From "History, Records, and Recollections of Gray, Maine"; Hill, George T., (Portland, Maine: Seavey Printers, Inc., 1978) (pgs 321-322):
Leonora or Nora, as she preferred to be called, was born on August 3, 1866, the daughter of Hezekiah and Mary Ellen (Merrill) Whitney of Gray.
Before her marriage and until 1899, she was a teacher. She attended Gorham Normal School, taught at Webbs Mills, North Yarmouth, and, for eleven years, in her home town at the Benson District, East Gray, North Gray, Gray Corner, and Dry Mills. Mrs. Sweetser stopped teaching to devote herself to her family. There were five children, all of whom survived and all of whom have descendants. She worked quietly for women's suffrage, served on the school committee from 1921 to 1923, and, in 1925, became the first woman to be elected as a selectman of Gray, an office that she held until 1928. She was active in the Grange and in the Festival Chorus, which often met in her home. She died in 1939.
Leonora or Nora, as she preferred to be called, was born on August 3, 1866, the daughter of Hezekiah and Mary Ellen (Merrill) Whitney of Gray.
Before her marriage and until 1899, she was a teacher. She attended Gorham Normal School, taught at Webbs Mills, North Yarmouth, and, for eleven years, in her home town at the Benson District, East Gray, North Gray, Gray Corner, and Dry Mills. Mrs. Sweetser stopped teaching to devote herself to her family. There were five children, all of whom survived and all of whom have descendants. She worked quietly for women's suffrage, served on the school committee from 1921 to 1923, and, in 1925, became the first woman to be elected as a selectman of Gray, an office that she held until 1928. She was active in the Grange and in the Festival Chorus, which often met in her home. She died in 1939.
From "History, Records, and Recollections of Gray, Maine"; Hill, George T., (Portland, Maine: Seavey Printers, Inc., 1978) (pgs 321-322):
Leonora or Nora, as she preferred to be called, was born on August 3, 1866, the daughter of Hezekiah and Mary Ellen (Merrill) Whitney of Gray.
Before her marriage and until 1899, she was a teacher. She attended Gorham Normal School, taught at Webbs Mills, North Yarmouth, and, for eleven years, in her home town at the Benson District, East Gray, North Gray, Gray Corner, and Dry Mills. Mrs. Sweetser stopped teaching to devote herself to her family. There were five children, all of whom survived and all of whom have descendants. She worked quietly for women's suffrage, served on the school committee from 1921 to 1923, and, in 1925, became the first woman to be elected as a selectman of Gray, an office that she held until 1928. She was active in the Grange and in the Festival Chorus, which often met in her home. She died in 1939.
Leonora or Nora, as she preferred to be called, was born on August 3, 1866, the daughter of Hezekiah and Mary Ellen (Merrill) Whitney of Gray.
Before her marriage and until 1899, she was a teacher. She attended Gorham Normal School, taught at Webbs Mills, North Yarmouth, and, for eleven years, in her home town at the Benson District, East Gray, North Gray, Gray Corner, and Dry Mills. Mrs. Sweetser stopped teaching to devote herself to her family. There were five children, all of whom survived and all of whom have descendants. She worked quietly for women's suffrage, served on the school committee from 1921 to 1923, and, in 1925, became the first woman to be elected as a selectman of Gray, an office that she held until 1928. She was active in the Grange and in the Festival Chorus, which often met in her home. She died in 1939.
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