| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Third Generation20. Allen SWEET was born on 7 January 1814 in Hinesburg, Chittenden County, VT.1,9,15,31,32,33 He appeared in the census in 1820 in Hinesburg, Chittenden County, VT.6 He appeared in the census in 1840 in Hinesburg, Chittenden County, VT.13 Allen appeared in the census in 1850 in Whiting, Addison County, VT.9 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Whiting, Addison County, VT.31 He died on 1 October 1862 at the age of 48 in Washington, District of Columbia.1,33,34 He died at Fort Lincoln, while serving in Company B of the Eleventh Vermont Volunteer Infantry. Allen was buried in Whiting, Addison County, VT.1 Allen SWEET and Fanny M. TAFT (\) were married on 1 November 1837.1,13,33,35,36 He must have been killed in the Civil War because his wife eventually received a pension of $8 per month as a "widow." Fanny M. TAFT (\), daughter of Simon TAFT and Patty THAYER, was born on 12 March 1815 in Vermont.1,12,31,33,37 She appeared in the census in 1830 in Whiting, Addison County, VT.38 She appeared in the census in 1840 in Hinesburg, Chittenden County, VT.13 Fanny appeared in the census in 1850 in Whiting, Addison County, VT.9 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Whiting, Addison County, VT.31 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.37 She was living with her son Lafayette and his family. Fanny appeared in the census in 1880 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.12 She died on 4 August 1886 at the age of 71 in Monroe County, WI.33,34,39 (She may have died 3 Aug 1887.) Allen SWEET and Fanny M. TAFT (\) had the following children:
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