The Athol Vital Records state that he was born July 23, 1802, to Samuel and Hannah (Moore) Sweetser.
From the "National Aegis," (Worcester, MA) , 15 Oct 1845:
Yesterday morning, the body of Deacon Abel Sweetser, formerly of this town, but late of Springfield, where on Friday last, his death was occasioned by a roll of carpeting falling upon him from the upper loft of a store, as he was passing along the side walk, was brought in the passenger train for burial here.
(Note: the Springfield VR gives his age as 40 years, not as in the Rural Cemetery records above.)
The Athol Vital Records state that he was born July 23, 1802, to Samuel and Hannah (Moore) Sweetser.
From the "National Aegis," (Worcester, MA) , 15 Oct 1845:
Yesterday morning, the body of Deacon Abel Sweetser, formerly of this town, but late of Springfield, where on Friday last, his death was occasioned by a roll of carpeting falling upon him from the upper loft of a store, as he was passing along the side walk, was brought in the passenger train for burial here.
(Note: the Springfield VR gives his age as 40 years, not as in the Rural Cemetery records above.)
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