Nina Mae Sweat was one of Emeline's younger sisters.
She married Joshua Lyman Fawson on 4 Apr 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Thus, she became Nina Mae Sweat Fawson.
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Lyman and Nina Cropped and photoshopped together by me Both from the personal albums of Sharleen May |
An excerpt from the J Lyman Fawson personal history (found in the personal albums of both Veda Cox and Sharleen May) states the following from Lyman's perspective:
"...When I returned home I again taught school, this time in Center Creek, Wasatch co. where I was principla over the grade schools where the children were from first grade through the 8th. I asked a teacher, Miss Helen Taylor, to introduce me [to] a certain young lady in the Ward, Nina Sweat, and I also told Miss Taylor that I knew Nina was the one I would marry. We did get married on 4th of April 1928 in the Salt Lake Temple by George F. Richards..."
An excerpt from the Nina Mae S Fawson history (found in the personal albums of Sharleen May) gives the following details:
"... Lyman Fawson and I met while he was teaching school in Center Creek in 1927. We were married in the Salt Lake Temple. My mother and sister-in-law, Ora G. Sweat were with me..."
Marriage Licence:
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SOURCE: familysearch.org Film # 0482528 |
Marriage Certificate:
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From the personal albums of Sharleen May |
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Photo clipping from an anniversary article about them (NO SOURCE) From the personal albums of Sharleen May |
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Nina and Lyman Fawson From the personal albums of Sharleen May |
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