Born in Forsyth Co., Georgia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Milton Franklin Sweeney and Mary Lula (Sweeney) Heard
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 87
in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States
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Biography
George was born in 1868. He is the son of William Swinney and Eugenia Hutchins. [1]
Sources
- Year: 1870; Census Place: Cumming, Forsyth, Georgia; Roll: M593_150; Page: 400B; Image: 213135; Family History Library Film: 545649
Adaline Hutchins (51), William Sweeny (23), Eugenia Sweeny (21), Milton Hutchins (19), Nancy Hutchins (15), Emma Hutchins (13), Henry Hutchins (10, Mulatto) and George Sweeny (1).
- Year 1880; Census Place: Cumming, Forsyth, Georgia; Roll: 146; Family History Film: 1254146; Page: 360C; Enumeration District: 073; Image: 0728
William C Swiney (35), Eugenia M (34), Clyde (11), William (6), Mary (3) and Lena (10/12, Aug 1879)
- Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 @ Ancestry.com
George C Sweeney and Anna Smith married 13 Aug 1894 in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
- Year: 1900; Census Place: Sugar Hill, Gwinnett, Georgia; Roll: 202; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0055; FHL microfilm: 1240202 @ Ancestry.com
G Clyde Sweeny (31), tannery salesman, Anna M Sweeny (29) and George M Sweeny (2)
- The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), 31 Oct 1907, Thursday, Page 3 @ Ancestry.com
"William C. Sweeney, Cumming, Ga. Cumming, Ga., October 30. - (Special.) - William C. Sweeney died at his home near Cumming today. He is survived by his wife and seven children: George C. Sweeney, Buford, Ga.; M. F. Sweeney, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. D H. Heard, Ball ground, Ga.; and T. G. Sweeney and Misses Lena, Julia and Clara Sweeney, of Cumming. He will be buried at the cemetery here tomorrow."
- William C Sweeney appointed his son, Geo C Sweeney to be executor of his will.
- Year 1910; Census Place: Buford, Gwinnett, Georgia; Roll: T624_194; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0064; FHL microfilm: 1374207 @ Ancestry.com
George C Sweeny (42), shoe store merchant, Anna Sweeny (38) and George M Sweeny (11)
- Year 1920; Census Place: Smyrna, Cobb, Georgia; Roll: T625_245; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 56; Image: 33 @ Ancestry.com
George C Sweeney (51), clerk at dry goods store, Anna M Sweeney (48) and George M Sweeney (21)
- George's mother, Eugenia Hutchins Sweeney died in 1925. George is listed in her obituary published in The Atlanta Constitution, 25 Jan 1925, Page 18 @ Newspapers.com:
"Mrs. Eugenia Sweeney Dies Near Cumming Cumming, Ga., January 24. - (Special) - Mrs Eugenia Vanhoy Sweeney, 77, a pioneer of this section of the state, and wife of the late William Clayton Sweeney, died at her home near here today. She was born in Cumming, the daughter of the late Colonel and Mrs. Alman Gwinn Hutchins, pioneers of Forsyth County, who were active in the development of this section. She was a member of the Baptist church for fifty years. She is survived by three sons, Clyde and Trenton Sweeney, of Atlanta, and Milton Sweeney, of St. Louis, Mo., and four daughters, Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs George Heard, and Mrs Harleigh Vaughn, of Atlanta, and Mrs Carl Bramblett, of Cumming, and several grandchildren."
- Year 1930; Census Place: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia; Roll: 363; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0101; Image: 263.0; FHL microfilm: 2340098 @ Ancestry.com
George C Sweeney (62), farm supplies salesman, Anna Sweeney (59)
- Year 1940; Census Place: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia; Roll: T627_730; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 160-157 @ Ancestry.com
George C Sweeney (78), Anna M Sweeney (69), George M Sweeney (41) and Eliza D Sweeney (41)
- Year 1950; USA, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia; E.D. Number 160-341, Sheets 21-22 @ Ancestry.com
George C Sweeney (81), retired, Anna M Sweeney (79), George M Sweeney (52), salesman for an electrical company, and Elise K Sweeney (52)
- Georgia Deaths, 1919-98, Certificate Number 6007 @ Ancestry.com
- George Clyde Sweeney's obituary was published in The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), 13 Mar 1956, Page 26 @ Newspapers.com:
"SWEENEY - The friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. G. Clyde Sweeney, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Sweeney, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. Mary Burnett, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bramblett, Okla., Mrs. Harley Vaughn, Tampa; Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Sweeney, the nieces and nephews are invited to attend the funeral of Mr. G. Clyde Sweeney Tuesday, March 13, 1956, at 10:30 o'clock at Spring Hill, ..., Interment, Westview..."
- Find A Grave Memorial #187301519, Westview Cemetery, Section 35, Lot 626
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
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