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John Thomas Sweeney

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John Thomas Sweeney

Birth
Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, USA
Death
27 Oct 1915 (aged 59)
Wadena County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Saint Thomas, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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BIOGRAPHY Information provided by Jim Childers.

"Pages of Time" (Centennial book, published in 1998 by the Reviewer Messenger paper, of Wadena County, MN)
SWEENEY, John and Ellen
"John Thomas Sweeney was born in Maysville, KY, on June 10, 1856. He moved to LeSueur County, MN, with his parents in 1860. On September 7, 1880, he married Ellen Clifford. Ellen Clifford was born in LeSueur County on February 15, 1862. The Sweeneys had 14 children. All of their children were born in LeSueur County. In 1909, John and Ellen moved to Wadena County, settling in the Nimmrod area."
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The Sebeka Review, October 29, 1915
NIMROD NOTES
"John Sweeney was very sick the first of the week". page 5

The Sebeka Review, October 29, 1915
NIMROD NOTES
"As this paper was ready to go to press we learned of the death of John Sweeney, a prominent farmer of Orton township, which occurred Wednesday night after having been in failing health for some time. The remains will be taken to the family's old home in Iowa for burial." (Note by: Patrick Mahowald- Burial was in Southern MN)

MN Death Index Certificate #1915-MN-014825.
Death County: Wadena

(See additional information in his wife Ellen's obituary, and in his son Clifford's notes.)
BIOGRAPHY Information provided by Jim Childers.

"Pages of Time" (Centennial book, published in 1998 by the Reviewer Messenger paper, of Wadena County, MN)
SWEENEY, John and Ellen
"John Thomas Sweeney was born in Maysville, KY, on June 10, 1856. He moved to LeSueur County, MN, with his parents in 1860. On September 7, 1880, he married Ellen Clifford. Ellen Clifford was born in LeSueur County on February 15, 1862. The Sweeneys had 14 children. All of their children were born in LeSueur County. In 1909, John and Ellen moved to Wadena County, settling in the Nimmrod area."
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The Sebeka Review, October 29, 1915
NIMROD NOTES
"John Sweeney was very sick the first of the week". page 5

The Sebeka Review, October 29, 1915
NIMROD NOTES
"As this paper was ready to go to press we learned of the death of John Sweeney, a prominent farmer of Orton township, which occurred Wednesday night after having been in failing health for some time. The remains will be taken to the family's old home in Iowa for burial." (Note by: Patrick Mahowald- Burial was in Southern MN)

MN Death Index Certificate #1915-MN-014825.
Death County: Wadena

(See additional information in his wife Ellen's obituary, and in his son Clifford's notes.)

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