Gelston Gillette SWEZEY

1850 - 1913  (63 years)

• Name	Gelston Gillette SWEZEY
  Nickname	Gil
  Born	16 Jul 1850	Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Dec 1913	Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Buried	10 Dec 1913	Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Person ID	I8079	Patterson & Markham Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	John Rose SWEZEY,   b. Cal 15 Nov 1817, Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 18 Jan 1879, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Ophelia Hatfield TERRY,   b. 20 May 1817, Coram, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 3 Mar 1902, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F2580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID

  F10735

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• Notes

  21 Jun 1900 US Census born 6 Jul 1850 Gelston G. Swezey owned a store on South Ocean Avenue, Patchogue around 1898 and was an outlet store for the products of his gristmill on Swan Lake. In later years the store relocated to Terry Street in Patchogue. The gristmill, formerly the Mott mill, became Swezey's mill, and was purchased by him from his brother, Nathaniel Swezey Obituary - Gelston G. Swezey, aged 63, who for many years has operated the grist mill on the South Country Road in East Patchogue, was found dead by his son, Nat, at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, in a barn at the rear of his residence on Main Street. Mr. Swezey failed to return to the house after going out to do some chores and his son went to investigate. He had been dead some time when he was found. Coroner Moore stated that the cause of death was apoplexy. Besides a widow, Mr. Swezey leaves two sons, John R. Swezey, and Nat Swezey, and four daughters, Mrs. George Utz, Mrs. William Tappen, Miss Marie Swezey and Miss Elizabeth Swezey, all of Patchogue. Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. Jacob Probst officiating. Mr. Swezey was a member of several fraternal orders, including the Foresters, the Shepherds of America and a local lodge at Blue Point. He is also survived by two brothers, N.O. Swezey and Richard E. Swezey, both of Patchogue. (Long Island Surnames; Images of America, Patchogue, Vol. I; Suffolk County News (Sayville), Friday, December 12, 1913, Page: 4)