A Fortean by association and argument—who tried for more than the Biblical three-score-and-ten, only to lose by winning.
Marie P. Sweet was born Mary E. Sweet 15 August 1893 in Philadelphia, New York, to Edward Sweet and Ada Phelps Sweet. She was the eldest of three daughters. Edward, born in 1866, was a railroad brakeman. By 1910, the family had relocated to Sidney, New York, where Edward sold dairy products and Ada did bookkeeping for the same business. The girls were in school, and the family, renting their house, had taken on three boarders.
Ten years on, and the family structure had changed mightily. They were living in Utica, about halfway back toward Philadelphia, New York. Edward was a junk salesman; Ada was no longer working, at least not officially. The younger daughters had moved out, as had the boarders. Now at the family home were Mary’s husband, Chester Smith, and their boy DeWilton. Chester was an office manager for a munitions plant—likely Savage Arms. The marriage would not survive the 1920s.
Marie P. Sweet was born Mary E. Sweet 15 August 1893 in Philadelphia, New York, to Edward Sweet and Ada Phelps Sweet. She was the eldest of three daughters. Edward, born in 1866, was a railroad brakeman. By 1910, the family had relocated to Sidney, New York, where Edward sold dairy products and Ada did bookkeeping for the same business. The girls were in school, and the family, renting their house, had taken on three boarders.
Ten years on, and the family structure had changed mightily. They were living in Utica, about halfway back toward Philadelphia, New York. Edward was a junk salesman; Ada was no longer working, at least not officially. The younger daughters had moved out, as had the boarders. Now at the family home were Mary’s husband, Chester Smith, and their boy DeWilton. Chester was an office manager for a munitions plant—likely Savage Arms. The marriage would not survive the 1920s.