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Jemima <I>Sweet</I> Streator

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Jemima Sweet Streator

Birth
Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
19 Feb 1882 (aged 73)
Burial
Lenora, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Bio of her son Edwin:

BOOK - HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, MN. PUB. 1910. EDWIN STREATOR (1896) is a farmer and land owner of Weinier township. He was born in Winnebago county, Illinois, July 20, 1840, the son of Price F. and Jemima (Sweet) Streator. His parents were both natives of Bradford county, Pennsylvania, his father being descended from a well known family who came from France in colonial times. His parents were married in Pennsylvania and located in Illinois in 1835, his father dying in Winnebago county, of that state, in 1848. Mrs. Streator later located in Fillmore county, Minnesota, where she died in 1880, aged over seventy years. There were seven children in the family, of whom the following named are living: L. L. Streator, of Fillmore county; Mrs. A. M. Kingsbury, of Mason City, Iowa; Mrs. H. M. Graham, of Woonsocket, South Dakota, and Edwin S., of this sketch. Edwin came to Fillmore county, Minnesota, with his mother in 1854, he being then fourteen years of age, and there he lived until 1872. That year he came west and took a homestead claim on section 34, Springfield township, Cottonwood county, where he resided until 1896. He then located on his present farm on section 4, Weimer township, and has since made his home there. He owns 240 acres of land. During his residence in Cottonwood county Mr. Streator held various township offices. The marriage of our subject occurred in Fillmore county January 9, 1869, when he wedded Celia E. Eddy, a native of Ohio. To these parents have been born two children: Orley E., of Bowman county, North Dakota; born October 15. 1871; Clara E., born November 21, 1873.
Bio of her son Edwin:

BOOK - HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, MN. PUB. 1910. EDWIN STREATOR (1896) is a farmer and land owner of Weinier township. He was born in Winnebago county, Illinois, July 20, 1840, the son of Price F. and Jemima (Sweet) Streator. His parents were both natives of Bradford county, Pennsylvania, his father being descended from a well known family who came from France in colonial times. His parents were married in Pennsylvania and located in Illinois in 1835, his father dying in Winnebago county, of that state, in 1848. Mrs. Streator later located in Fillmore county, Minnesota, where she died in 1880, aged over seventy years. There were seven children in the family, of whom the following named are living: L. L. Streator, of Fillmore county; Mrs. A. M. Kingsbury, of Mason City, Iowa; Mrs. H. M. Graham, of Woonsocket, South Dakota, and Edwin S., of this sketch. Edwin came to Fillmore county, Minnesota, with his mother in 1854, he being then fourteen years of age, and there he lived until 1872. That year he came west and took a homestead claim on section 34, Springfield township, Cottonwood county, where he resided until 1896. He then located on his present farm on section 4, Weimer township, and has since made his home there. He owns 240 acres of land. During his residence in Cottonwood county Mr. Streator held various township offices. The marriage of our subject occurred in Fillmore county January 9, 1869, when he wedded Celia E. Eddy, a native of Ohio. To these parents have been born two children: Orley E., of Bowman county, North Dakota; born October 15. 1871; Clara E., born November 21, 1873.


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