Henry Pettit Sweetland Explained

Henry Pettit Sweetland (July 29, 1827 - 1877) was an American politician, California pioneer, and town founder. He arrived in California in 1849. Sweetland and his brothers settled in the area that later bore their name, Sweetland, California, 1850; he ran a trading post in the settlement in 1852.^{[1] [2] [3]} He was a member of the California State Assembly in 1853. He married Augusta Ladd in 1855; they had no children. Sweetland died in California in 1877.^[4]

Notes and References

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2. Book: A memorial and biographical history of northern California, illustrated. Containing a history of this important section of the Pacific coast from the earliest period of its occupancy...and biographical mention of many of its most eminent pioneers and also of prominent citizens of today. 1891. Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co.. History of Northern California.
3. Book: Gudde. Erwin G. . Bright. William . California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. 2004 . University of California Press. 0-520-24217-3. 381.
4. Book: Weld, Hattie Borden. Historical and Genealogical Record of the Descendants as Far as Known of Richard and Joan Borden, who Settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, May, 1638: With Historical and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Descendants. Public domain. 1899. H.B. Weld. 211–.