Surname of Sweney has also been spelled as Sweeny in records.
Daughter of Benjamin Prosser and Edith Prosser who were married 12 May 1834 in Spencer County, IL (Ancestry). Benjamin is listed in the 1840 census in Spencer County, IN. The Prosser family is located in the 1850 census in Marion County, IL and in the 1860 and 1870 census in Knox County, Missouri, where Julia was living when she was married.
Miss Julie Prosser married Joseph M. Sweny on 06 Jan 1869 in Knox County, Missouri .
Both were listed as residents of Knox County. (Ancestry). The 1870 census finds Joseph M. and Julia SWEENEY living in Knox County, MO in the household above her parents.
1877--1883: The SWEENY family (Joseph M. Julia A, and Lilly) are found living in Clark County, Washington on 19 March 1883 (Washington State and Territorial Census) . Lilly was born in Washington in 1877, so the family had resident in Washington for at least for 5 years.
Aft. 1883--Julia's daughter, Lilly SWEENEY Lehman's obituary states that when she was a child she came to Salem with her parents.
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The Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon), Monday, August 29, 1898
DIED.
SWENEY--At the family residence on Mill street at 4 o'clock Sunday morning Aug. 28, Mrs. J. A. Sweny aged 58 years, of typhoid fever.
Mrs. Sweney was born in Spencer county, Indiana, August 23, 1839. She was married to J. A. Sweney January 1, 1870 [sic]. She had five children once of whom survives here, Miss Lilly D. Sweney aged 20 years who is now prostrated by her mother's death.
Mrs. Sweney has been an invalid for twenty years past. Her death Sunday was a surprise being very sudden and probably the direct result of heart failure superinduced by the fever.
Mrs. Sweney has for some time been matron of the W. C. T. U. reading rooms but was removed to a more comfortable place when her condition became critical.
The funeral was conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Methodist Episopal church, Rev. John Parsons conducting the services. Interment was had at the Less Mission cemetery.
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Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), Wednesday, August 31, 1898
Mrs. J. A. Sweney.
Mrs. J. A. Sweny, wife of Rev. J. A.[sic] Sweny, died at Salem, Monday morning. She was born in Spencer county, Indiana, August 23, 1839. She was married to Dr. Sweney in 1870. Mrs. Sweney had been an invalid for many years. The immediate cause of death was typhoid fever and heart failure.
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age 59y; of Salem; d. of fever; burial Aug 29, 1898; nearest relative: Rev. J.W. Sweeney per Record of Interment #252
Daughter of Benjamin Prosser and Edith Prosser who were married 12 May 1834 in Spencer County, IL (Ancestry). Benjamin is listed in the 1840 census in Spencer County, IN. The Prosser family is located in the 1850 census in Marion County, IL and in the 1860 and 1870 census in Knox County, Missouri, where Julia was living when she was married.
Miss Julie Prosser married Joseph M. Sweny on 06 Jan 1869 in Knox County, Missouri .
Both were listed as residents of Knox County. (Ancestry). The 1870 census finds Joseph M. and Julia SWEENEY living in Knox County, MO in the household above her parents.
1877--1883: The SWEENY family (Joseph M. Julia A, and Lilly) are found living in Clark County, Washington on 19 March 1883 (Washington State and Territorial Census) . Lilly was born in Washington in 1877, so the family had resident in Washington for at least for 5 years.
Aft. 1883--Julia's daughter, Lilly SWEENEY Lehman's obituary states that when she was a child she came to Salem with her parents.
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The Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon), Monday, August 29, 1898
DIED.
SWENEY--At the family residence on Mill street at 4 o'clock Sunday morning Aug. 28, Mrs. J. A. Sweny aged 58 years, of typhoid fever.
Mrs. Sweney was born in Spencer county, Indiana, August 23, 1839. She was married to J. A. Sweney January 1, 1870 [sic]. She had five children once of whom survives here, Miss Lilly D. Sweney aged 20 years who is now prostrated by her mother's death.
Mrs. Sweney has been an invalid for twenty years past. Her death Sunday was a surprise being very sudden and probably the direct result of heart failure superinduced by the fever.
Mrs. Sweney has for some time been matron of the W. C. T. U. reading rooms but was removed to a more comfortable place when her condition became critical.
The funeral was conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Methodist Episopal church, Rev. John Parsons conducting the services. Interment was had at the Less Mission cemetery.
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Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), Wednesday, August 31, 1898
Mrs. J. A. Sweney.
Mrs. J. A. Sweny, wife of Rev. J. A.[sic] Sweny, died at Salem, Monday morning. She was born in Spencer county, Indiana, August 23, 1839. She was married to Dr. Sweney in 1870. Mrs. Sweney had been an invalid for many years. The immediate cause of death was typhoid fever and heart failure.
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age 59y; of Salem; d. of fever; burial Aug 29, 1898; nearest relative: Rev. J.W. Sweeney per Record of Interment #252
Surname of Sweney has also been spelled as Sweeny in records.
Daughter of Benjamin Prosser and Edith Prosser who were married 12 May 1834 in Spencer County, IL (Ancestry). Benjamin is listed in the 1840 census in Spencer County, IN. The Prosser family is located in the 1850 census in Marion County, IL and in the 1860 and 1870 census in Knox County, Missouri, where Julia was living when she was married.
Miss Julie Prosser married Joseph M. Sweny on 06 Jan 1869 in Knox County, Missouri .
Both were listed as residents of Knox County. (Ancestry). The 1870 census finds Joseph M. and Julia SWEENEY living in Knox County, MO in the household above her parents.
1877--1883: The SWEENY family (Joseph M. Julia A, and Lilly) are found living in Clark County, Washington on 19 March 1883 (Washington State and Territorial Census) . Lilly was born in Washington in 1877, so the family had resident in Washington for at least for 5 years.
Aft. 1883--Julia's daughter, Lilly SWEENEY Lehman's obituary states that when she was a child she came to Salem with her parents.
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The Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon), Monday, August 29, 1898
DIED.
SWENEY--At the family residence on Mill street at 4 o'clock Sunday morning Aug. 28, Mrs. J. A. Sweny aged 58 years, of typhoid fever.
Mrs. Sweney was born in Spencer county, Indiana, August 23, 1839. She was married to J. A. Sweney January 1, 1870 [sic]. She had five children once of whom survives here, Miss Lilly D. Sweney aged 20 years who is now prostrated by her mother's death.
Mrs. Sweney has been an invalid for twenty years past. Her death Sunday was a surprise being very sudden and probably the direct result of heart failure superinduced by the fever.
Mrs. Sweney has for some time been matron of the W. C. T. U. reading rooms but was removed to a more comfortable place when her condition became critical.
The funeral was conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Methodist Episopal church, Rev. John Parsons conducting the services. Interment was had at the Less Mission cemetery.
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Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), Wednesday, August 31, 1898
Mrs. J. A. Sweney.
Mrs. J. A. Sweny, wife of Rev. J. A.[sic] Sweny, died at Salem, Monday morning. She was born in Spencer county, Indiana, August 23, 1839. She was married to Dr. Sweney in 1870. Mrs. Sweney had been an invalid for many years. The immediate cause of death was typhoid fever and heart failure.
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age 59y; of Salem; d. of fever; burial Aug 29, 1898; nearest relative: Rev. J.W. Sweeney per Record of Interment #252
Daughter of Benjamin Prosser and Edith Prosser who were married 12 May 1834 in Spencer County, IL (Ancestry). Benjamin is listed in the 1840 census in Spencer County, IN. The Prosser family is located in the 1850 census in Marion County, IL and in the 1860 and 1870 census in Knox County, Missouri, where Julia was living when she was married.
Miss Julie Prosser married Joseph M. Sweny on 06 Jan 1869 in Knox County, Missouri .
Both were listed as residents of Knox County. (Ancestry). The 1870 census finds Joseph M. and Julia SWEENEY living in Knox County, MO in the household above her parents.
1877--1883: The SWEENY family (Joseph M. Julia A, and Lilly) are found living in Clark County, Washington on 19 March 1883 (Washington State and Territorial Census) . Lilly was born in Washington in 1877, so the family had resident in Washington for at least for 5 years.
Aft. 1883--Julia's daughter, Lilly SWEENEY Lehman's obituary states that when she was a child she came to Salem with her parents.
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The Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon), Monday, August 29, 1898
DIED.
SWENEY--At the family residence on Mill street at 4 o'clock Sunday morning Aug. 28, Mrs. J. A. Sweny aged 58 years, of typhoid fever.
Mrs. Sweney was born in Spencer county, Indiana, August 23, 1839. She was married to J. A. Sweney January 1, 1870 [sic]. She had five children once of whom survives here, Miss Lilly D. Sweney aged 20 years who is now prostrated by her mother's death.
Mrs. Sweney has been an invalid for twenty years past. Her death Sunday was a surprise being very sudden and probably the direct result of heart failure superinduced by the fever.
Mrs. Sweney has for some time been matron of the W. C. T. U. reading rooms but was removed to a more comfortable place when her condition became critical.
The funeral was conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Methodist Episopal church, Rev. John Parsons conducting the services. Interment was had at the Less Mission cemetery.
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Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), Wednesday, August 31, 1898
Mrs. J. A. Sweney.
Mrs. J. A. Sweny, wife of Rev. J. A.[sic] Sweny, died at Salem, Monday morning. She was born in Spencer county, Indiana, August 23, 1839. She was married to Dr. Sweney in 1870. Mrs. Sweney had been an invalid for many years. The immediate cause of death was typhoid fever and heart failure.
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age 59y; of Salem; d. of fever; burial Aug 29, 1898; nearest relative: Rev. J.W. Sweeney per Record of Interment #252
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