Henry Hayes Sweets

Background

Sweets, Henry Hayes was born on October 6, 1872 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States. Son of Michael and Sarah K. (Matthis) Sweets.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Centre College, Kentucky, 1894, Doctor of Divinity, 1909, Doctor of Laws, 1947. Bachelor of Divinity, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1898. Doctor of Divinity, Presbyterian College South Carolina., 1909.

Doctor of Laws, Austin College, Texas, 1918, Southwestern Presbyterian University, 1923, Davidson, 1923, Erskine, 1939.

Career

Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1897. Organizer, 1897, and pastor of James Lees Memorial Church, Louisville, 1897-1904. Secretary Board Edition and Ministerial Relief, Presbyterian Church United States, 1904-1943.

Achievements

• Henry Hayes Sweets has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Board Corporators Presbyterian Ministers’ Fund for Life Insurance, Philadelphia. Member National Education Association, Southern Association Colleges Secondary Schools, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Mason. Filson.

Connections

Married Douschka Martin, November 27, 1907. Children: Henry H., Douschka M. (Mistress Robert V. Ackerman), F, Martin.

Father:

Michael Sweets

Mother:

Sarah K. (Matthis) Sweets

Spouse:

Douschka Martin

child:

Douschka M. Sweets (Mistress Robert V. Ackerman)

child:

F Sweets

child:

Henry H. Sweets

child:

Martin Sweets