Background
Sweets, David Matthis was born on January 31, 1868 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States. Son of Michael and Sarah Kate (Matthis) Sweets.
Sweets, David Matthis was born on January 31, 1868 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States. Son of Michael and Sarah Kate (Matthis) Sweets.
Student Central University of Kentucky, 1882-1883, 1884-1888. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, 1891. Doctor of Divinity, Presbyterian College of South Carolina., 1908.
Doctor of Laws, Austin College, Sherman, Texas, 1924.
Adjunct professor Latin and Greek, Central University of Kentucky, 1887-1889. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1891. Pastor Morganfield, Kentucky, 1891-1894, Portland Avenue Church, Louisville, 1894-1899, 1st Church, Shelbyville, 1899-1909.
Editor Christian Observer, since 1909.
Stated clerk Louisville Presbytery, 1895-1917, Synod of Kentucky, 1913-1917. Trustee General Assembly Presbyterian Church in the United States, also of Centre College, Kentucky.
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Married Bessie Breck McDowell, March 10, 1892. Children: Eunice Lees, William McDowell.