Background
Sweet, John Edson was born on October 21, 1832 in Pompey, New York, United States. Son of Horace and Candace (Avery) Sweet.
Sweet, John Edson was born on October 21, 1832 in Pompey, New York, United States. Son of Horace and Candace (Avery) Sweet.
Educated district schools. Farmer boy, then carpenter’s apprentice, 1850. Builder and architect in the South until 1861.
2d, Irene A. Clark, May 9, 1889. Inventor and mechanic draughtsman until 1873. Professor practical mechanics, Cornell, 1873-1879.
President Straight Lincolnshire Engine Company, since 1880.
President American Society Mechanics Engineers, 1883-1884.
Expert for government and one of the jurors Chicago Exposition, 1893, on machine tools. First president Engine Builders’ Association of the United States, 1899-1901.
President Syracuse Metal Trades Association, 1906-1907, John Fritz Medal Association, 1906.
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Married Caroline V. Hawthorne, November 24, 1870.