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Perry Elihue Sweat

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Perry Elihue Sweat

Birth
Baker County, Florida, USA
Death
1938 (aged 67–68)
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
Burial
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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In the 1880 Federal Census of Johnsville, Baker County, Florida, Perry was living with his widowed mother and his siblings. The household, all born in Florida to parents from Florida, included: his mother, Mary Sweat, age 30, widowed; Dorian, age 19; Thomas, age 18; Crecy, age 17; Mary Jane, age 12; Perry, age 10; and Sally, age 6.

Perry married Louvinia around 1895 and they would have at least ten children.

In the 1900 Federal Census of Moncrief, Duval County, Florida, Perry was living with his sister Sallie and her husband. The household, all born in Florida to parents from Florida, except Sallie's husband, included: P M Beckham, age 29, born August 1870, married two years, born in Georgia to parents from Georgia, a farmer; Sallie Beckham, age 24, born July 1875, married two years, one child; Nancy Beckham, age 2, born May 1898; Perry Sweat, age 30, brother-in-law, born may 1870, married five years, a farm laborer; Louisa, age 21, sister-in-law, born June 1878, married five years, two children; and Acadia, age 4, born March 1896.

In the 1910 Federal Census of Moncrief, Duval County, Florida, Perry and his family are farming. Their household, all except Arcady born in Florida to Florida parents, included: Perry Sweat, age 40, married once for 15 years, a farmer; Luvincy, age 33, married once for 15 years, seven children; Arcady, age 14, born in Georgia; Nancy, age 12; Emeline, age 9; Joseph, age 7; Mamie, age 7; Carlie, age 4; Joshua, age 10/12; and Perry's sister, Lucretia, age 42.

In the 1920 Federal Census of Moncrief, Duval County, Florida, the family is still living on the farm they own. The household included: Perry P Sweat, age 49, a farmer; Lancy, age 47, a packer in a cracker works; Emmaline, age 18, a packer in a cracker works; Joseph, age 16, a machinist; Mamie, age 16, a packer in a cracker works; Carley, age 13; Robert H, age 9; Bert B, age 6; Gladis, age 4; and Perry's sister, Loucecie, age 56.

In the 1930 Federal Census of Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, the family is still on their farm. The household included: Perry Sweat, age 60, married at age 23, a farmer; Luvencia, age 53, married at age 16; Carl L, age 23, a shipping clerk in a hardware store; Henry, age 18; Bert J, age 16; Gladys, age 14; and Lucrecia, age 65.

Obituary, Florida Times-Union, Monday, November 14, 1938
Funeral services for Perry E. Sweat, who died Saturday afternoon at his home on Cleveland Road will be held in the Florida Funeral Home at 3 P.M. today, the Rev. James Williams officiating. Pallbearers will be H.C. Masters, W.H. Higginbotham, W.T. Ray, Sr., R.L. Price, J.A. Burney and P.S. Masters. Interment will be in Edgewood Cemetery.

Mr. Sweat was born in Baker County but had made Jacksonville his home for 42 years.


In the 1880 Federal Census of Johnsville, Baker County, Florida, Perry was living with his widowed mother and his siblings. The household, all born in Florida to parents from Florida, included: his mother, Mary Sweat, age 30, widowed; Dorian, age 19; Thomas, age 18; Crecy, age 17; Mary Jane, age 12; Perry, age 10; and Sally, age 6.

Perry married Louvinia around 1895 and they would have at least ten children.

In the 1900 Federal Census of Moncrief, Duval County, Florida, Perry was living with his sister Sallie and her husband. The household, all born in Florida to parents from Florida, except Sallie's husband, included: P M Beckham, age 29, born August 1870, married two years, born in Georgia to parents from Georgia, a farmer; Sallie Beckham, age 24, born July 1875, married two years, one child; Nancy Beckham, age 2, born May 1898; Perry Sweat, age 30, brother-in-law, born may 1870, married five years, a farm laborer; Louisa, age 21, sister-in-law, born June 1878, married five years, two children; and Acadia, age 4, born March 1896.

In the 1910 Federal Census of Moncrief, Duval County, Florida, Perry and his family are farming. Their household, all except Arcady born in Florida to Florida parents, included: Perry Sweat, age 40, married once for 15 years, a farmer; Luvincy, age 33, married once for 15 years, seven children; Arcady, age 14, born in Georgia; Nancy, age 12; Emeline, age 9; Joseph, age 7; Mamie, age 7; Carlie, age 4; Joshua, age 10/12; and Perry's sister, Lucretia, age 42.

In the 1920 Federal Census of Moncrief, Duval County, Florida, the family is still living on the farm they own. The household included: Perry P Sweat, age 49, a farmer; Lancy, age 47, a packer in a cracker works; Emmaline, age 18, a packer in a cracker works; Joseph, age 16, a machinist; Mamie, age 16, a packer in a cracker works; Carley, age 13; Robert H, age 9; Bert B, age 6; Gladis, age 4; and Perry's sister, Loucecie, age 56.

In the 1930 Federal Census of Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, the family is still on their farm. The household included: Perry Sweat, age 60, married at age 23, a farmer; Luvencia, age 53, married at age 16; Carl L, age 23, a shipping clerk in a hardware store; Henry, age 18; Bert J, age 16; Gladys, age 14; and Lucrecia, age 65.

Obituary, Florida Times-Union, Monday, November 14, 1938
Funeral services for Perry E. Sweat, who died Saturday afternoon at his home on Cleveland Road will be held in the Florida Funeral Home at 3 P.M. today, the Rev. James Williams officiating. Pallbearers will be H.C. Masters, W.H. Higginbotham, W.T. Ray, Sr., R.L. Price, J.A. Burney and P.S. Masters. Interment will be in Edgewood Cemetery.

Mr. Sweat was born in Baker County but had made Jacksonville his home for 42 years.




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