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     Monroe A. Sweetland was born in 1853 in Michigan according to the 1860 census, and in Ohio according to the 1870 census.^3,1,2 He died in 1886.³ He was buried at Mountain Home Cemetery in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.³

     Sarah J. Sweetland was born about 1857 in Michigan.¹

     Orvis Sydney Sweetland was born in 1859 in Michigan.^1,2,3 He died in 1925.¹ He was buried at Mountain Home Cemetery in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.¹

     Orpha (?) was born in June 1837 in Michigan.² She married Alfred W. Phillips, son of Luke P. Phillips and Patience Simmons, between 1860 and 1870.¹
     She and her husband Alfred are listed in the 1870 census in Burlington, Lapeer Co., Michigan.¹ In 1880 she was living as a widow, with her sister Harriet Hathaway, also a widow, and her family in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.³ She was still living in Pontiac in 1900, at 19 Douglass Street.²

     Lewis Orin Phillips was born in February 1862 in Michigan.^5,1 He was married first, by Elmer R. Webster, Justice of the Peace, to Minnie Smith on 11 May 1884 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.⁶ He was married second, by C. R. Kellerman, Clergyman, to Ida Hudnot, daughter of Hampden Hudnot and Harriet Spencer, on 11 August 1897 in Lapeer, Lapeer Co., Michigan.⁷ They were probably separated by 1900, when they were listed separately in the census. They were officially divorced on 1 July 1902 (filed by Lewis on 5 November 1901) in Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.^5,8,9 He was married third, by C. A. Hemenway, Minister, to Phoebe J. Brisbin, daughter of James Brisbin and Rebeckah Grugery, on 8 July 1903 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.¹⁰
     The 1870 census listing for Alfred Phillips includes an Orin Phillips, age 8. This, together with a marriage record for a Lewis Orin Phillips, and two for a Lewis O. Phillips that list his parents as Alfred Phillips and Almira (or Almina) Eldred, make it clear that his full name was Lewis Orin Phillips.^1,6,7,10
     In 1880 he was living in Independence Twp., Oakland Co., Michigan, working as a servant in the household of John Beardslee.¹¹ At the time of his first marriage, in 1884, his residence was listed as in Atkinson, Holt Co., Nebraska.⁶ Although they were married in Oakland Co., Michigan, he and his first wife Minnie soon returned to his home in Nebraska, where their son Alfred was born in March 1885.^12,13
     In 1900 he was living with his daughter Mattie in Indian Fields Twp., Tuscola Co., Michigan.⁵ He and his third wife Phoebe were living at 833 S. Burdick St. in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, in 1910, along with his daughter Mattie from his first marriage, Phoebe's daughter Ina Boardman from her first marriage, and a boarder named Edward Dietrich.¹⁴
     He was a farmer at the time of his first marriage in 1884, and later worked as a mason and plasterer.^6,7,5,10,14
     He and his first wife Minnie had three known children, Alfred (b March 1885), Frank L. (b 9 September 1886, d 1 October 1886) and Mattie (b abt 1892).^{12,13,15,16,5}