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The editor and proprietor of the New Rochelle Pioneer, Henry Sweet, is one of the influential men of the town, and we take pleasure in here referring personally to him in presenting a brief review of the publication of which he is the head.

Looking first at the history of the New Rochelle Pioneer, we find it was established in 1859 by John Dyott, an Englishman, an actor, who had settled in this country some years before, and who conducted the paper for a number of years. Afterward it was for several years run by his son and daughter, the latter now being Mrs. A. Major, of New York city. In 1882 it was sold to Charles G. Banks, Esq. , who subsequently became associated with Henry C. Henderson, under the firm name of Banks & Henderson, and from this firm it passed into the hands of Steadman & Sweet. In the year 1885 the senior partner conducted it until his death, in 1889, after which his wife assumed her husband's interests, and the paper was edited by Mr. Sweet until March 1, 1890. Then Mr. Sweet purchased Mrs. Steadman's interests, and has since been sole proprietor. In 1897 he erected his new building, a brick structure, thirty-two by ninety feet, and two stories high, and in March, 1898, moved into it, now having a modern and complete establishment.

The Pioneer is an eight-page, six-column paper, up to date in every respect, has a large circulation in the town and county, and is the organ of the Republican party of the village.

Mr. Sweet is a native of New Rochelle. He was born in this town, June 28, 1864, and is a son of Henry and Eliza Sweet, natives of London, England. His parents came to New Rochelle in 1853, where his father died in 1869, his mother still residing there. For eight years his father was sexton of Trinity church. New Rochelle, which position, after his father's death, has been held continuously up to the present day by his eldest brother, Joseph. After coming to New Rochelle, Mr. Sweet's father was a manufacturer of seals for legal papers of various kinds in the employ of Thaddeus Davids & Company, whose place of business is at 127 and 129 William street, New York city.

The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of his native town. On leaving school he was employed at different places in the town until he became connected with the newspaper business, in which capacity he has proven himself master of the situation.

He was married, in 1894, to Miss Lucy Kirchhoff, second daughter of Joseph Kirchhoff, an old resident and highly respected citizen of New Rochelle. They have one daughter.