Son of Andrew Ingalls Sweetser, farmer, cattle rancher, orchardist in California, and Lisbeth Hitchings.
Andrew was the son of Joseph B. Sweetser. Lisbeth was the daughter of Edward Wade Hitchings.
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Husband of Clara Hawkins, b. abt. 1875, Utah. They were married in Salt Lake City, UT, in 1902. No children. Clara was the daughter of Crayton L Hawkins and Amelia Stallings.
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Education - Attended the University of California, Berkeley, 1885-1886. Transferred and graduated from Yale, Ph.B., 1889.
Career - Cattle ranching, Raft River Valley, ID with his classmates Henry S. Burroughs and George T Burroughs, Jr., brothers of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- Operated placer gold dredges on the Snake River, Cassia County, Idaho, 1889-1904
- Trustee, Albion, ID, State Normal School, 1898
- Farmer, Yale, ID, 1904-1912
- Field man for a sugar company in Billings, MT
- President of Frye-Sweetster Oil Co., Louisville, KY
- President, Columbus (Ohio) Loan & Mortgage Co., 1912-1935
- Commercial writing, county and state fair management, lecturing, North Hollywood, CA, 1934-1944
- Author, "The Alexandrian Talisman," and "The Inner Voice Reveals," 1943
- Member Idaho State Legislature, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, 1908-1910
- Member, American Society for Psychical Research
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Died from complications of kidney disease. Buried in Bellevue Mausoleum, Ontario, CA.
Source - Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Year of 1943-1944
∼Parents of Lewis H. Sweetser:
Andrew Sweetser
Elizebeth Hitchings
Married- Clara Hawkins Feb.15. 1902
Daughter of Crayton L. Hawkins Sr.
Lewis H. Sweetser was a Republican politician from Idaho. He attended the University of California, Class of 1889, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. Sweetser served as Lieutenant Governor of Idaho from 1909 to 1913 during the administrations of Governors James H. Brady and James H. Hawley.
Sweetser also served in the Idaho Legislature. He was a member of the Idaho State House of Representatives from 1901 to 1902 and from 1905 to 1906.
Lewis also had a large ranch in Malta, Cassia Co. Idaho
Andrew was the son of Joseph B. Sweetser. Lisbeth was the daughter of Edward Wade Hitchings.
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Husband of Clara Hawkins, b. abt. 1875, Utah. They were married in Salt Lake City, UT, in 1902. No children. Clara was the daughter of Crayton L Hawkins and Amelia Stallings.
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Education - Attended the University of California, Berkeley, 1885-1886. Transferred and graduated from Yale, Ph.B., 1889.
Career - Cattle ranching, Raft River Valley, ID with his classmates Henry S. Burroughs and George T Burroughs, Jr., brothers of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- Operated placer gold dredges on the Snake River, Cassia County, Idaho, 1889-1904
- Trustee, Albion, ID, State Normal School, 1898
- Farmer, Yale, ID, 1904-1912
- Field man for a sugar company in Billings, MT
- President of Frye-Sweetster Oil Co., Louisville, KY
- President, Columbus (Ohio) Loan & Mortgage Co., 1912-1935
- Commercial writing, county and state fair management, lecturing, North Hollywood, CA, 1934-1944
- Author, "The Alexandrian Talisman," and "The Inner Voice Reveals," 1943
- Member Idaho State Legislature, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, 1908-1910
- Member, American Society for Psychical Research
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Died from complications of kidney disease. Buried in Bellevue Mausoleum, Ontario, CA.
Source - Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Year of 1943-1944
∼Parents of Lewis H. Sweetser:
Andrew Sweetser
Elizebeth Hitchings
Married- Clara Hawkins Feb.15. 1902
Daughter of Crayton L. Hawkins Sr.
Lewis H. Sweetser was a Republican politician from Idaho. He attended the University of California, Class of 1889, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. Sweetser served as Lieutenant Governor of Idaho from 1909 to 1913 during the administrations of Governors James H. Brady and James H. Hawley.
Sweetser also served in the Idaho Legislature. He was a member of the Idaho State House of Representatives from 1901 to 1902 and from 1905 to 1906.
Lewis also had a large ranch in Malta, Cassia Co. Idaho
Son of Andrew Ingalls Sweetser, farmer, cattle rancher, orchardist in California, and Lisbeth Hitchings.
Andrew was the son of Joseph B. Sweetser. Lisbeth was the daughter of Edward Wade Hitchings.
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Husband of Clara Hawkins, b. abt. 1875, Utah. They were married in Salt Lake City, UT, in 1902. No children. Clara was the daughter of Crayton L Hawkins and Amelia Stallings.
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Education - Attended the University of California, Berkeley, 1885-1886. Transferred and graduated from Yale, Ph.B., 1889.
Career - Cattle ranching, Raft River Valley, ID with his classmates Henry S. Burroughs and George T Burroughs, Jr., brothers of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- Operated placer gold dredges on the Snake River, Cassia County, Idaho, 1889-1904
- Trustee, Albion, ID, State Normal School, 1898
- Farmer, Yale, ID, 1904-1912
- Field man for a sugar company in Billings, MT
- President of Frye-Sweetster Oil Co., Louisville, KY
- President, Columbus (Ohio) Loan & Mortgage Co., 1912-1935
- Commercial writing, county and state fair management, lecturing, North Hollywood, CA, 1934-1944
- Author, "The Alexandrian Talisman," and "The Inner Voice Reveals," 1943
- Member Idaho State Legislature, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, 1908-1910
- Member, American Society for Psychical Research
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Died from complications of kidney disease. Buried in Bellevue Mausoleum, Ontario, CA.
Source - Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Year of 1943-1944
∼Parents of Lewis H. Sweetser:
Andrew Sweetser
Elizebeth Hitchings
Married- Clara Hawkins Feb.15. 1902
Daughter of Crayton L. Hawkins Sr.
Lewis H. Sweetser was a Republican politician from Idaho. He attended the University of California, Class of 1889, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. Sweetser served as Lieutenant Governor of Idaho from 1909 to 1913 during the administrations of Governors James H. Brady and James H. Hawley.
Sweetser also served in the Idaho Legislature. He was a member of the Idaho State House of Representatives from 1901 to 1902 and from 1905 to 1906.
Lewis also had a large ranch in Malta, Cassia Co. Idaho
Andrew was the son of Joseph B. Sweetser. Lisbeth was the daughter of Edward Wade Hitchings.
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Husband of Clara Hawkins, b. abt. 1875, Utah. They were married in Salt Lake City, UT, in 1902. No children. Clara was the daughter of Crayton L Hawkins and Amelia Stallings.
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Education - Attended the University of California, Berkeley, 1885-1886. Transferred and graduated from Yale, Ph.B., 1889.
Career - Cattle ranching, Raft River Valley, ID with his classmates Henry S. Burroughs and George T Burroughs, Jr., brothers of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- Operated placer gold dredges on the Snake River, Cassia County, Idaho, 1889-1904
- Trustee, Albion, ID, State Normal School, 1898
- Farmer, Yale, ID, 1904-1912
- Field man for a sugar company in Billings, MT
- President of Frye-Sweetster Oil Co., Louisville, KY
- President, Columbus (Ohio) Loan & Mortgage Co., 1912-1935
- Commercial writing, county and state fair management, lecturing, North Hollywood, CA, 1934-1944
- Author, "The Alexandrian Talisman," and "The Inner Voice Reveals," 1943
- Member Idaho State Legislature, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, 1908-1910
- Member, American Society for Psychical Research
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Died from complications of kidney disease. Buried in Bellevue Mausoleum, Ontario, CA.
Source - Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Year of 1943-1944
∼Parents of Lewis H. Sweetser:
Andrew Sweetser
Elizebeth Hitchings
Married- Clara Hawkins Feb.15. 1902
Daughter of Crayton L. Hawkins Sr.
Lewis H. Sweetser was a Republican politician from Idaho. He attended the University of California, Class of 1889, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. Sweetser served as Lieutenant Governor of Idaho from 1909 to 1913 during the administrations of Governors James H. Brady and James H. Hawley.
Sweetser also served in the Idaho Legislature. He was a member of the Idaho State House of Representatives from 1901 to 1902 and from 1905 to 1906.
Lewis also had a large ranch in Malta, Cassia Co. Idaho
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