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Edward Sweatt
Edward Sweatt, M.D., Muhlenberg County, was born in Butler County, Ky., February 28, 1854, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Sweatt) Sweatt, the former of whom was a native of North Carolina and the latter of Tennessee, both of English-German and Irish descent.
When a lad some ten years old, William Sweatt removed with his parents to Tennessee, where he was educated and married, and where he was engaged in farming for several years. In about 1843, he removed to Butler County, Ky., where he resided until his death, which occurred April 30, 1861, in his fiftieth year. He enlisted in the war with Mexico, but the war closed before he reached the field. He and wife were members of the Disciple Church. His father, George Sweatt, the grandfather of our subject, was a veteran of the war of 1812.
Dr. Edward Sweatt received a good common school and academic education in youth, and was employed on his father-s farm until he was seventeen years old, after which he was engaged in teaching and attending school until he was twenty-three. He then commenced the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. J.F. Strother, of Rochester, Ky. He attended lectures at the Louisville Medical College, and also at the Hospital Medical College of the same city, graduating with high honors from the latter institution in 1882. He practiced for a short time before graduation in Butler County, and in May, 1882, located at Paradise, Muhlenberg County, where he has since practiced his profession with excellent success, having secured a large and lucrative practive.
He was first married February 6, 1873, to Martha E. Tanner, a native of Butler County, Ky. Two children - one son and one daughter - were the fruit of this union. Mrs. Martha E. Sweatt departed this life September 18, 1876. She was a devoted and consistent member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
The Doctor was next married November 7, 1883, to Charlena K. Stum, a native of Ohio County, Ky. One son, Charles E., has blessed their union. Mrs. Sweatt is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The Doctor belongs to no church, but is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is J.W. elect of his lodge, viz.: Paradise Lodge No. 312. In politics he is a Democrat.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 924.
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