Sophia Eldora Sweat

1828 - 1924  (96 years)

• Name	Sophia Eldora Sweat
  Born	31 Jan 1828	Maine, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	27 Nov 1850	Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA   [2]
  	Census 1850 Iowa, Pottawattamie, District 21, 27 Nov 1850, Dwelling 1344, Family 1344 John Carter, head, 30, blacksmith. Elizabeth, wife 31. Children: Mariet, daughter 8; John, son 6; Richard, son 2. Also living with them is Sophiah Sweat, 20 and presumably her son Libby, 1 and presumably his mother, Hannah Carter, 60. John and his mother were born in Vermont, Elizabeth in Ohio, Mariet and John in Illinois and Richard in Iowa. Sophiah and Libby were born in Ohio and Iowa, respectively. Mariet is attending school. Next door to William and Sarah Carter (possibly a brother) and Jas. Lenara.
  	Age: 20
  Died	5 Feb 1924	Carterville, Utah, Utah, USA   [1]
  Buried	7 Feb 1924	Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA   [1]
  		Headstone for Sophia E. Sweat Carter, 1828 - 1924
  Death Certificate	4 Mar 1924	Carterville, Utah, Utah, USA   [1]
  	Death Certificate 00002404211 Sophia Eldora Carter, resident of Carterville, RD 2, Provo, Utah; resident of city for 70 years. Born 31 Jan 1828 in Maine; died 5 Feb 1924 in Carterville, Provo Bench, Utah. Widow of John H. Carter. Parents are John Sweat (Maine) and Polly Madson (Maine). Mary Ann Emmons, RFD 2, Provo, Utah Informant. Buried in Provo, Utah on 7 Feb 1924. Anson Hatch Undertaker, Provo, Utah
  	Age: 96
  	Cause: Acute bronchitis
  		Death Certificate for Sophia E. Sweat Carter, 1828-1924, Carterville, Utah
  Notes	CENSUS: United States, 1850, Pottawattomie county IA District 21 344/344 (John Carter household) "Sophia Sweat age 20, b. O" also Elizabeth, Mariet, John, Richd, Libby, and Hannah Carter CENSUS: United States, 1851, San Pete county UT Manti 50/50 (John Carter household) "Sophia age 23, b. ME" also Elizabeth, Mariette, John, Harrison, and Libba CENSUS: United States, 1860, Utah county UT Provo 3049/2382 (Jno H Carter household) "Sophia age 32, b. ME" also Eliz, Saml, John, Harrison, Dominicus, Jas W, and Aaron -only Elizabeth's children are listed in the household CENSUS: United States, 1870, Utah county UT Provo 3rd ward 104/95 (Harrison Carter household) "Sophia age 44, keeping house, b. ME" also Harrison Carter, Dominicus, William, Aaron, Venecus, Amos, Cleon, David, Phillip, and Mary -Elizabeth's children are with Sophia and Elizabeth's son, Harrison is listed as the head of the household CENSUS: United States, 1880, Utah county UT Provo 594/650 "Sophia Carter age 53, md, keeping house, b. ME ME ME" children: Cleon, Annie, Lafayette CENSUS: United States, 1900, Utah county UT Provo Bench Pct 77/79 "Sophia Carter age 72, widow, 9 children, 6 living, b. Jan 1828 ME" children: Cleon, David, Lafette, and Mary A Emmons with son-in-law, John CENSUS: United States 1910, Utah county UT Provo Bench 281/286 "Sophia Carter age 87, widow, 9 children, 6 living, b. ME ME ME" children: Mary Ann [Emmons}, David, and Cleon, son-in-law: John Emmons, grandchildren: Marie, John, Arnold, and Dora CENSUS: United States 1920, Utah county UT 232/236 (John H. Emmons household) "Sofia Carter age 92, mother-in-law, widow, b. ME ME ME" children: Cleon, David, and Mary A Sophia married her sister's husband (Elizabeth Runnels Sweat) in Winter Quarters on 25 Jan 1848; documented in the Nauvoo Sealings, page 705 [3]
  Person ID	I1203	clanSoren
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	John Sweat,   b. Yes, date unknown,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Polly Madson,   b. Yes, date unknown, Maine, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1091	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	John Harrison Carter 2x ,   b. 6 Oct 1816, Newry, Oxford, Maine, USA ,   d. 21 Apr 1896, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	25 Jan 1848	Winter Quarters, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
  Children	01. Libby or Libbie Carter,   b. 30 Oct 1849, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 02. Sarah Elizabeth Carter 2x ,   b. 14 Aug 1852, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, USA ,   d. 2 Oct 1918, Pleasant View, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F1095	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] Utah Death Certificates (Series 81448), 1904 to 1965, Utah State Archives, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, (historyresearch.utah.gov), Death Certificate 00002404211 (Reliability: 3). [S120] 1850 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: M432_188; Page: 148; Image: 299 (Reliability: 3). [S130] Ancestry World Tree Project, (Ancestry.com), Four Generations of the John Sweat Family.