San Luis Obispo County Biographies

J. W. SWEET

Submitted by Peggy Hooper

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J. W. SWEET was born in the city of San Luis Obispo, February 24, 1864. At this time 
the family were residing at Paso Robles. Very soon after the birth of young Sweet, 
his parents moved to the San Jose Valley, settling on a ranch. When seven years of 
age Mr. Sweet's father died, and, except when he attended school for a time, he 
has been thrown entirely upon his own resources, working on ranches from time 
to time. At present he has under his management the home place, and also conducts 
a ranch of his own near by. Mr. Sweet is one of the few young men in the San Jose 
Valley who speaks English and Spanish both fluently. A greater part of the settlers 
adjacent to Pozo are Spaniards and have few opportunities for improving their English, 
if, indeed, they speak English at all. Consequently Mr. Sweet is called upon frequently 
to settle disputes and takes part in interviews where the English tongue is heard. 

History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties, California  - by 
C.M. Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan, Vol I, II.  -Lewis Publ. Co., 
Chicago, 1917.