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CLAYTON E. SWEET, of the firm of Sweet, Orr & Co., was born at Wappingers Falls, N. Y., June 16, 1834, and
after a large business experience in that town he moved to Newburgh in 1887, to which city the business offices
of the company were changed that year. His father was for many years a merchant and manufacturer in Wappingers
Falls, and for a period postmaster of the village. Mr. Sweet was educated at the public schools of his native place
and at the Dutchess County Academy at Poughkeepsie. Then for three years he was in the employ of Levi Cook &
Co., merchants on Broadway, New York. He returned to Wappinger's Falls to enter his father's store, and ere long
was made a partner.
For many years. Mr. Sweet was one of the leading business men of the place and of great usefulness to the community.
He was one of the first trustees of the Wappingers Savings Bank, and acted as its secretary and treasurer until
it obtained a substantial f ooting; he was afterwards elected vice president of the institution. For seven years
he was postmaster of the village under President Grant. He was also a director of the Fallkill National Bank of
Poughkeepsie, and a vestryman of the Zion Episcopal Church of Wappingers Falls. Since 1876 Mr. Sweet, as head of
the firm of Sweet, Orr & Co., has given his whole attention to the manufacture of overalls. This firm are the
pioneers in this business and their product the largest in the country. Mr. Sweet has served as a trustee of the
Newburgh Savings Bank and vestryman of St. George's Episcopal Church. He is president of the Newburgh City Club
and a director of the Newburgh National Bank. He married in 1860, Chattie Louise, daughter of Hon. James Manning,
of Bethany, Pa., and a lineal descendant of Captain Bazaliel Tyler, a soldier of the Revolution, who was killed
when leading the advance guard at the battle of Minisink.
From:
The History of Orange County New York
Edited by: Russel Headley
Van Deusen and Elms, Publishers
Middletown, N. Y. 1908
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