Still looking for information about a Delos Sweet who married my great grandmother olive Damon ( Damen) Payne widow of Truman Payne. Her daughter May A. Payne is my grandmother. Truman died in 1875 and about 10-12 years later or even 15 May's mother Olive married Delos. I am not sure how long they were married before he died. Any help you can give is appreciated. They may have lived in Madison Co. NY around W. Eaton or even Brookfield, NY. I am not sure even where they are buried. Joan Beebe Meddaugh

Hi Jane -- I think I've a posting before about your Delos Sweet. My mother has a cousin named Delos (a female) .... not in my Sweet line .... so your query about a Delos Sweet always makes me think of Mom's cousin. Anyway, today I had some time so decided to see what I could find for you. I subscribe to Ancestry.com so have access to all the census records which has been a big help to me. I've found some info. for you, but I can't find ANY evidence that Olive Payne was married to a Delos Sweet. I'll tell you what I've found, but have a question for you and want to type it now before I forget. Why do you think that your Olive Payne married a Delos Sweet? If I know your reason, then maybe it will give me another avenue to research. Please note that anything in square [brackets] means it was difficult to read and is only my "best guess." One census record I found is: 1910 U.S. CENSUS: Part of Philadelphia Town, Jefferson Co., New York, Page 160B, Dwelling 77, Family 78: Sweet, Delos Head M W 58 M3 20 NY NY NY farmer, dairy farm OA OFF --, Olive A. Mother F W 79 Wd 5 3 NY NY NY [Wager], Estella Boarder F W 40 Wd 2 1 NY NY NY hired woman, dairy farm W --, Ida " F W 24 S NY NY NY I don't know how familiar you are with census records, but the M W after "Head" (of family) means Male, White. The "M3" means he is married and it is his 3rd marriage. (I wonder where his wife is?) Then the "20" means he has been married for 20 years. (I think this means to his 3rd wife.) The NY NY NY means he was born in NY, his father was b. in NY, and his mother was b. in NY. His occupation is farmer, on a dairy farm. The OA means Own Account ... ie. he works for himself, and OFF means that he Owns his home, it is Free from a mortgage and that it is a Farm. The "W" at the end of Estella Wager info. means "Waged." For Olive A. Sweet, the "Wd" means widowed, and the "5 3" means she had 5 children, 3 are currently living. Next I started looking backwards, to see if I could find Delos (the father of the one in the 1910 census above). This is what I found: 1880 U.S. CENSUS: Gerry, Chautauqua Co., New York; 4 Jun 1880, Dwelling 40, Family 41: Sweet, Delos W M 38 laborer NY blank blank --Martha W F [41] wf kpng house NY VT VT [Bradway], Alice W F 21 dau at home NY NY NY !1860 U.S. CENSUS: P. O. Vermont, Gerry, Chautauqua Co., New York; Page 78 (stamped), Dwelling 200, Family 190: Deloss Sweet 32 M farm laborer NY --Martha 23 F NY --Elli[n] 1 F NY --Henry 5/12 M NY At first, I thought this was same Delos as on the 1910 census above, but then I also found Delos Sweet in the 1910 index still in Gerry, Chatauqua Co., NY. Now, when I first saw this census record, I assumed that Delos Sweet was the son of the Delos Sweet to whom your ancestor was married. I did find it odd though that she was listed as "Mother" and not "Step-Mother". So I started wondering if perhaps the dates in your message were somehow off. So I started looking for proof of exactly WHEN Olive Damon has been married to Mr. Payne ... as I was wondering if perhaps Olive had been married 1st to Delos Sweet. I found the following census records: 1850 U.S. CENSUS: Eaton, Madison Co., New York; 10 Aug 1850; Page 373 (stamped), Dwelling 686, Family 699: Truman Payne 28 M blacksmith $3000 NY (The $3000 is value of property) Eunise " 63 F N[J] Hester A. " 24 F NY Note: I'm guessing that Eunise is his mother and Hester is his sister. 1860 U.S. CENSUS: P.O. West Eaton, Eaton, Madison Co., NY; 21 July 1860; Page 520 (from index), Page 68 (written): Truman Payne 38 M lumber dealer $2500,$100 NY (The $2500 is property, the $100 is personal property) Olive 23 F NY Charles W. 6 M attended school in year NY Willis 4 M " " " " NY [L]ela F. 1 F NY Eunice 66 F NY I don't think I looked for the 1870 census. 1880 U.S. CENSUS: Eaton, Madison Co., NY (I forgot to copy the other info.) Dwelling 13, Family 14: Payne, Olive C. W F 46 Wd keeping house NY VT NY --Willis A. W M 25 son S boiler maker NY NY NY --May A. W F 10 dau S at school NY NY NY Well, I have to go now and still have more to say, so I'll try to finish this tomorrow or later tonight. Anyway, I finally figured out the the Olive A. in 1910 census record (the very first census record in this e-mail) is NOT your Olive. Until later -- Virgene Travis Bigfork, Montana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Meddaugh" <lpmj@juno.com> To: <SWEET-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:08 AM Subject: Delos Sweet > Still looking for information about a Delos Sweet who married my great > grandmother olive Damon ( Damen) Payne widow of Truman Payne. Her > daughter May A. Payne is my grandmother. > > Truman died in 1875 and about 10-12 years later or even 15 May's mother > Olive married Delos. > > I am not sure how long they were married before he died. Any help you > can give is appreciated. > > They may have lived in Madison Co. NY around W. Eaton or even Brookfield, > NY. > > I am not sure even where they are buried. > > Joan Beebe Meddaugh > > > ==== SWEET Mailing List ==== > Visit Daisy's Sweet Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/sweet.htm > Visit Daisy's Roots! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/1daisy.htm > >

Hello all -- I apologize for sending my previous message re: Delos Sweet to the mailing list. I had intended it to go directly to only Joan. Virgene Travis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Meddaugh" <lpmj@juno.com> To: <SWEET-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:08 AM Subject: Delos Sweet > Still looking for information about a Delos Sweet who married my great > grandmother olive Damon ( Damen) Payne widow of Truman Payne. Her > daughter May A. Payne is my grandmother. > > Truman died in 1875 and about 10-12 years later or even 15 May's mother > Olive married Delos. > > I am not sure how long they were married before he died. Any help you > can give is appreciated. > > They may have lived in Madison Co. NY around W. Eaton or even Brookfield, > NY. > > I am not sure even where they are buried. > > Joan Beebe Meddaugh > > > ==== SWEET Mailing List ==== > Visit Daisy's Sweet Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/sweet.htm > Visit Daisy's Roots! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/1daisy.htm > >