Metta A. (Davis) Sweet 1872-1943
Categories: North Loup, Nebraska, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary, Welton, Iowa
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 135, No 1, p 16, July 5, 1943.
Mrs. Metta Sweet, daughter of Newton and Jane Davis, was born at Welton, Iowa, November 8, 1872, and died at the Loma Linda Sanitarium, June 18, 1943.
Besides her husband, Justin Sweet, she is survived by her three children, Mrs. Bessie Babcock, Mrs. Marie Rich, and Lawrence Sweet.
Mrs. Sweet was a most capable, community-minded woman. She was outspoken and sincere, most resourceful, and generous of her time and abilities in all the causes that appealed to her heart. She had come into a blessed sense of the presence of God with her.
The farewell service was held June 21, and burial was at Montecito.

Justin E. Sweet 1865-1955
Categories: North Loup, Nebraska, Riverside, California, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 158, No 8, p 95, Feb. 21, 1955.
Justin Sweet, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Sweet, was born April 18, 1865, and was called to rest January 17, 1955.
Spending his boyhood years in Minnesota and later youth in Nebraska, he accepted the Lord, was baptized, and joined the North Loup Seventh Day Baptist Church. He married Miss Netta Davis in 1890, and after spending several years in South Dakota, moved to Riverside, Calif., where he spent the remaining forty-two years of his life. Five years ago, he transferred his membership to the Riverside Church.
Surviving relatives include: his two daughters, Mrs. Robert Babcock of Riverside, Calif., and Mrs. Melvin Rich of La Hambra, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Alice Williams of Long Beach; three grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. Alton L. Wheeler, at Riverside, and interment was at the Montecito Memorial Park Cemetery. A. L. W.

Census: 1880 Carlston, Freeborn Co., Minnesota: age 15