Iowa Family Groupsheet for George Washington SWEESY Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Karen Kimball Email address: klkimball@aol.com Husband: George Washington SWEESY Birthdate: 28 Mar 1839 Birthplace: West Middlesex, Shenango Twp. Mercer Co. PA Death date: 18 Dec 1927 Place of death: Redlands, San Bernardino, CA Father: Thomas SWEESY Mother: Alice FORBES Marriage date: 6 Aug 1857 Marriage place: Jackson Co. IA Wife: Nancy Elinor HUMPHREY Birthdate: 10 Apr 1838 Birthplace: Springfield Twp. Mercer Co. PA Death date: 19 Mar 1899 Place of death: Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co. CA Father: John HUMPHREY Mother: Mary J. KERR CHILDREN Child No. 1: John LeRoy (Roy) SWEESY Sex: M Birthdate: 1 Jun 1858 Birthplace: Perry Twp,. Jackson Co. IA Death date: 1 Mar 1950 Place of death: Redlands,San Bernardino Co.,CA Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Emma C. DEMAREE Child No. 2: Elmer Elsworth SWEESY Sex: M Birthdate: 9 Feb 1861 Birthplace: Andrew, Perry Twp., Jackson Co. IA Death date: 28 Sep 1943 Place of death: Reseda, Los Angeles Co. CA Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Mary Blackfan/Blackfair QUAIL Child No. 3: Lenore DeBonneville SWEESY Sex: F Birthdate: 31 May 1867 Birthplace: Jackson Co. IA Death date: 21 Sep 1951 Place of death: Glendale, Los Angeles Co. CA Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Victor Elliott FORKER Child No. 4: Leoti Keck SWEESY Sex: F Birthdate: 15 Apr 1872 Birthplace: Charlotte Clinton Co. IA Death date: 15 Nov 1955 Place of death: Los Angeles Co. CA Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Ernest Mitenberg WHITE Documentation: George W. Sweesy moved to Perry Twp, Jackson Co. Iowa in 1849 from Pennsylvania. He served in the Civil War in Company M of the 2nd Regiment of the Iowa Volunteer Cavalry. He and family moved to Halstead, Harvey Co. Kansas in 1872, then to Eureka Springs, Arkansas in 1883. At various times George ran hotels, owned newspapers, and was a real estate agent for the railroad. Around the turn of the 20th century the family moved to California. Sources: NARA Census records, Sweesy family bible and personal letters, "History of the State of Kansas" Cutler, 1883; "History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas" Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889