Imperial County, CA Biographies

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, January, 2007.

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WILL S. SWEET
 
                Will S. Sweet is one of the representative business men of 
Brawley. He was born in Franklin County, Iowa, June 23, 1878, son of Olney F. 
and Helen M. Sweet, both natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. Sweet acquired his 
education in the public and high schools of his native county. He afterwards 
studied dentistry, attending the Milwaukee Dental College, graduating in 1905. 
Mr. Sweet came west and practiced his profession in Long Beach, California, for 
a period of three years. In 1909 he removed to Brawley and engaged in farming on 
the west side, and had one hundred acres under cultivation. He did general 
farming and was identified in the dairy business. In 1916 Mr. Sweet engaged in 
the bakery business with A.  S.  Wolfe. He has been identified as a director on 
No. 8 water board for some years. He now leases his ranch and gives his entire 
time to promoting the interests of his business. He was married July 10, 1908 to 
Miss Irene E. Wheelock, a native of Iowa, and daughter of George H. Wheelock. 
Mrs. Sweet's parents came to Imperial County at an early date and her father, 
now deceased, was connected with the Southern Pacific Railroad as telegraph 
operator. To Mr. and Mrs. Sweet have been born one son, George Olney, born March 
31, 1912. The father of Mr. Sweet fought in the Civil War, and Mrs. Sweet's 
father was also a Civil War veteran. The subject of this review served as a 
volunteer in the Spanish American War for six months, and was attached to the 
52d Iowa Infantry, and was mustered out October 25, 1908. Mr. Sweet is held in 
high regard by his business associates in Brawley.
 
Source: "The History of Imperial County, California," Elms and Franks Publ. Co., 
1918, pp, 335-336.