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OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE
A
DESCRIPTIVE AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF
BRISTOL COUNTY
MASSACHUSETTS
PREPARED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
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THE
FALL RIVER NEWS
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AND
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THE
TAUNTON GAZETTE
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WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
HON. ALANSON BORDEN
OF NEW BEDFORD
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THE BOSTON HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
1899
PART II
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Andrew H. Sweet
ANDREW H. SWEET was born in Norton, Mass., October 2, 1845, a son of Joseph D. and
Abbie A. (Hodges) Sweet. His father was a farmer throughout his life. Mr. Sweet was educated in the public schools
of Norton and taught school at Easton and Sharon. He next went into the grocery business, but afterward became
identified in Norton in the friction match business under the name of Messinger & Sweet, which was consolidated
into The Diamond Match Company, and he was with them for about three years, when he bought back from them the Norton
property and started his present business, the manufacture of wooden and paper boxes. From this industry he now
supplies the various manufacturers throughout New England and other points in the United States. In 1870 Mr. Sweet
married Mary E., daughter of Austin and Salina A. F. Messinger, and they have one son, Austin M. Sweet, who is
now interested in the business with his father. Mr. Sweet has been a father of the town; has been on the SchoolCommittee;
represented his town in the Legislature two terms, and in politics is a Republican. He is a Unitarian and takes
a general interest in his town and town’s people.
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