Charles Wilkin Sweet

     Charles Wilkin Sweet was born on 25 October 1894 at Montgomery, Orange County, New York.^3,4 He was the son of Frederick F. Sweet and Mary Wilkin.² Charles, age 6, appeared on the US Census of 1900 living at Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New York,in the household of his widowed mother, Mary Sweet.⁴ Charles, age 16, appeared on the US Census of 1910 living at Middletown, Orange County, New York,in the household of his widowed mother, Mary Sweet.⁵ He served 3½ in the New York National Guard.⁶

Charles Wilkin Sweet, age 19, married Anne Theresa Travis, age 17 , daughter of George William Travis and Margaret E. Sexton, on 5 November 1913 at the Webb Memorial Presbyterian Church, Middletown, Orange County, New York.



Charles, age 20 years, and Anne, age 18 years , appeared on the New York State Census of 1915 at Middletown, Orange County, New York.⁸ On 5 June 1917, Charles registered for the World War I draft, while living at 9 Montgomery Street, Montgomery, Orange County, New York, giving his age as 24 and his employer as The Ideal Uhapping Piperfiter.⁶ Charles, age 25 years, and Anne, age 23 years, appeared on the US Census of 1920 on 95 East Main Street, Middletown, Orange County, New York, Charles' mother lived with them.⁹ Charles, age 30 years, and Anne, age 28 years , appeared on the New York State Census of 1925 at Middletown, Orange County, New York.¹⁰ Charles and Annemoved to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1929.^11,12 Charles, age 35 years, appeared on the US Census of 1930 on 12 Mulberry Street, Middletown, Orange County, New York, as a lodger. According to the Federal Census in 1930, Charles was a radiator repair mechanic.¹² He died on 8 August 1933 at Hartford, Connecticut, at age 38.^13,14