> >>into Providence Union Feb. 27, 1887; worked for a brief period with >>> >>J. A. & R. A. Reid; since July, 1888, has been with E. L. Freeman & >>> >>Sons, Central Falls. >>> >> >>> >>JOHN H. SULLIVAN - Born Providence June 11, 1869; learned printing on >>> >>the Evening Bulletin, beginning Sept. 6, 1887; initiated into >>> >>Providence Union Aug. 31, 1890; has been a linotype operator on the >>> >>Journal and Evening Bulletin since completing his apprenticeship. >>> >> >>> >>ROBERT EMMET SULLIVAN - Born Providence Jan. 23, 1881; served part of >>> >>apprenticeship in office of Evening Bulletin; initiated into >>> >>Providence Union June 28, 1903. >>> >> >>> >>EDWARD A. SUTCLIFFE - Born Central Falls, R. I.; died Pawtucket, R. >>> >>I., Nov. 1, 1903, aged 37 years; initiated into Providence Union June >>> >>24, 1888. His father was also a printer. >>> >> >>> >>BENONI SWEET - Born Coventry, R. I., March 16, 1840; learned printing >>> >>in Phenix, R. I., on the Kent County Atlas, the first newspaper >>> >>published in that county, beginning in 1852; John B. Lincoln was >>> >>editor and proprietor; worked in Providence since 1866; initiated >>> >>into No. 33 Dec. 11, 1869. Mr. Sweet has been famous as a tight rope >>> >>walker. He is at present 'Sweet, the Printer, 862 Broad street.' >>> >> >>> >>EVERETT H. SWEET - Born Worcester, Mass., August, 1858; died San >>> >>Pedro, Cal., August, 1893; learned printing in Providence, beginning >>> >>1879. >>> >> >>> >>J. W. SWEET - Admitted to Providence Union by card in 1877 and >>> >>withdrew it the same year. He had travelled extensively and spent >>> >>several years in California. >>> >> >>> >>NEWTON J. SWEET - Born Attleboro, Mass., June 21, 1860; learned >>> >>printing in Attleboro, beginning in 1877; worked in Providence in >>> >>1880; bought Attleboro Advocate January, 1881, as E. H. Sweet & Co.; >>> >>started Attleboro Daily Sun September, 1889; now with L. Sweet & Co., >>> >>lumber dealers, Providence. >>> >> >>> >>ARTHUR H. SWIFT - Born 1874; learned printing with Lee & Upham, >>> >>Pawtucket, beginning 1891; admitted to Providence Union by card May >>> >>31, 1896; worked on Evening Telegram and as foreman at Pentecostal >>> >>Printing Co. and Franklin Press; also on Moosup (Conn.) Journal; now >>> >>foreman Bristol Phoenix." >>> >> >>> >>continued in part 180. >>> >> >>> >>------------------------------- >>> >> >>> >>RIGENWEB MAILING LIST >>> >> >>> >>LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and >>> >>history information pertaining to Rhode Island. Despite the list >>> >>name, the list topic is not related to GenWeb in any way. >>> >> >>> >>Contact the List Admin at rigenweb-admin@rootsweb.com, or to search >>> >>the list archives or find other useful information to help you use >>> >>the list more effectively, please click on the following link: >>> >> >>> >>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/USGenWeb/RIGENWEB.html >>> >>------------------------------- >>> >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> >>RIGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------- >>> > >>> > RIGENWEB MAILING LIST >>> > >>> > LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and >>> > history information pertaining to Rhode Island. 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    09/26/2008 12:32:56