Individual Details
John Virgil Sweetser
(4 Dec 1871 - 18 Jan 1942)
John Virgil Sweetser, 70, retired banking equipment company executive, died in an Oakland hospital yesterday. Surviving are his widow, Mary Sutherland Sweetser, and two children, Mrs. Melvin Wood and J. Russell Sweetser. Funeral services will be held today at 2:30 from the Grant D. Miller Chapel, 2850 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland.
Sweetser
In Oakland, January 18, 1942, John Virgil Sweetser, beloved husband of Mary Sutherland Sweetser, loving father of Genevieve Sweetser Wood and J. Russell Sweetser, a native of Illinois, aged 70 years 1month 14 days. A member of South Pasadena Lodge No. 367, F. and A.M. Private services will be held at the Telegraph Avenue Chapel of the Grant D. Miller Mortuaries, Incorporated, 2850 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, Tuesday, January 20, 1942 at 2:30 P.M. Please omit flowers.
Events
| Birth | 4 Dec 1871 | Concord, Bureau County, Illinois | |||
| Marriage | 30 Nov 1901 | Harriet Abigail Sutherland | |||
| Census (family) | 30 Apr 1910 | South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California - Harriet Abigail Sutherland |  |  | |
| Census (family) | 12 Jan 1920 | South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California - Harriet Abigail Sutherland | | | |
| Death | 18 Jan 1942 | Oakland, Alameda County, California | |
Families
| Spouse | Harriet Abigail Sutherland (1866 - 1920) |
| Child | Genevieve Sutherland Sweetser (1902 - 1988) |
| Child | John Russell Sweetser (1906 - 1966) |
Notes
Census (family)
John V Sweetser Head M 39 Illinois - Merchant, bank safesHarriet S SweetserWifeF43California
Genevieve H SweetserDaughterF7California
John R SweetserSonM3California
Census (family)
John V Sweetser Head M 49 Illinois - Builder, bank equipmentHarriet S SweetserWifeF49California
Genevieve S SweetserDaughterF17California
Russell J SweetserSonM13California
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVL8-55S : accessed 31 October 2017), Genevieve H Sweetser in household of John V Sweetser, South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 347, sheet 28A, family 289, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 87; FHL microfilm 1,374,100..
2. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7N-5J7 : accessed 31 October 2017), Genevieve S Sweetser in household of John V Sweetser, South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 614, sheet 12B, line 59, family 301, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 119; FHL microfilm 1,820,119..
3. "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGY8-HL3 : 26 November 2014), John Virgil Sweetser, 18 Jan 1942; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento..