THE  GENEALOGY  OF  JOHN  WILLIAM  SWEENEY  AND SARAH JANE  SWEENEY  OF  GRAND  CHENIER, LOUISIANA.
Edited by W. T. Block, Box 62, Nederland, Texas 77627
{In this introduction I will correct errors when I am sure they are errors. I do not take credit for more than editing these writings, most being Edward Chalmers Sweeney's  (grandson of Dr. Carter Sweeney) of Chevy Chase, MD. I will make this one continuous writing, separated by Parts 1, etc. 2 errors I will correct immediately. Some writings credit John Wm. as being born in 1810 or 1812, which is absolutely erroneous. He was probably born in 1807 but 1808 at latest. Also some records credit Syrenah Jane as marrying Jules Bouquet and moving to Texas. It was Sarah Ellen that married Bouquet.}---------------------------------------
{FIRST -so much gratitude is due to the following contributers to our knowledge of the J. W. Sweeney families: Edward Chalmers Sweeney, Mrs. Gloria Crain Patrick of Sweeny, Texas; Mrs. Judith Sweeney Kulkarni of Houston; Mrs. Joy Moore of Karnack, Texas; Mrs. Anna Silvia Hayes of SW Louisiana Genealogical library in Lake Charles; Mr. Merritt V. Sweeney  of Lake Charles, whose Sweeney genealogy is so complete; Mr. Jesse Vaughan of Houston; Mrs. Mamie McCall Reynaud of Marksville, Louisiana; Mrs. Linda Eagleson Brown of Port Neches, Tx, Mrs. Syble Darnall of Port Lavaca, Tx. and Mrs. Cheryl Young   of Beaumont.
  1. Census, 1860 Grand Chenier, Vermilion Parish, LA., page 45, res. 393.
John Wm. Sweeney   age 52, M farmer,         MD $500 Pers.   $1,500 Real E.
Sarah Jane Hickok      "    45   F housewife     VA  
Harriet Ann			25   F			LA		
Sarah Ellen			19   F			"
John W. Jr.			13   M			"
James Hill			10   M			"
George Carter		 8    M			"
Virginia			 6    F			"
Andrew			 4    M			"
Frank Newton		1     M			" _________________________
Census--1880 Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, LA., pg. 76, Dist 4, res. 10
John Wm. Sweeney,    age 73, M  crippled,  born MD, both parents born MD.
Sarah Jane H. Sweeney      63  F   housewife born VA, parents born Virginia
This lends credence  J. W. was probably grandson of Edward of Frederick, Md.
	2.  "John W. Sweeney Jr. Was First Elected Sheriff by E. C. Sweeney
(reprinted from the Cameron Parish Pilot, January 8, 1970, Centennial Issue.)
	John William Sweeney Jr. on Nov. 7, 1871 was elected the first Sheriff of Cameron Parish, which had been created by Act No. 102 of 1870 and was named in honor of Simon Cameron, U. S. Senator of Pennsylvania and Lincoln's Secretary of War. Sweeney held this office for 2 years. However no record of his tenure and discharge of duties remain after a fire on Feb. 26, 1874 destroyed Parish records. During his incumbency he operated a general merchandise business in Cameron which he sold to S. P. Henry in 1873, who with his wife Harriet had come from Ohio and sojourned for a while in New Orleans.
	Following his retirement as Sheriff and the sale of his business Sweeney and his wife, Sarah Anne Armstrong, moved to Texas, where they both remained for the rest of their days, raising 12 children. Most of their years were spent in Sugarland or else in the Houston vicinity. Sweeney died on Mar. 18, 1931. Sweeney was born on Grand Chenier on Mar. 6, 1842 (error: he was born in 1847). John W. Sr. and Sarah Jane Hickok Sweeney had taken up residence on the ridge on land still in the Sweeney family. At that time Vermilion Parish with its parish seat in Abbeville, administered that section of present Cameron Parish east of Mermentau River.
	Texas, having earlier won independence from Mexico, was a vast new frontier, with Galveston as its principal port. John W. was the 6th of 11 children, born to J. W. Sr and Sarah Jane, both of whom traced their ancestry to Virginia. John W. was born on the old North 100 of Baltimore Co., now Pikesville, MD in 1812 (error--see above). His grandfather, Edward had settled on the Monacacy River (Frederick), MD., receiving land patents from Lord Baltimore's appointee during the 1740s. Edward is reputed to be a descendent of Edward Sweeney, who with his wife Martha and 2 children, had settled in (Elizabeth County), Virginia in 1655.
	Many residents of Cameron and Calcasieu parishes are descendents of the following brothers and sisters of John W., Jr." 1) Mary Elizabeth, who married a. Isaac Bonsall, who was killed at the Battle of Mansfield; b. Edmond Vaughan; 2). Henry Sidney, who married Mary Elizabeth Tanner; 3). Syrenah Jane, who married Jules Bouquet {gross error: Syrenah Jane died in infancy; Sarah Ellen married Jules Bouquet-see above} of Calhoun County; 4). Harriet Anne who married a. William McCall (died in war), b. Robert Weatherill; 5). James Hill, married Lou Ellen Smith; 6). George Columbus, Dr. Carter, married Aurelia Miller, dau. of Pierre V. Miller; 7). Virginia, who married Jim Logan of Port Arthur; 8). Andrew, who drowned in gulf (left out); 10). Rev. Frank Newton, who married a. Mary Stine, b. Nancy Kent; d. Gussie St. Cyr.
	John W. Jr. married Sarah Anne, daughter of John Armstrong, who like John W. Sr., had farmed in Mississippi until wiped out in 1837 depression and who then moved west to the Louisiana frontier. Sarah Anne's brother John D. married a sister of Milledge McCall; her sister Susan married John Stine, and Martha married Timothy Alexander.
	The following are the children of John W. Jr. and Sarah Anne: John, Anna, Frank, Camelia, Oliver, Clarence, Lawrence, Edward, Emma, Katie, Earnest, and Earl. Son John married Hazel Kesper, and sired Anna Gray, who married James J. Noe, governor of Louisiana and for a number of months was the occupant of the Louisiana white house in Baton Rouge.
	Son Earl was for many years a neighbor of  Lyndon B. Johnson and had refused to sell his land to become a part of LBJ Park. That focused national attention and TV cameras on him. Daughter Anna married Elijah Adams of Harlingen, Tx., a prominent citrus fruit grower of South Texas.------------------------
	3.Genealogy of John W. Sweeney and Sarah Jane Hickok Sweeney
JOHN WILLIAM SWEENEY b. Pikesville, MD Ca. 1807, m. VA. 14 Jun 1832, d. Grand Chenier, 19 Aug 1886, bu. McCall Cemetery, no headsone. Parents:
John William Sweeney Sr. and Mary Owen, m. 1 Jan, 1801.  documentation: Unknown
Sarah Jane Hickok, b. Norfolk VA. 14 May 1814 (?), m.14 Jun, 1832, d. 30 Jan 1893, bu. McCall Cemetery, Grand Chenier, no headstone. (Photo of her on my website http://block.dynip.com/wtblockjr) Parents: John Hickok and Hannah Murray, b. 25 Oct 1792, Norfolk, VA. Both appear Vermilion Parish., 1850-60; in Cameron Parish, 1870, 1880. Issue of this marriage follows:_____________________________________________________________________
Name			born		mar.		died		married
Mary Elizabeth	   14 Aug 1833        1847	    5 Mar 1916    1) Isaac Bonsall
									2) Edm. Vaughan
Henry Sidney	   29 Feb 1836   11 Jun 1856  13 Mar 1915  Mary Elizabeth Tanner
.Syrenah Jane	   18 Apr 1838 died infancy, bu. Mississippi
Harriet Ann		   18 Jun 1841     			1884	   1) Wm.  McCall
									2) Robt Weatherill
Sarah Ellen		    3 Aug 1844   		     28 Jan 1889  Jules Bouquet
John Wm. III		    6 Mar 1846     		      18 Mar 1931 Sarah Anne
									      Armstrong
James Hill 		   25 Sept 1849	1869	     7 Oct 1891    LouEllen Smith
George Carter (Dr.)     6 Oct 1851		     6 Nov 1922   Aurelia  Miller
Virginia		    25 Feb 1854		     8 Mar 1936   James B Logan
Andrew		    18 Aug 1856          drowned shipwreck in gulf Oct 1881
Frank Newton (Rev.)  5 May 1859	   	 19 Dec 1836    1) Polly Stine
{Bonsall killed Battle of Mansfield, McCall died there ill.          2) Nancy Kent
Bouquets moved Calhoun Co. Tex., Virginia to Port Arthur 3) Gussie St. Cyr
What most Sweeneys do not know is that Sarah Jane Hickok had 2 brothers that lived at Grand Chenier, James Henry Hickok 1824-1860, and Hugh William Hickok, Ca. 1826-1863, ---------------------The Issue  of  Isaac Bonsall and Mary Elizabeth Sweeney, married 1847
Emelia,  no dates,  married Jerry Smith, bro. of Ellen Sweeney, moved to Texas
(Dr.) Isaac Jr. b. Jan 11 1852, Cameron physician m. Amanda  Holmes
John Thomas, b. Apr 15, 1850 to 1935, m. Urania Miller
Henry J. b. 1856, d. 13 Jul 1932, m. Zelema Monte
Jacob 		b. 1858, d 1859
Mary Jane,  b. 1863, d 29 Dec 1844 at Lake Charles, m. John C. Stine
Marriage of Mary Elizabeth to Edmund Dick  Vaughan:
Lloyd Vaughan, b 7 Sep 1872, d. 22 Apr 1960, married Lorenza Richard
Luther     "      b. 1874, d. Ca 1930 in Tyler Co Tex, married Adelaide Miller    
(1). Issue of Emelia Bonsall, Grand Chenier, and Jerry V. Smith of Cameron, Louisnana:
	Jerry V. Smith Jr.			Elizabeth Smith
	Myrtle Smith			            Anna Smith           no other descendents
No other info-Jerry V. Smith lived at San Marcus, Cisco, Tx; moved to Dallas 1912, died there in 1934
(2). Issue of John Thomas Bonsall (1850-1935) and 1) Urania Miller
	Odelia Bonsal (1873-1932)		Florence Bonsall (1874-1945)
	Delas Bonsall (1877-1946)		Claudise Bonsall (1878-1891)
	Margaret Bonsall (1879-?)		Mary Alice Bonsall (1881-1919)
	Cecilia Bonsall (1883-1916)		Dennis Bonsall (1887-1964)
	Ira Bonsall (1888-1888)			Ivy Bonsall (1888-1888)
	Desire Bonsall (1890-1970)		Iola Bonsall (1891-1973)
	Lidian Bonsall (1893-1969)		infant Bonsall--1896
	Odelia Bonsall mar. Joseph Theozime Miller. Issue: Philip Wilson, Iva, Phelia, Dua Joseph, Andie
	Florence Bonsall mar. Ovenigue Theriot. Issue: Dora, Rosa, Claudius, Uranie, Hortense, Clearise, 
		Edoloia, Elma, Herman, Edison,  Wilford, Aline.
	Delas Bonsall mar. Loulia Roy. Issue: Ira, Gilbert, Bessie, Eddie.
	Mary Alice Bonsall mar. Apolinaire Mhire. Childrens' names in Mhire #2 volume
	Cecilia Bonsall mar. Isaac Theriot. Issue: Ila; Adam, Laura, Mecilda.
	Dennis Bonsall mar. Mary Theriot.Issue:Wilmer, Olive, Vergia, Eucariste, Eunice, Wilford, Cecile
	Desire Nelson Bonsall m. Lonia Theriot. Issue: Telsmar Pierre, Elton, Claude, Claudine, John 			Irvin, Viola Lee.
	Ola Bonsall mar. Adolph Dupuie. Issue: Neulon, Versie, Howard, Irine, Alice
	Lidian Bonsall mar. Severin Miller. No issue.
	Thomas Bonsall mar. Rosanna Naomi Rogers. Issue: Claude, Raymond Webster, Claude Paul, 	--------------------Thomas Walter, Ira Lee, Alvin John, Ethel.------------------------------------------------------
Issue of John Thomas Bonsall and 2) Mary Ophelia Theriot----------------------------------------unknown
(3). Issue of Dr. Isaac Bonsall Jr and Amanda Holmes Kelly. Issue: Emelia Ann, John Thomas, Isaac ----------------Bonsall, Henry, Jacob, Mary Jane.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
	Mary Jane Bonsall mar. John A. Stine. Issue: Magnolia, Fanny Cornelia, Eddie Gilbert, Della 			Christine, August W., Hazel R., Claude Lee, Roland N., Fleander, Lone G., Dora Leche, 
____________Merle Herman._______________________________________________________
(4) Issue of Henry James Bonsall (1855-1932) married Zelima Azalima Montie (1855-1906)--------------
	Shelton Bonsall				Rebecca Bonsall
	Isaac Bonsall				Maria Ella Bonsall
	James Henry Bonsall			Jeff Bonsall
	Lula Bonsall				---
Issue of Lula Bonsall (1882-1965) marr Robert Franklin Sarvaunt (1885-1935)
	Ella Sarvaunt (1906-1907)
	Robert Benj. Sarvaunt (1908-1963) m. 1. Lillian Murphy, 2. Bertha Pleasant
	Yola Winifred Sarvaunt m. 1). John Franklin Graham (1908-1945)
		Robert Franklin Graham m. Janet Marie Myers
		Belinda Leah Graham m. 1) Carl Jerry Hattmen,  2). Don Wayne McFatter. Issue Don W.
		John Franklin Graham		Mace Hunter Graham
		Tracy Renee Graham		Clinton Taylor Graham
		Gabriel Gavin Graham		
		Carlton Blane Graham m. Wanda Gayle Willis. Issue: Jesse Blane Graham
		Betty Lou Graham m. J. C. Gaspard Iss: Barry Gaspard m. 1.Darlene Wooten, 2.Dinah 				Frasar. Issue: Barry J. Gaspard, Trent Bernard Gaspard
			Jacqueta Gaspard m. Michael Zerangue. Issue  --- Zerangue
			Scott Graham Gaspard m. Rhonda Manuel. Issue: Blake Gaspard
	Yola Winfred m. 2). Robt. Penix. 3). Russell Duckworth
	Joseph Hubert Sarvaunt (1912-1912)
	Russell Lee Sarvaunt mar. Melba Ann Carethers (1915-1978) Issue: Dallas L., Ann O'lene
		Dallas Lee m.1). Ruth Fay Fults. Issue: Cynthia, Connie, Rebecca, Michael
		Anne O'lene Sarvaunt m. Gene Bourgeois. Issue: Julie, Gene, Susan, Melissa
	Lula Lorena Sarvaunt m. Anthony Dupuis. Issue: Hubert Ray, John Robert
	Anna Gertrude Sarvaunt m. Wm. T. Silva (1908-1982) Issue: Richard L., Anna Marie
	Kathleen Fay Sarvaunt m. Edw. Cradeur. Issue: Larry, James, Daniel, Gene, Jody
		Hubert R. Dupuis m. Bobbie Peloquin Issue: Anthony, Dale, Danna, Kayla
		Jno. R. Dupuis m Sharon Carpenter Issue: Stephanie, Jason R.
		Anna Marie Silva m. Simon John Hayes Issue: John Wm., Donald J.
		Larry Cradeur m. Veronna Campbell Issue: Donna Kay, Chad E.
		Jas. Henry Cradeur m. 1) Glenda Taylor 2). Brenda Broussard
			Issue: Paul B., Rachelle L., Jared James.
		Daniel W Cradeur m Joann Gremillion Issue: Mary Denise, Libbie Kathleen
		Gene O. Cradeur m. Shelia Jean Davis Issue Ronald Bradley Cradeur
		Jodie Bernard Cradeur m Pamela Gail Royals Issue: Anite Michelle
		Cynthia Karen Sarvaunt m. 1) J R Trahan 2) J D Chambers Issue: Tara Leigh
		Rebecca Sue Sarvaunt m. Bryan D. Blessing Issue: Christopher Wayne
		Julie An Bourgeois m 1) Tommy Hobbs 2) Curtis Rodgers  Issue: Tiffany, Lacy
		Gene T. Bourgeois m. Angela Ashford Issue: Brandon Andrew Ashford
		Melissa Ann Bourgeois m. Destry Lee Naylor. Issue: Stephanie Lee Naylor
		Dale A. Dupuis m 1) Cheryl A. Lee 2) Vicky L. Blanchard Issue: Ashley Dawn Dupuis
		Danna M. Dupuis m. 1) Mark Bivens 2) David Bourque Issue: Lauren, Devin Wade
		Kayla L. Dupuis m. Norman Simmons Issue: Cody Wayne, Darian Michelle
		Stephanie L. Dupuis m. Darryll Clavier Issue: Lane Anthony, Ty Robert
		John Williams Hayes m. Rachel D. Clark Issue: John Patrick, Aaron Mathew
____________    Donald James Hayes m. Billy Amanda Hobbs_______________________________
Issue of Marie Ella Bonsall (b. Oct. 1, 1883-d. Apr. 16, 1983) mar. Albert Goos Funk (1874-1950) Issue:
	(1). James Albert Funk mar. Emma Lucille Goodman. Issue: James Albert Jr., William Maurice, 			Frederick Gayle, Annie Medora, Eloise Lana, Oma Floyd, who mar. Peter Hofstrom.
	(2). Thelma Lee Funk mar a) George Leleux. b). Albert Edsel Trammel. Issue: Natalie Joyce 			Leleux, Ted Arnold Trammel.
	(3) Bessie Mae Funk mar. Jack T. Heflin. Issue: Judith Marie, Jackie Lynn, Adela Ann
	(4) Della Bel Funk mar. Carl Guy Vick. Issue: Carl Gardner, Albert Michell, Ronald Dale
	(5). Ella Marie Funk mar. Lucius D. Derouen. Issue: Janice Marie, Rebecca Therese.
Gen 3   (a). Annie Medora Funk (d/o Jas. Alb.) mar. Albert Trahan Issue: Catherine A., Daniel Jas.
	(b). Frederick Gayle, s/o Jas. Alb. mar. 1) Gaynell Fullington. 2). Betty Gray Issue:
		Issue by Fullington: Cynthia Blythe Funk, Allyson Blayne Funk
		Issue by Gray: Frederick Hugh Funk, Christian Gray Funk
	(c) Eloise Lana Funk d/o Jas. Alb., mar. Wayne Menena Issue: Warren Scott, Vince Arthur
	(d) Natalie Joyce d/oThelma Leleux, mar. Noah S. Dupuis, Issue: Van Stuart, Barbara Jayne
	(e) Jackie Lynn Heflin s/o Bessie Mae, mar. Patricia L. Trammel, Issue: Keven Dale m R Leblanc
	(f). Adela Ann Heflin d/o Bessie M. mar. John J. Gillentine Issue: John J., Kyle Joseph
	(g). Carl Gardner Vick, s/o Della Bel mar. Nedra C. Bond. Issue Jennifer Arlene, Wendy Ellen
	(h). Albert M. Vick s/o Della Bel mar. Jeanie Ruth Devall Issue: Carl Guy, Albert Mitchell
+	(i). Ronald Dale Vick s/o Della Bel mar. Amelia A. Padden Issue: Gabe Allen, Josh David
Gen. 4  (j). Cynthia Blythe Funk d/o Fred. Gayle mar Robt. Glasscock Issue: Robson Charles
----------(k) Heather Funk d/o Fred Gayle mar. John Schexnider Issue: Heather, Heath A., Holly--------------
Issue of James Henry (Jim) Bonsall of Grand Chenier mar. Bernie Lee Colvin, who was a school teacher
{A long article about this couple by James Belton Bonsall was published in Cameron Parish Pilot}
	Issue:  James Belton Bonsall, Constance Charmain Bonsall
	Constance C. Bonsall mar. Harvey J. Sims Issue: Shelia Karn, Harvey Lael, Gerald K.
Gen 3    (1) Shelia Karen Sims mar. Charles Ehlers Issue: Chris. Charls, James Brian, Summer Kristin
Issue of  Luther Wade Vaughan (1875-1949) and Mary Lillian Miller (1879-1959)-------------
	furnished to me by Mr. Jesse Vaughan, of Houston, Texas.
1). Charles Augustus Vaughan (1893-1963) mar. Clara Nagle (1888-1964) Issue of marriage:
	Mary Ellen Vaughan			Bruce Wade Vaughan
	Dorothy Lillian Vaughan		Charles Edward Vaughan
2).Andy James Vaughan (1894-1953) mar. Emma May Jessen (1901-1970) Issue of marriage:
	Sterling Alfred Vaughan			Raphael Paul Vaughan
3). Velona Serena Vaughan (1897-1980) mar. Joseph Emory Cheek (1881-1935) Isasue of Marriage
	Margaret Cheek				Evelyn Cheek
	Audrey Cheek				Betty Louise Cheek
4). Edward R. 'Bert' Vaughan (1898-1959) mar. Olivia Stanly (1899-1981) Issue of marriage:
	Lillian Victoria Vaughan		Vera Maxine Vaughan (b.-d. 1921)
	Jesse Lee Vaughan	Betty Jean Vaughan	Jerry Lynn Vaughan
5). 	Luther Lee Vaughan (1902-1977) mar. Marvin Shires ? (1906-?) Issue of marriage
	Leona Vaughan,		Jo Ellen Vaughan	Claudette Vaughan
6). Alvin Wade Vaughan (1904-1960) marr. Ezora Guillote (1901-?)  Issue: Violet Fay Vaughan
7). Alverta Melissa Vaughan (1904-1977) mar. Earl Chelsea Cheek (1891-1959) Issue of marriage
	Esther Alverta Cheek 			Vivian Ann Cheek
					Third Generation
a). Mary Ellen Vaughan b. Jan 1, 1921 mar. Fern Johnson on Jul 30, 1921 Issue of marriage:
	Vance William Johnson b Jul 25, 1942	Michael Wayne Johnson b. Sep 25, 1949
	Patricia Ann Johnson b. Jul 25, 19		Rodney Lee Johnson b. Jul 14 1953
	Larry Dean Johnson b. Feb 20, 1955	Sue Ellen Johnson b Jul 22, 19
b). Bruce Wade Vaughan b. Apr 14, 1923 mar Jimmie----  Issue of marriage:
	Ronald Wade Vaughan b. Jul 6, 1946	Carolyn Ann Vaughan b. Oct 27, 19
	Linda Kay Vaughan b. Jan 21, 19
c). Dorothy Lillian Vaughan b. Nov 14 1928 mar. Eugene Minor Issue of marriage:
	Joseph Michael Minor b. Aug 28, 1947	   Kathleen Minor b. Sep 2 19
	Danny Eugene Minor  b. Jul 15, 1953	   Kristi Lee Minor b. Feb 25, 19
	Patrick Glenn Minor b. Aug 19, 1958
d). Charles Edward Vaughan b. Dec 15, 1929 mar. Jenny Lou ---  Issue of marriage:
	Cynthia Lou Vaughan b Jul 31, 19        Rebecca Kay Vaughan
e).Sterling Alfred Vaughan b. Feb 4, 1917 mar Ruby Matilda Fogleman Issue: Alfred Sterling Vaughan
f). Raphael Paul Vaughan b Dec 16, 1920 mar. Marie Agnes Martin Issue of marriage:
	Leslie Kay Vaughan b. Dec 20 19	 Henry Gerald Vaughan
g). Evelyn Cheek b Jun 8, 192 mar  J. D. Stark  Issue of marriage:
	James Donald Stark b. Apr 18, 1945	Craig Allen Stark b Feb 10, 1947
	Robert Dwayne Stark b Dec 7, 1955	Kevin Douglas Stark b. Feb 16, 1961
h). Betty Louise Cheek b Nov 18, 19 marr. Boyce C. Napier Issue of marriage:
	Kerry Napier			 Kay Napier
i). Audrey Cheek b Sep 29, 19 marr. Willard L. Wallace Issue of marriage:
	Terry Claire Wallace		             Scott Dalton Wallace
	Lisa Paige Wallace b Jun 4, 19	Kerry Diane Wallace b Jul 7, 19
j). Margaret Cheek b Aug 25, 1915, died Jan 15, 1934, complications of child birth
    	She married John Fergus Decuir. Issue of marriage: John Fergus Decuir, Jr.
k).Lillian Victoria Vaughan b Aug 28, 1919-d. Jul 27, 1944 mar Louis Vincent No issue
l). Jesse Lee Vaughan b. Aug 8 1923 mar. Oralee Frances Kelley Issue of marriage:
	Jesse Lee Vaughan b Dec 7 1950
	Kelley Ray Vaughan		Stanley James Vaughan
m). Betty Jean Vaughan b May 30, 19 mar Aldo Joseph Castiglioni Issue of marriage;
	Aldo Joseph Castiglioni			Randy Lynn Castiglioni
	Michael P Castiglioni (b-d Aug 8, 1954)   Terri Lillian Castiglioni (b-d, Aug 8, 15, 1954)
	Kerry Vaughan Castiglioni		Ricky Peter Castiglioni b May 21, 1959
	Lenny Lee Castiglioni (b Sep 23, 1960-d Oct 27, 1962) Tammy Theresa Castiglioni
n). Jerry Lynn Vaughan b. May 11, 1939 mar Maridell Roark  Issue of marriage:
	Jerry Lynn Vaughan b Jun 6, 1963	Kristen Lea Vaughan
	Karen Colleen Vaughan b. May 26, 19
o).	Leona Vaughan b Oct 28, 19 mar Frank Blaine Davis  Issue of marriage:
	Vaughan Davis				Kevin Davis
p). Jo Ellen Vaughan  Jan 25, 19 mar. Ealden Emerson Cumming Issue of marriage:
	Pamela Jo Cumming	   Lori Ellen Cumming	   Danette Cumming
q). Claudette Vaughan b Jan 29 19 mar John Calvin Arnold-divorced no issue
r). Violet Fay Vaughan b Nov 13, 19 mar Bobby Eugene Water----no issue
s). Esther Alverta Cheek b Jul 20, 192 marr Jesse Wesley Lazenby Issue of marriage:
	Jimmy Ray Lazenby			Linda Carole Lazenby
t). Vivian Ann Cheek b Jan 6, 19 mar 1) James Fritz Lewis 2) Jeff Stroud   Issue:
	Jeffrey Dennis Lewis b Sep 1943		Cheryl Leon Lewis b Dec 31, 19
______ Vivian Ann Stroud b Dec 19_____________________________________________
Issue of Lloyd Augustus Vaughan (1872-1960) and Lorenza Colastie Richard (1874-1964)
furnished to me by Mrs. Gloria Crain Patrick of Sweeny, Texas
	Wilson Wade Vaughan (1893-1896)
	Iris Ludora Vaughan b Feb 8 1895 marr Cleve Nunez Issue of marriage
		Willa Nell Nunez b 25 Dec 1916, d. 1994, m. Eurell Ercie Nolan
			Jean Ann Nolan b 17 Mar 19  , m. Donald A Bullion
				Kimberley Ann Bullion, b 30 Oct 19  , m.--
				Deborah Jean Bullion, b 30 Jun 19  ,
				Susan Elizabeth Bullion, b 21 Apr 19  .
				Peggy Lynn Bullion, b 6 Dec 19
				Christina Bullion
			Thomas Lynn Nolan b 29 Sep 1940 m Faye Esther Wolf
				Karen Faye Nolan b 11 Feb 19  , m. Patrick Allen Powell
					Conner Patrick Nolan, b 3 July 1990
					Alaina Caroline Nolan b 1 Mar 19
				Thomas Lynn Nolan b 4 Aug 1965, m  Marla Haltom		
					Sarah Elizabeth Haltom b 11 Apr 19
		Winston James Nunez b 24 May 1925, m. 1 Bonnie Mae Prather, 2 Melva Domec
			James Winston Nunez b 7 Oct 1948
			Cheryl Renee Nunez b 8 Nov 19  .
			Jill Geralyn Nunez b 21 Apr 19  .
			Brian Nunez, b 3 Feb 1962
		Harrell Osborne J. Nunez b 6 July 1928, m. Verna Mae LeBlanc
			Kerry Lil Nunez, b 22 Nov 19  .
			Kristi Lea Nunez, b 6 Oc 19  .
			son, unkn.
		
	Vivian Blanche Vaughan b Jul 12 1897 marr John Fisher Riggs Issue of marriage:
		John Lloyd Riggs, b 25 Oct 1930, m. Lucille Copenhaver
			Wendy Sue Riggs, b 2 Sep 19  .
		Juanita Vivian Riggs b 9 Dec 19  , m. Charles Atwood  Dean
			Charles Allen Dean b 6 Oct 1954
				Kara Dean b 25 Sep 19  , 
					Kaiden, b 13 July 19
			Lori Lynn Dean b 2 Oct 19  , m Glen Silva
				Kristen Nicole Silva  b 20 Apr 19
				dau. due Feb 2000
..	Nelva Frances Vaughan (1899-1967) marr Clayton M. Crain Issue of marriage
		Gloria Faye Crain, b 25 May 19  ,  marr. Philip Orin Patrick
			Kim Elaine Patrick b 23 Jul 19  , m. Lawrece Raymond Joost
				Laura Megan Joost, b 9 Jun 19
				Patrick Clayton Joost b 15 Jul 1986
			Dennis Lee Patrick, b 22 Sept 1958, m. Anne Marie Murphy
				Elizabeth Leigh Patrick b 10 Aug 19
		Donald Clayton Crain b 15 Apr 1937, m. Marion Katherine Smith
			Charles Clayton Crain, b 28 Jan 1957, d 10 May 1974
			Donald Stephen Crain, b 18 Oct 1958, d 13 Apr 1959
			Darrell Keith Crain b 15 Sep 1961, m. Naomi McBride
				Amber Lynn Crain b 28 May 19
				Russell Clayton Crain. b 6 July 1982
				Cheryl Catherine Crain b 5 Dec 19  , m. Richard T. Benoit
					Courtney Catherine Benoit b. 29 May 19
				Deborah Gail Crain b 10 Oct 19  m 1) Carl Hancock 2) Randolph Wright
					Carl Wayne Hancock b 12 Oct 1981
.	Christina Ettie Vaughan b 1 Jun, 1901, d. 16 Nov 1981, marr Abra Nunez Issue of marriage
		Harry Amos Nunez, 1 Jan 1921, d 19 Jan 1943. Navy Pilot Killed in World War II
		Velma Mary Nunez b 21 Feb 1924, d 26 Dec 1926
		Margie Rita Nunez, b 18 Jan 19  , m. Ramon Dimas
			Jean Harry Dimas b 25 Jun 1946, m. Catherine Amelia Whiting
				Cynthia Denise Dimas b 10 May 19  , m. Troy Beiley
					Niklas Roy Bailey b 30 Apr 1999
				Michael Keith Dimas b 24 Apr 1973, m. Stephanie Hope Clement
					Brennen b 24 Apr 1995
			Theresa Ann Dimas, 11 Nov 19  , m Kenneth Allen Townsend
				Penny Townsend Walker b 1 Jul 19  .    Issue
					Cassie Elizabeth        John
			Jerome Dimas b 3 Dec 1949, m. Irma Torres
				Sandra Rangel, m Larry Lewis
				Daniel b 24 Oct 1986
				Rebecca
			Cary Anthony Dimas, b 5 Dec 1951, m. Valerie Elizabeth Jenkins
				Chad Olden Thorton (wife's son)  m Irma Torres
					Gian Gabriel
				Chariste Antonia b 10 May 19  .
				Jonathan Burton b 4 Sep 1979
				Jacob Paul b 27 Mar 1981
				Tess Alexandra b 2 Mar 19  .
			Joseph Raymond Dimas b 2 Nov 1955 m. Sheila Ball
				Jennifer Lynn b 11 Feb 19  .
					Zachery b 24 Aug 1993
				Benjamain Josper b 22 Mar 1980
				Zachery, b 15 Jan 1980
			David Gilmer Dimas b 30 Mar  1957, m. Carmen Cecile Miller
				Jodie Lynn b 23 Apr 19  , m. Corey Doucet
					Christian Chance b 27 May 1998
				Jessica Dawn b 24 Feb 19  .
				Christopher Gene b 12 Dec 1982
			Christiana Lucille Alma Dimas b 28 June 19  ., m. Mark Fitzhenry
				Carrie b 24 Feb 19  .
				Tyler b 8 Sep 1992
				Ashley Rae b 11 Dec 19  .
.	Harold Erwin Vaughan b Mar 27, 1912 mar Thelma Bertrand, no issue. D April 1981
.	Issue of Henry Sidney Sweeney to Mary Elizabeth Tanner
Joseph William	 29 July 1856   7 Apr 1909 m. Ella Bilbo 9 Sep 1888
John Henry		19 Aug 1959    23 Jan 1938 m. Alma Chr. Nillson 2 Sep 1885
Sarah Alice  		10 Oct 1860    9 Jan 1935  m. John A. Moss
Mary Ellen		8 Mar 1864    9 Mar 1942, m. John Lyons, Anton Bahnson
Warren Victor 	14 May 1867	  30 May 1867
Cora Estelle             17 Jun 1868  4 Jul 1928  m. Bennett W. Lyons
Harriet Eliz.  	5 Apr 1870    31 Apr  1931  m. Jessie L. Patrick
Minnie Edith		7 Apr 1872    23 May 1889 m. John A Lanagan
Lucy			1 Jul 1874      17 Apr 1876
Eddie Manton   	11 May 1876     23 Jul 1876
Susan Willie 	20 May 1877     25 July 1961 m. John A. Lanagan
Samuel Shelton      18 Feb 1879      3 Jan 1956    m. Nora Myers,                   ?
Issue of  John W. Sweeney  III and  Sarah  Ann Armstrong
John						no dates (am trying to locate)
Anna						"
Frank						"
Cornelia					"
Oliver						"
Clarence					"
Lawrence					" see later
Edward					"
Edward					"
Emma						"
Katie						"
Earnest					"
Earl____________________________________________________________
The decendency of Henry Sidney Sweeney and Mary Elizabeth Tanner was furnished to me by Mrs. Joy Moore of Karnack, Texas
The descendency of Henry Sidney Sweeney (b 29 Feb 1836-d. 13 Mar 1915) and Mary Eliz. Tanner (b. 26 Feb 1836-d. 17 June 1903), m. 11 June 1856, bur. Big Woods Cemetery
issue: 1. Joseph William S., b 29 July 1951 d. 7 Apr 1909, m Elmira Bilbo on 9 Sept 1888
children: Joseph Lawrence b 23 June 1889; Ruth Alzena b 14 Oct 1890. m Russell Fountain; Sidney Lee b 28 June 1894; Jesse Monroe, b 7 Feb 1897; Rose Eliz. b 25 Mar 1900 m John Mobley; Bessie Violet, 19 Mar 1903; & Mamie Lenora, b 3 Mar 1906.
2. John Henry Sweeney (b.19 Aug 1859-d 23 Jan 1938) m. 2 Sept 1885  Alma Christine Nillson
children: Henry Sheldon, b. 9 Aug 1887; Minnie Helen b 22 July 1889 m. Oscar Wye; Charles Manton, b 5 June 1891; Mary Inez, b. 21 Jan 1893 m. David Collins; Frank Leslie b. 8 Aug 1897; Gladys Emma, b 15 July 1898 m. Chester Eggers; Lillie Mae, b 23 Mar 1900; William Edward, b 24 Nov 1902; Harold Melvin b 8 June 1904; Maudie Henrietta, b 26 Dec 1908.
3. Sarah Alice Sweeney b 10 Oct 1860 d. 9 Jan 1935, m. 16 Feb 1889 John A. Moss; children: Lilias Lelice, b 3 Aug 1888; Robert Ellis b 4 Nov 1891; Ira Lee, b Apr 1894 m. Grace Landry 5/26/1915; Ora Camille b. 30 Apr 1893, m. Nora E. Vincent 6/28/1921
4. Sidney Jackson Sweeney, b 25 Oct 1862, d 15 June 1863.
5. Mary Ellen Sweeney, b 8 Mar 1864 d 9 Mar 1947, m 1. John Lyons 26 Sept 1888, m 2. Anton Bahnsen b. 18 June 1858. Children: Ellen Antoinette b 3 Sep 1893; Matilda Alice b 17 Feb 1896, m Gus Parish; Henry Detloff b 21 Nov 1897, m. Mary Louise McInnis; Hilma Rosetta, 22 Apr 1900; Hulde Inke, b 3 Oct 1904 m. Oliver Barrios; Antone Walderman b. 5 Sep 1907, m. Laura Benoit; Cornelius Anton b Mar 22, 1889; Mary Christina, b 21 Jan 1891, m. Frederick Dambach. 
6. Warren Victor Sweney, b 14 May 1867, d. 30 May 1867.
7 Cora Estelle Sweeney b 17 June 1868, d. 4 July 1928, m. Bennet W. Lyons (descend. at end)
8. Harriet Eliz. Sweeney b 5 Apr 1870, d 31 May 1931, m. 18 Dec 1890 Jessie L Patrick d. Oct 1897. Issue: Inez Vashti, b 14 Feb 1892, m. Charles Mitchell; Irene Geneva, b 29 Sep 1894, m. Eugene Roderick; Iva Jessie, b 28 jan 1897.
9. Minnie Edith Sweeney, b. 7 Apr 1872, d. 23 Mar 1889, m. 13 June 1887 John Lanagan. Issue: John Richard, b 13 Feb 1889, complications of child birth.
10.Lucy Ellen Sweeney, b 1 July 1874, d. 7 Apr. 1876					         
11. Eddie Manton Sweeney, b 11 May 1876, d 26 July 1876
12. Susan Willie Sweeney, b 20 May 1877, d. 23 July 1961, m. 21 April 1891 John Lanagan. Issue: Willie Antoine, b 17 Nov 1893 m Germaine Dempsey; John Arad, b 29 Aug 1895; Catherine Sadie, b 11 Aug 1897; Richard Warren, b 30 Apr 1899; Mary Ellen b 24 Dec 1900, m. Glen Lambert, 1 child Glen Lambert Jr.
13.Samuel Shelton Sweeney b. 18 Feb. 1874 d 3 Jan 1951, m. Nora Myers 25 Aug 1904. Issue: Irma Blanche, b 29 June 1905; Ila Mae, b 2 Sep 1906; Iris Eleanor b 1 Feb. 1908; Milton, b 12 May 1911;
 Clyde Dalton,  25 Aug 1913; Evelyn, b 15 July 1919.--------------------------------------------------------------------------   
The following marriage, birth and death records of the Henry Sidney Sweeney descendency are from the notebook of Edna Estelle Arledge, daughter of Cora Estelle Sweeney and Bennet W. Lyons, and are compiled from several old family Bibles-----------              Births and deaths first
Mary E. Tanner, b. 26 Feb 1836, d.17 Jun1903-       Jos. Wm. Sweeney 29 Jul 1857 d. 4 Jul 1909
Henry Sid. Sweeney, 29 Feb 1836 d. 13 Mar 1915-  John H Sweeney 19Aug 59, 23 Jan 1938     
Sarah Alice Sweeney, 10 Oct 1860, 9 Jan 1935     Sidney Jn. Sweeney, 25 Oct 1861 15 Dec 1863
Mary Ellen Sweeney 3 Aug 1864-7 Mar 1947,   Warren Vic Sweeney 14 May 1867  20 May 1867
Cora Estella Sweeney 17 Jun 1868 4 Jul 1928    Harriet Eliz. Sweeney 4 May 1870  31 May 1931
Minnie Edith Sweeney 4 Jul 1872  23 Mar 1889     Lucy A. Sweeney   1 July 1874   17 Apr 1876
Eddie Manton Sweeney 11 May 1876 3 Jul 1876    Susan Wil. Sweeney 20 May 1877 26 Jul 1961
Samuel Shel. Sweeney b.18 Feb 1879 	   E. Antoinette Bahnsen       born 3 Sept 1893
Matilda Alice Bahnsen b. 17 Feb, 1896	   Henry Detlef Bahnsen  b. 12 Nov. 1896
Hilma Rosetta Bahnsen b. 22 Apr 1900	  Huldah Inka Bahnsen b. 5 Oct 1904
Anton Waldemar Bahnsen b 5 Sep 1907	  Henry S. Sweeney   b. 9 Aug 1887
Lillias L. Moss b. 3 Aug 1888		John R. Lanagan      b 23 Jun 1889
Joseph L. Sweeney b. 23 June 1889		Minnie H. Sweeney  b. 22 July 1889
Elmo Lee Lyons  b 9 Oct 1890	           Charles M. Sweeney  b & d 7 Jun 1891
Ruth A. Sweeney b. 14 Oct 1891		Robert E. Moss  b. 4 Nov 1891
Inez V. Patrick b 14 Feb 1892		Edna E Lyons    b 25 Aug 1892
Mary E. Sweeney  b. 21 Jan 1893		Ora C. Moss  b. 30 Apr 1893
W. A. Lanagan b 17 Nov 1893		Irene G.. Patrick  b 29 Sep  1894
Lyman M Lyons 3 Aug 1895-3 Aug 1958        J Arad Lanagan 29 Aug 1895-25 Dec 1914
Iva J Patrick 28 Jan 1897-18 Aug 1956  	Jesse M Sweeney  b 7 Feb 1897
Frank L Sweeney 8 Aug 1897-2 Jul 1898	C. S. Lanagen 11 Aug 1897-17 Feb 1916
Bennet W. Lyons b  19 Jan 1898		Emma G Sweeney b. 15 July 1897
Richard W Lanagan 30 Apr 99-30 May 1900   Lilly Mae Sweeney b 23 Mar 1900
Rosa E. Sweeney b 25 Mar 1900		Mary E Lanagan  24 Dec 1900-1 Jan 1901
Clarence L Lyons b 2 Jul 1901		Willie E. Sweeney b 24 Nov 1902
Bessie V Sweeney b 19 Mar 1903		Cora Ethel Lyons 17 Feb 1904-d 12 Aug 1946
Irma B. Sweeney 29 Jun 1905-4 may 1906        Melvin Sweeney b 8 Jun 1905
Mamie L Sweeney b 7 Mar 1906		Ila Mae Sweeney b 2 Sep 1906
Maudie H. Sweeney b. 30 Dec 1908	Iris E Sweeney  b. 1 Feb 1909
Milton Sweeney 12 May 1911-14 May 1911   Bessie Mae Roberts b 10 Jun 1911
Pearl C. Sweeney b 29 June 1912		Clyde D Sweeney b. 25 Aug 1913
Willie B Arledge b 10 Aug 1913		Eva E Roderick b 11 Oct 1914
Keith H. Fountain b 30 Apr 1917		W O Ney Jr b. 1 May 1917
Kyle Jos. Sweeney b. 3 May 1918		Earl Layton Lyons b 3 May 1918
John Eston Arledge 11 Nov 1917-7 Dec 1941  Edith Roderick b 11 Nov 1917
Sibyl Faye Lyons b 1 Oct 1918		Elwyn Bahnsen b 27 Feb 1918
Herb Lee Fountain 10 Apr 1919-13 June 1921   Evelyn E. Sweeney  b 15 Jul 1919
Ernest F. Bahnsen 19 Jun 1920-17 Feb 1946      Norma Pauline Lyons b. 31 Oct 1920
Elton B Bahnsen b 19 Jul 1921		Henrietta Louise ? b. 12 Dec 1921
Clarence L Lyons Jr b 19 Feb 1922		Wilda Marie Bahnsen b 11 Oct 192
Mildred Jean Mobley b 21 June 192	Joyce Wayne Fountain 9 Apr 192
Erastus Moss Bahnsen b 6 Oct 1923	Maggie Cornelia Bahnsen b 7 Dec 192
Olive Barrios b. 8 Apr 192		Mary Elaine Barrios b. 23 Sept 192
Kenneth A Bahnsen b. 19 Feb 1930	Carrol Bahnsen b. 27 Oct 1926
Eugene Bahnsen b. 2 June 1930		Jo Ellen Parish b 24 May 19
Kathleen Joy Davis b 1 Mar 19		Nora Lee Parish b 29 Jan 19		
Lyn Del Davis b. 28 Dec 19		Alton Allen Young b 24 Ded 1932		10
Marjorie Lyons b 6 Dec 19		Paul Leroy Lyons b. 12 May 1926
Joyce Lyons b. 21 Oct 19		                Georgia Lyons b. 7 Aug 19
M L Lyons b. 24 Mar 1928		Billy Wayne Lyons b. 18 Dec  ?
Martha Estelle Lyons b  19		Jessie L. Patrick died 8 Oct 1897
John Lyons d. 8 Sep 1900			Larry Lyons no dates
Gary Lyons no dates			Dickie Lovelady b 31 Jul  ?
Carolyn A Lovelady no dates		Gayle Jennings b 26 Nov ?
Sandra Kay Jennings b 21 Apr ?		Stephens Lyons Jennings b 22 June 1956
Clarence L Lyons III b 4 Dec 1942		Betty Sue Lyons b 8 Aug 19
Richard Lyons b. 4 Aug 1947		Charlie Lyons  no dates
John Eston Lyons b Jan 1955		Michael W. Hoyet b Feb 9, 19?
Jerry Ann Hoyet no dates			Carolyn Lyons no dates
Danny Lyons no dates			Ramona Lynn Melecon b 13 Sep ?
Derrell Melecon no dates			Danny Lynn Moore b 30 Jan 1955
John Robert Moore 11 Mar 1956-14 Mar 1956--- Jas Thomas Moore b 24 Aug 1957
Twyla Jane Moore 20 Aug 1960-21 Aug 1960-----------------------------------------
Births from the Bible of Mary Ellen Sweeney and Antone Bahnsen------------------
Mary Eliz Tanner b 26 Feb 1836		Henry Sidney Sweeney b 29 Feb 1836
Joseph Wm Sweeney b 29 Jul 1857		John Henry Sweeney b 19 Aug 1859
Sarah Alice Sweeney b. Oct 20 1860	Sidney Jackson Sweeney b. 25 Oct 1862
Mary Ellen Sweeney b 3 Aug 1864		Warren Victor Sweeney b. 14 May 1867
Cora Estelle Sweeney b 17 Jun 1868  	Harriet Eliz. Sweeney b 4 May 1870
Minnie Edith Sweeney b 4 Jul 1872	Lucy Allen Sweeney b 1 Jul 1874
Eddie Manton Sweeney b. 20 May 1876	Susan Willie Sweeney b 20 may 1877
Samuel Shelton Sweeney b. 18 Feb 1879	Anton Bahnsen b 10 Jun 1858
Mary Ellen Bahnsen b 3 Aug 1864		Cornelius Anton Bahnsen b 22 Mar 1889
Mary Christina Bahnsen b 21 Jan 1891	Ellen Antoinette Bahnsen b 3 Sep 1893
Matilda Alice Bahnsen b 17 Feb 1896 	Henry Detlof Bahnsen b 21 Nov 1897
Hilma Rosetta Bahnsen  b 22 Apr 1900	Hulda Inka Bahnsen b 5 Oct 1904
Anton Waldermar Bahnsen b5 Sep 1907	Henry S. Sweeney b 9 Aug 1887
Lillias L. Moss b.3 Aug 1888		John A Lanagan b 15 Feb 1889
Joseph L. Sweeney b 23 Jun 1889		Minnie H. Sweeney b 22 Jul 1889
Elmo Lee Lyons b 9 Oct 1890		Charlie M. Sweeney b 7 Jun 1891
Ruth A  Sweeney b 14 Oct 1891		Robert E Moss b. 4 Nov 1891
Inez V Patrick b. 14 Feb 1892		Edna E Lyons b 25 Aug 1892
Mary I. Sweeney b 21 Jan 1893		Ora C Moss b. 30 Apr 1893
W A Lanagan b 17 Nov 1893		Irene G Patrick b. 29 Sep 1894
S. Lee Sweeney b 28 Jun 1894--------------------------------------------------------------
The following are births from the Mary Ellen Sweeney-Antone Bahnsen Bible
Ira L. Moss b. 16 Apr 1895		Lyman M. Lyons b. 3 Aug 1895
J Arad Lanagan b. 29 Aug 1895		Iva J Patrick b 28 jan 1897
Jessie M. Sweeney b 7 Feb 1897		Frank L. Sweeney b 8 Aug 1897
C. S. Lanagan b 11 Aug 1897		Bennet W Lyons b 19 Jan 1898
Emma G. Sweeney b 15 Jul 1898		Richard W Lanagan b 30 Apr 1897
Lilly Mae Sweeney b 23 Mar 1900		Rosa E Sweeney b 25 Mar 1900
Mary E Lanagan b 24 Dec 1900		Clarence L Lyons b 2 Jul 1901
Willie E. Sweeney b 24 Nov 1902		Bessie V. Sweeney b 19 Mar 1903
Cora Ethel Lyons b. 17 Feb.1904		Ima B. Sweeney b. 29 Jun 1905
Melvin Sweeney b. 8 Jun 1904		Mamie L. Sweeney b 7 Mar 1906
Ila Mae Sweeney b. 2 Sep 1906		Maudie H. Sweeney b. 30 Dec 1908
Iris E. Sweeney b. 1 Feb. 1908		Milton  Sweeney b. 12 May 1911
Bessie Mae Robert b. 10 Jun 1911		Pearl C. Sweeney b 29 Jun 1912
Clyde D. Sweeney b. 25 Aug 1913		Willie L. Arledge b. 10 Aug 1913
Carl Fred. Dambach b. 25 Mar 1912	Eva E. Roderick b. 10 Oct 1917
Keith Herman Fountain b. 30 Apr 1917	O W Nye Jr. b. 1 May 1917
Kyle Jos. Sweeney b 2 May 1918		Earl Layton Lyons b. 3 May 1918
John Eston Arledge b. 11 Nov 1917	Edith Roderick b. 11 Nov 1917
Sybil Fay Lyons b. 1 Oct 1918		Elwin L. Bahnsen b. 27 Feb. 1919
Herbert L. Fountain b. 10 Apr 1917	Evelyn E. Sweeney b. 15 Jul 1919
Ernest F. Bahnsen b 19 Jun 1920		Pauline N. Lyons b 31 Oct 1921
Elton B Bahnsen b. 19 Jul 1921		Henrietta L Bahnsen b. 12 Dec 1921
Clarence L Lyons Jr b. 19 Feb 192		Wilda Marie Bahnsen b. 27 Jul 1921
Alice Norene Vincent b. 11 Oct 192	Mildred J Mobley b. 21 Jun 192
Joyce W Fountain b 9 Apr 192		Erastus M Bahnsen b 6 Oct 192
Maggie Cornelia Bahnsen b 7 Dec 192	Olive Huldah Barrios b 8 April 192
Kenneth A Bahnsen b 19 Feb 1930		Carrol Bahnsen b 27 Oct 1926
Eugene Bahnsen b 2 June 1930		Jo Ellen Parish b 24 May 19
Alice N L Parish b 29 Jan 19		Ellen Marie Bahnsen b 9 Aug ?
Thomas Ray Bahnsen b 14 Jul 1947	Carol Hale b 5 Mar 19
Mary Alice Lyons b 29 Jan 19		Lyn Del Davis b 28 Dec 19
Alton Allen Young b 24 Dec 1932		Marjorie Lyons b. 6 Dec 192
Paul Leroy Lyons b 12 May 1926		Joyce Lyons b 21 Oct 19
Georgia Lyons b 7 Aug. 192		M L Lyons b 24 Mar 1928
Billy Wayne Lyons bo 18 Dec  ?		Martha Estell Lyons b. 19
Henry Sidney Sweeney decendency marriages
Henry Sidney Sweeney married Mary Eliz. Tanner on 11 June 1856
John H. Sweeney married Christina A. Nelson on 2 Sept 1885
John A Moss married Alice Sweeney on 16 Feb  18??
John Lanagan married Minnie E. Sweeney on 13 June 1887?
Joseph W. Sweeney married  Ella Bilbo on 9 Sept 1888
Bennet W. Lyons married Cora E Sweeney on 10 Feb  1889
Jessie L Patrick married Hattie E Sweeney on  18 Dec 1890
John A Lanagan married Susan W. Sweeney on 21 April 1890
Anton Bahnsen married Ellen Sweeney on 30 June ??
Samuel S Sweeney married Nora Myers on 25 Aug 190?
Henry S. Sweeney married Maud Williams on 17 Sept 190?
Charles Williams married Inez W. Patrick on 19 May 190?
Minos L. Roberts married Hattie E Patrick on 11 Sept 1913
Tommy Lanagan married Germaine Dempsey on 19 Apr ??
John Arledge married Edna E Lyons on 8 May 1913						12
Eugene Roderick married Irene E. Patrick on 21 May 1911
C Frederick Dambach married Mary C Bahnsen on 23 may 1911
Joseph L. Sweeney married Mary Arthemise Portie on 25 Nov 1914
.Generation 5
43. Jos. Lawrence Sweeney s/o Jos. William b 23 Jun 1889 d 25 Jan 1981 m. Mary Artem. Portie
	Joseph Lyle Sweeney, b 2 Apr 1918  m. Marie Victory Verrett
		Joseph Lyle Sweeney b 2 Apr 1943, m 1 Karen Sue Earle, 2 Maurine Dennis
			Sweeney and Earle
			Lisa Dyanne Sweeney, b 31 Oct 19
			Lori Denise Sweeney b   9 Feb 19
			Sweeney and Dennis
			Gary Lynn Sweeney, b 7 Dec 1955
			Randel Lee Sweeney, b 14 Oct  1960
			Michael Wayne Sweeney b-d, 1964
			Debra Arlene Sweeney, b 29 Dec 19
44. Ruth Alzena Sweeney b 14 Oct 1891 d 30 June 1975  m. Russell Fountain
	Keith Herman Fountain b 29 Apr 1917,  m. 1 Palmer Mozelle, 2.  Alma Kyle
		Charlotte Ruth Fountain b 3 May 1940 d 10 Apr 1953		
		Linda Fountain b 10 Aug 19  , m. Billy Maimford
		Donald Fountain, b 3 Apr 1955
		David Fountain b 20 Jul 1956
	Herbert Lee Fountain b 10 Apr 1919
	Joyce Wayne Fountain b 9 Apr 19
	Edwin R Fountain b 14 Nov 1925  m. Liggert Harliene
	Jewel Marie Fountain b 25 Apr 19   , m Root Allen
		Allen James Allen b 4 Oct 1950
		Ronny Allen Allen b 18 Jan 1956
		Sandra Kay Allen b 19 Jan 19
		Brenda Marie Allen  b 23 Sep 19
		Randy Allen b 18 Jan 1958
		Ricky Allen b 21 Nov 1959
.45. Sidney Lee Sweeney, s/o Jos Wm. b28 June 1894 d 5 Jul 1952 m Sophia E. Schindler
	Hugh Lee Sweeney b 24 Mar 1929,  m.   Margie Juanita Richardson
		Hugh Lee Sweeney Jr b 18 Apr  1953
		Susan Elizabeth Sweeney b 22 Jul 19
		Katherine R. Sweeney  b 6 Aug  19
	Herman Franklin Sweeney b 24 Jul 1933, m. 1 Renee E Reinstein,  2 Eleanor M. Edwards
		David Roland Sweeney b 16 Apr  1956
		Kevin Mark Sweeney b 6 Aug 1967
		Debra Ann Sweeney b 3 Nov 19
		Lori Jeanne Sweeney b. 20 Mar 19
		Jan Marie Sweeney b 30 Jul 19
	Melba Louise Sweeney b 14 Oct 19  ,  m. Willie Lee Yelverton
		Gregory Leon Yelverton b 16 Mar 1966
		Jodi Leigh Yelverton b 22 Mar 19
		Jamie Louise Yelverton b 3 Nov 19
.46. Rose Elizabeth Sweeney d/o Jos. Wm. b 25 Mar 1900    m. Erkel Mobley
	Miller Mobley   m.  George Carter Sweeney
47. Bessie Violet Sweeney d/o Jos. Wm b 19 Mar 1903   m.Leonard Eugene Williams
	Leonard Eugene Williams b 9 June 1929,  m.   Mary Louise Horton
		Leonard Craig Williams b 16 Mar  1955
		Mary Susan Williams b 24 Oct 19
		Katherine Leah Williams b 20 Apr 19
	Charles Thomas Williams b 27 Jan 1931,    m.  Margaret Sue Brewbaker
		Thomas Wayne Williams b 4 Jul 1955
		Karen Ellen Williams b 2 Oct 19
	Betty Jo Williams b 25 Oct 19  ,  m. Dewight Magill
		Jerald Dewight Magill, b 25 Oct 1954
		James William Magill, b 24 Aug 1958
		John Paul Magill, b 6 Mar 1966
.48. Mamie Lenora Sweeney d/p Jos Wm. b 7 Mar 1906  m. Robert Wm. Grauke
	Aileen Grauke b 24 Jun 19  ,  m. R V McMahon
		Philip R. McMahon b 17 Sept 1947
		Robert Glen McMahon, b 7 Jun 1951
		Mary Louise McMahon b 18 Aug 19
		Glenda Jean McMahon b 7 Jun 19
		Susan Gayle McMahon b 24 Sept 19
		Rhonda Kay McMahon, b 15 Nov 19
	Billie Jean Grauke b. 11 Sept 19  ,  m.  John L. Swinney
		Kathy Jean Swinney b 7 Feb 19
	Robert Wm. Grauke Jr. b. 11 Sep 1931,   m.  Ann Robin
		Robert William Grauke, b 27 Feb 1953
		Dale R. Grauke,  b 7 Sep 1955
		Patricia Ann Grauke b 1 Aug  19
		Debora Lenora Grauke b 3 Jun 19
	James Sweeney Grauke b 26 May 1936,   m. Nira Richard
		Mary Dianne Grauke b 17 Apr 19
49. Henry Sheldon Sweeney s/o John Henry b 9 Aug 1887 d 21 June 1972 m. Maude E. Williams
	Mary Evelyn Sweeney b. 14 Dec 1909,  m.  William Mc. Greene
		LaRay Greene b 15 Jan 1941, d. 24 Feb 1941
50. Minnie Helen Sweeney d/o John Henry b 22 Jul 1889 d 22 Apr 1975 m William O Ney Sr.
	William Oscar Ney Jr b 19 May 1917 d 9 Nov 1972,  m. Jane Brower
		Katherine Elizabeth Ney, b 27 Apr 19
		Christine Marie Ney b 1 May 19
		Polly Ney b 20 May 19
.	Catherine Elizabeth Ney b 10 Jan 1919,    m. Thurman Beck Larson
		Thurman Beck Larson Jr b 25 Jan 1948
		William Edward Larson, b. 26 may 1955
		Catherine Elise Larson, b. 11 Oct 19	
	Helen Christine Ney b 15 Mar 19
51. Mary Inez Sweeney d/o John Henry b 21 Jan 1893 d 30 Jul 1971 m. Daniel Louis Collins
	Louis Collins b 5 Feb 1921
	Mary Sue Collins b 17 Oct 19  ,   m.  Arthur Ben Murphy
		Arthur Brent Murphy, b 25 Apr 1942
		Terry Louis Murphy, b 15 Nov 1946
52. Gladys Emma Sweeney  d/o John Henry b 15 Jun 1898  m. Statie Preston Eggers Sr.
	John William Eggers b 4 Apr 1922,   m.  Belvin Garner
		John Scott Eggers b 6 Feb 1957
.	Statie Preston Eggers Jr. b 29 Oct 1925
	Earl Musgrove Eggers b 23 Dec 1925,   m.  Dorothy Jordan
		Lawrence Preston Eggers, b. 12 Oct 1949
		Gerald Wood Eggers b. 27 Jun 1951
		Dennis Earl Eggers  b 7 Sep 1952
		Jordan William Eggers b. 13 Dec 1954
		Allen Koch Eggers b 7 Nov 1958
		Jean Louise Eggers b. 1 Dec 19
		Julia Kathleen Eggers b 12 Mar 19
		Joy Marie Eggers b 30 June 19
.	Betty Jean Eggers b. 15 Jan 19  ,    m.  James Otis Lancaster
		James Bruce Lancaster b 11 Mar 1950
		John Preston Lancaster b 5 Oct 1952, m. Pamela Ann Bingham
			Emery Katherine Lancaster b 19 Apr 19
			Brent Preston Lancaster  
		Marilyn Christine Lancaster b 26 Apr 19  , m. Robert S Lawrence
		Allison Coral Lancaster b 12 Jull 19
53. Maud Henriette Sweeney d/o John Henry b 30 Dec 1908  m. Robert Bradford Heath
	Mignonette Inez Heath b 24 Feb 19  m. Lee Jay Spencer
	Frank Bradford Heath b 11 Dec 1938,   m. Heidi J. M. Schmidt
		Dirk Allen Heath b 29 Nov 1966
		Shannon Erika Heath b 7 Jul 19
		Kent Bradford Heath b 15 Feb 1973
	Elaine Marie Heath b 16 Dec 19  , m. Thomas Fred Montgomery
		Diana Marie Montgomery b 1 Sept 19
		Charles Robt. Montgomery b 14 Oct 1965
		Ned Bradford Montgomery b 22 Aug 1970
54. Robert Ellis Moss Sr. s/o Sarah Alice b 4 Nov 1891   m.  Myron Taylor
	Robert Moss Jr. b 30 Sep 1932
	Jane Taylor Moss b 10 Sep 19  , m. Fred H Tyler
		William Ellis Tyler 
		Charles Frderick Tyler
55. Ora Camille Moss d/o Sarah Alice b 30 Apr 1893  m. Nore Esley Vincent
	Alice Norine Vincent b 11 Oct 19  , m. John C. Winter
		John C Winter Jr b 20 May 1944
		Nore Vincent Winter b 9 Nov 1946, m. Mary Craig Miller
		Mary Eyrl Winter, b 15 June 19
	Rodney Moss Vincent b 3 Dec 1925, m. Della Mae Nelson
		Rodney Douglas Vincent b 17 Oct 1952
	Raymond Wayne Vincent b. 6 Aug 1930, m. Katherine Norton
		Vicky Vincent, b. 14 Apr 19
		Katherine Vincent b. 7 Sep 19
		Burton Rodney Vincent b 16 Apr 1960
56. Ira Lee Moss s/o Sarah Alice b 16 Apr 1895  m. Grace Landry
	Melvin Moss   m. Edith Payne
	Arnold Lee Moss, m. Olga Dartez
		Bobby Moss
		Genda Moss
		Jane Moss
		Lee Moss
		Evelyn Moss
57. Matilda Alice Bahnsen d/o Mary Ellen b 17 Feb 1896   m.  Gus Parrish
	Iona Matilda Parrish b 26 Mar 19
	Jo Ellen Parrish b 25 May 19  , m. 1 D R Tanner, 2 Harvey Schmidt
		Donn Ray Tanner b 6 Mar 1954
		Tamara Lynn Schmidt  b 17 Sep 19
		Lytana Sue Schmidt b 3 Mar 19
	Nora Lee Parrish b 29 Jan 19  ,
		Steven Nore Parrish b 23 Aug 1960
58. Henry Detluff  Bahnsen s/o Mary Ellen b 21 Nov 1897  m. Mary Louise McInnis
	Henriette Louise Bahnsen b 12 Dec 19  , m John C. Gilchrist
59. Huldah Inke Bahnsen d/o Mary Ellen b 5 Oct 1904  m. Oliver J. Barrios
	Olive Huldah Marie Barrios b 8 Apr 19   m Joseph Chargois
	Mary Elaine Barrios b 23 Dep 19 m 1. Jesse Crews, 2 Bernard Cash
60. Elma Lee Lyons d/o Cora Estelle b 9 Oct 1890, d 8 Jun 1966  m. Irene Perkins
	Earl Lyons b 3 Apr 1918,  m. Betty Elna Frizzell
		Larry Ray Lyons b 19 Sep 1950
		Gary Lynn Lyons b 16 May 1954
		Jerry Wayne Lyons b 3 Oct 1958
	Georgie Lyons b 27 Aug 19  , m. James Lovelady
		Dick Lovelady  b. 31 Jul 1944,  m.  Pat --
			Ronnie Lee Lovelady, b 4 Sep 1964
		Kenneth Ray Lovelady b. 11 Sept 1959
		Carolyn Lovelady b 18 Nov 19
		Deborah Lovelady b 4 Dec 19
		Sharon Kay Lovelady b 29 Jul 19
61. Edna Ethel Lyons d/o Cora Ethel b 25 Aug 1892  m. John T. Arledge
	Willie Brooks Arledge b 10 Aug 1913
	Eston Arledge b 11 Nov 1917-Killed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941
62. Lyman Michael Lyons Sr. s/o Cora Estelle b 3 Aug 1895, d. 3 Aug 1958 m. Mattie Iles
	Sybil Fay Lyons b 1 Oct 1918
	Michael Lyman Lyons Jr  b 30 Mar 1928
63. Wilford Bennett Lyons s/o Cora Estelle b 19 Jan 1898  m. Annie Aldridge
	Norma Pauline Lyons b 31 Oct 19
	Billy Wayne Lyons  b 18 Dec. 1929, m. Frances Redding
		Timothy Wayne Lyons b 13 Apr 1962
		Andrew Keven Lyons b 9 Dec 1964 
		Patricia Annette Lyons b 2 Feb 19
.64. Clarence Leonard Lyons s/o Cora Estelle b 2 Jul 1901, d 22 Dec 1970 m. Nora Aldridge
	Clarence Leonard Lyons b 12 Feb 1922, m. Estelle Brooker
		Clarence Leonard Lyons b 4 Dec 1942
		Richard Edwin Lyons b 13 Aug 1947
		Charles LeRoi Lyons b 13 Aug 1949
		John Eston Lyons  b 21 Jan 1955
		Elizabeth Susanne  Lyons b 8 Aug 19
.	Paul Leroy Lyons b 12 May 1926, m. Mary Darleen Wheelington
		Daniel Roderick Lyons b 27 June 1954
		Charles Stephen Lyons b 15 Sep 1957
		Carolyn Elaine Lyons  b 18 Aug 19
	Marjorie Marie Lyons b 6 Dec 19  , m. Hubert M. Hoyt
		Michael Wayne Hoyt b. 9 Feb 1950
		Roderick L. Hoyt b 24 May 1959
		Christopher Todd Hoyt, b. 1963
		Jerry Ann Hoyt b 22 Jan 19
		Allison Mavia Hoyt, 9 Jan 19
	Joyce Levonne Lyons b 21 Oct 19
	Martha Estelle Lyons b 18 Apr 19  , m. Johnnie G. Melancon
		Darrell Wayne Melancon, b 4 Feb 1956
		Ronald Eugene Melancon b 13 Apr 1957	
		Bruce Lane Melancon b 12 Aug 1960
		Romona Lynn Melancon b. 13 Sep 19
.	Mary Alice Lyons b 29 Jan 19  , m. Caldron C. Johnnie
		Caldron Carroll Johnnie, b 2 Dec 1959
		Jeffery Lynn Hohnnie b 15 Nov 1960
		Ty Adam Johnnie, b 1 Apr 1963
		Dennis Paul Johnnie b 7 Jan 1964
65. Cora Ethel Lyons d/o Cora Ethel b 17 Feb  1904, d 12 Aug 1944 m Alton Allen Young
	Alton Allen Young b 25 Dec 1933 d. 27 Apr 1956, m. Lilia Raburn
		Scott Allen Young b 3 Nov 1959
		Allison Young
66. Clyde Dalton Sweeney s/o Sam Shelton b 25 Aug 1913   m. Alvin C. Cushing
	Robert Dalton Sweeney b. 26 Nov 1938 m. Rae Scott
	Rebecca Cherry Sweeney b 7 Jul 19 m. Robert Trahan
	Ronald Ray Sweeney b 15 Dec 1946
66. Evelyn Elaine Sweeney d/o Sam Shelton b 15 Jul 1919 m. Leroy William King
	Clyde Sweeney King b 30 Apr 1941
	Leroy William King Jr. b 5 June 1943
	Iris Sue King b 28 Nov 19
136. Willie Brooks Arledge s/o Edna Est. Lyons, b 10 Aug 1913 m. Marvin A. Davis
	Kathleen Joy Davis, m.  Charles H. Moore
		Danny Lynn Moore, b 30 Jan 1955
		John Robert Moore, b-d 1956
	Lynn Del Davis, m. Lois Ann Wiebke
		Wayne Thomas Davis, Beverly Gay Davis, Roberta Lynn Davis, Paul Andrew Davis
137. Michael Lyman Lyons s/o Lyman M. Lyons b 30 Mar 19  ,  m. Francis Kaough
	Stephen Craig Kaough b 11 Dec 1959
138. Norma Pauline Lyons, d/o Wilfred Bennett, b 31 oct 19  , m. Floyd C. jennings
	Gayle Ruth Jennings b 26 Nov 19
	Sandra Kay Jennings b 21 Apr 19
	Stephen Lynn Jennings b 22 Jun 1956

.Some Descendents of John William Sweeney, Jr. and Sarah Ann Armstrong, as furnished to me by Mrs. Judith Sweeney Kulkarni, Houston,  Texas---------------------
children: I.	John, m. Hazel Kasper		II. Anna Margaret, m. Elijah Harvey Adams
III. Cornelia  b. 1879 m. John Ratcliffe IV. Clarence H. b. 16/12/1880 m. Mary C. O'Brien
V. Lawrence b. 1886	VI. Emma, b. 21 Sep 1888 m. 1. Oscar Newton 2. Frank Barnard. 
 Wheeler, b. 22 Dec 1884 d. 02 April 1935 (mat. grandfather of Judith Sweeney Kulkarni)
VII.Edward R.b. 21 Sept 1888 in Lake Charles La d. 18 Jun 1941 in Houston
VIII. Earnest B. b 27 Feb 1894 d. 14 Mar 1962
IX.Katherine Ellen, b. 6 Mar 1890 in Crowley, La., d. 10 Oct 1973 in Houston
X. Earl W. Sweeney b. 1895, d. 1971  m. Martha Schmidt.
II. Decendency of Anna Margaret Sweeney, married    Elijah Harvey Adams
A. Emma Kathryn, b. 1914 m. George Monahan
B. Helen, b. 1909 mar. John Thomas Frawley, 1). Linda Annette b.11 Nov 19, m 1. Glynn H. Fawcett, issue: 4 infants died at birth, adopted Fawcett's child 1. Stephen G. Fawcett m. Debbie Hackney, issue: a. Amanda, b, 1983 b. Christopher, b. 1988. 2. Thomas H. Fawcett m. Marcie McCreight issue Thos. Farold b. 1983. 3. Scott Davie, b. 1975. m2. Charles Robert Barker b. 5 Jan 1942 issue. Marcelle Marie b. 22 Nov. 1982
2). Joe Carey  m. Suzanne Jasper issue: Carey Lynn, Mary Ann, John Thomas
3. Geneva Annette Lucius A. (Jim), issue:  Anna, Becky
4. Beulah, b. 1901, d. 1991, m. Norton Starl, issue: Rand, d 1976, no issue
5. Sarah Mae, b. 1902
6. William Carlton, b. 1903, m. Thelma---
7. Elijah Burton, b. 1905, m. Ruth Applegate, issue 1. Elijah Harvey, m. Helen---, issue Keith, Elaine, and Judith, Julie, who are twins.
8. Frank, died at birth, and 9. Clara Louise, b. 1911, d. 1982  3 marriages, m. Don Ranmaker, 1 child Don. Louis------------------------------------------------------------------
III Cornelia, called Neelly, m. John Ratcliffe issue: Louise m 1. Joe Barlow, 1 dau Jane; m 2.------Kuhlman, 1 dau Louise, who was murdered in the middle 1960s.--------------------
IV. Clarence Howard Sweeney, b. 16 Dec. 1880 at Westlake, La. m. 21 Dec. 1903 Mary Cornelia O'Brien, b. 2 Nov 1879 Jackson Co. Tx. (dau Thos. George O'Brien and Odelia Theresa Garnett) d. 21 Jan 1955, bur. Hollywood Cemetery, Houston; Issue: 2. Thomas Clarence Sweeney, b 10 Mar 1913, d. 4 Apr 1991, M1. Sarah Bell, issue: A.Thomas Wayne Sweeney, b.22 Nov 1939, Dee Robinson, 1 daughter, Donyel Marie, M 2 Barbara ---, no issue. Thos. Clarence Sweeney M 2. Dorothy Wheeler, b. 10 Aug 1915, Issue: B. Judith Irene Sweeney, b. 31 May, 19  , m. 29 Mar 1980, Jagadish U. Kulkarni, b. May, 1941 in India. Issue: 1. Adopted Kulkarni's son Pankaj, called Charles, b 4 Feb 1973 in Canada, 2. Timothy Sweeney, b 31 Jan, 1984; divorced from Kulkarni Jan. 1992. C. James Patrick, b. 13 may 1950, m. Linda Nance, issue: Jennifer, Stephanie, Thomas Jason. 1. Mary Nell Sweeney, (dau. Clarence Howard), m. Reese Norris LaFitte, no issue, divorced, d. 21 Apr 1999. 3. Joseph Forrest, b 15 Sep 1914 Edna Tx., d. 5 Jun 1979, San Antonio, m. Marian McRae, nee Pylant, issue: Peggy Lynn, 1 son Scott, 2 grandsons; Michael Forrest Sweeney, b 22 Dec 1943, no issue.----------------------------------------------------	       13
VI. Emma Sweeney, m 1. Oscar Newton, m 2. Frank Barnard Wheeler, b 22 Dec. 1884, d 1 Apr 1935 (Wheeler's first wife was Hattie Louise Gribble-their child Dorothy Wheeler-Judith Kulkarni's mother- married Thomas Clarence Sweeney, Emma's nephew.-------------
X. Earl Sweeney m. Martha Schmidt from Canada, issue; Bradley Sweeney------------------
The issue of  Harriet Ann Sweeney McCall and William Harrison McCall
Harriet Ann Sweeney, (b. Jun18, 1841, d. 1884), mar. William H. McCall (b. Nov. 23, 1833-d. Jan 23,1864). Bill McCall, a Confederate soldier in Gen. Taylor's army facing a Union invasion up the Red River, died of pneumonia somewhere near Mansfield. Harriet was the first of the Sweeneys born at Grand Chenier. Issue: 1 daughter Susan, 1 son Jeff Thompson McCall--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Susan McCall (b. Mar 3, 1863-Mar 17, 1940) married Edmond Stine (b. Aug 11, 1861-d Sep 3, 1937). Issue: 1 daughter Effie Stine, (b Aug 26, 1887-d. Jul 17, 1965 at Lake Arthur), m. Feb 7, 1907 to Alva Edward Hollister. Issue: 1 daughter Bernice, 1 son Archie. 1) Bernice Hollister, (b Dec. 28, 1907-d. 1998), m. Amadie Pujo Stewart (b. Nov. 22, 1975). Issue: 1 dau Susan Beth Stewart, m. C. H. Fox, 4 children: Marvin C. Fox, Troy S. Fox, Jeffrey C. Fox, Jenny Sue Fox.   2). Archie Stine Hollister, m. Blanche Hartwell. Issue: Lloyd K. Hollister, Dale R. Hollister, Lynn Bernice Hollister.
Jeff Thompson McCall, (b. Oct.6,1861-Jan. 24, 1957), mar. Sally Diane Doland (b. Dec. 5, 1862-Jan. 1, 1940). Issue 2 sons, Thos. W., Carl R., 2 dau. Annie Eliz., & Virgie B. McCall, the latter died at age 15. Descendency of Thos. William McCall (b. Sep. 18, 1884-Jan 3, 1967), mar. Marie Portal: Issue: Issue: (a.) Robt. Louis McCall, m. 1) Rose Ferguson, 1 child Bobbie Lynn, died plane accident. 2). Inez Hoeller, no children (b.) Lynn Pierre McCall, mar. Betty Collins, 6 children: Joe Lynn, died 6 weeks old; James Lou McCall, Jean Ellen McCall, Jeff Robert McCall, Thos. Foster McCall and Ruby Marie McCall. (c). Virginia Annie McCall, mar Glen Conway LeBleu, no children. (d.) Sybil Marie McCall, unm., and (e.) Fae Theresa McCall, mar. Jennings Jones, Jr. Issue: 3 daus., Sallie Sue Jones, Jennifer Ann Jones (Hebert), and Margaret Melanie Jones. Decendency of Annie Elizabeth McCall (b July 7, 1887-d. Sep 12, 1972), mar John B Meaux. Issue: Wilma Lee Meaux (1922-1929); Juanita Meaux, unm.; John Bryant Meaux. mar. Mellie Hubbard. Issue: a). John Bryant Meaux Jr. m. Dianne Sanford, 2 children John Bryant Meaux III and  David Larry Meaux. b). Juanita Lea Meaux, mar Lonnie Ray Baker, dau. Thea Diane Baker. Descendency of Carl Reuben McCall. (b. May 19, 1901), mar Anita Boneau. Issue: (a) Marian 'Mamie' McCall, mar. E. J. Reynard, Jr. Issue: Glenn Carl Reynard, Dale Thomas Reynard Susan Ann Reynard, Mary Anita Reynard, Lee Ellis Reynard.(b) Thomas Walter McCall, mar. Janie Arceneaux. Issue: Robert Joseph McCall (dec), Timothy Jeffers McCall (dec), Thomas Michaeil McCall, Denise Carroll McCall, Lynn Thompson McCall: Issue of Mamie Reynard: 1). Glen C. Reynard, m. Donna Jean Smith, 2 daus., Melissa Leigh, Julie Janelle Reynad. 2). Dale T. Reynard m 1 Ramona Antie, 2. Kathleen Guimbillotte, children: Brandon Jacob, Joseph Ruben, Kallie Dale Reynard. 3. Susan Ann Reynard, m. Steven Guillory, 1 dau Katie Marie Guillory. 4. Mary Anita Reynard, m. Makesh Oberoi, 1 son Anil Carl. 5. Lee Ellis Reynard, m. Linda Hansen, expecting child.
Harriet Sweeney McCall mar. 2) Robert Weatherill. Issue: son John, unm, dau. Jane Weatherill, mar. John Eagleson: issue of Jane Weatherill and John Eagleson--------------------children-Tom, Lee, Guy, Bob, Lela, Roberta, Ceba, Louise, Pete------------------------------------------------------------------
The following info about Jane and John Weatherill furnished courtesy Mrs. Linda Brown, Port Neches, TX.
Jane Weatherill Eagleson  b. 19 June 1877-d. 25 Oct. 1948  John Eagleson, b. 16 Aug 1863, d. 7 Feb 1953. Issue:
1).  Andrew Pete Eagleson b 25 May 1893, d 8 Feb 1947, mar. Sally Elma Sweeney
	1 dau. Roberta Rogers of Cameron
2). Lela Eagleson 1894-1997 married Edwin Laurents, 1894-1963. Issue: no children
3). Robert 'Bob' Eagleson 1900-1976  mar. Retta Mae Eagleson  1907-1992. Issue: 10 children
	Mary Lou Guillory		Robert Ray Eagleson
	Earlene Jane Joyce		Lela Mae Howard
	Betty Little			John Milton Eagleson
	Gerald Glenn Eagleson		Elizabeth Ann  Staton
	Linda Faye Brown		Leon Vernon Eagleson
4). Tom E. Eagleson 1903-1980     mar Daisy M. Eagleson  107-1977. Issue: dau. Dorothy ----, (dec.)
5). Ceba John Eagleson 1905-1995  mar  ??.  2 daus., a. Betty Jane, b. ??, both deceased
6). Lee Irving Eagleson 1909-1982 mar. Nettie Louise --, 1907-1973. Issue: no children
7). Guy Eagleson 1912-1982     mar. Blanche ??, 1915-1990 Issue: no children
8). Hattie Eagleson Manning,  no birth-death dates available, Issue: 2 children Charlotte and Buddy
9). Louise Eagleson Skidmore, no birth date, still lives in Cameron. 2 children, Hattie and Buddy______________
Issue 	   of  Sarah Ellen Sweeney  and   Jules Bouquet, moved to Calhoun Co., Tex.
{Jules Bouquet was a most unique person in his own right. Born in Thibodeaux La.on 5 Aug 1836, Jules' father came from France in 1815. Orphaned  in 1838 Jules was sent to live with an uncle at Orange, Tx. where he became a cowboy and he took part in many cattle drives.. He moved to Calhoun Co. in 1857, where in Mar. 1862, he was mustered into Capt. January's Co., Gen. Tom Green's Cavalry Brigade, at Victoria, Tx. His greatest contribution was in Louisiana in 1863-1864, where as a cavalry scout, he was able to interrogate people in the French language about the movements of Union soldiers. He participated in 20 battles and skirmishes along the Bayou Teche in 1863 and  in 12 more along the Red River from Mansfield to Simmesport in 1864. He died at Port Lavaca at age 97 in November, 1933. Mrs. R H Matson of Victoria, whose father married Ruth E. Bouquet, remembers "great grandpa Jules" before he died}-----
Issue of Sarah Ellen Sweeney and Jules Bouquet follows:
Kate	F.	b. Nov. 3, 1866, mar. Aug 29 1886 to Claiborne Garner-d. 26 May 1937. Issue:				David b. Fe 23 1887	Willie b. Nov  5, 1888	Leonard b Jan 15, 1891 
		Milton b Apr 19, 1893     Clarence b Oct 1, 1895   Ora b. Sep 11, 1897 
		Florence b. July 31, 1900  Llarena b Jan 29, 1903    Katie b Oct 26, 1904
John	M.	b. Apr. 5, 1868, Mar. Nov 10, 1910 to Nellie Walker-d 11 Feb 1956 Issue:
		Allbert Harry Bouquet b Sept 10, 1912     Bert Emery Bouquet b. Sep 10, 1916
		Frederick A. Bouquet b. Oct 14, 1921     Elsie Glen Bouquet, b. July 28, 1924		Annie Jane	b. Jan. 8, 1870	mar. Dec. 7, 1887 to William B. Garner-d 18 Nov 1946 Issue:
		Hugh William b. Jul 9, 1889	May Ellen b. Aug 15, 1891
		Roland Victor b. Mar 1, 1896	Thomas H. b. Oct 31, 1901
		Rosa A. b. Jan 27, 1903		John C. b. Feb. 6, 1906			
Rose Ellen b. Jul 24, 1871 m. Mar 1893 1) W H Thompson 2) M S Mahon 3) in 1913 C J Thomson
		d. 27 Nov 1967. Issue of marriages:
		Hennessy Thom. b. May 26, 1897      Frank Thomp. b. Aug 16, 1898
		Johnnie Mahon b. May 19, 1904	       Margaret Mahon b.July 9, 1906
		Mary E. Mahon b. Mar 22,  ?	        Rosemary Thom. b. Oct 10, 1914		
Edward Victor b. Dec. 25, 1874 mar. Aug 29, 1900 to Lee (or Lou)-d. 7 Sept 1958  Issue:
		Rose b. Sep 10, 1902-d 10 Feb 1972       Pearl b.  22 Oct, 1904-d ?    
		Paul b. Dec 14, 1906-d 28 Jul 1999	Ila b. 25 Nov 1908-d 11 Feb 1978	
		Charlie b. 13 Sep. 1910-d. 15 Jul 1999	Gladys b. Aug 7, 1914-d 24 Mar 1995
		Paul, Charlie, and Gladys  Bouquet all died in 1998. Pearl Bouquet Belk had 2 children,
		Ila Bethany Bouquet Slaugher, who had no children; & Billy Bouquet Belk, died in 1998
		Children of Mary Pearl Bouquet mar William Polk Belk (d. 11 Jul 1941) 25 Oct 1924
			Billy Bouquet Belk (b 27 Oct 1925-d 20 Aug 1999) mar Ida Genario 
				Matthew Rich. Belk b 12 Nov 1953
				Mark Allen Belk b 31 Dec 1954-d. 2 Mar 1999
				Michael John Belk b 21 Dec 1955
				Mary Sunday Belk b 5 Sept 19
			Ila Marie Belk b. 12 Mar 19  , m 20 Mar 1948 David Bomar Hoover d. Aug 1985
				George Wayne Hoover b 315 Feb 1951
				Timothy Allen Hoover b 3 Dec 1952
				Cynthia Kay Hoover b 11 Jan 19
				Carol Ann Hoover b 9 June 19
			Richard Leroy Belk b 28 Dec 1928 m. Ella Soblaskey
				Lorna Sue Belk b 15 Feb 19
				Rebecca Jean Belk b 5 Apr 1956
			Syble Rose Belk b 11 Jan 19  , mar. James P. Darnall 21 Dec 1963
Andrew Jules b. Feb 24, 1873 died infancy		
Addie Alice	b. May 14, 1876     d 28 Jun 1967			
Nora Isabelle b. Feb 15, 1878, m. Sep 18 1895 to John Walker. She died Jan 30, 1919. Issue:
		Virgil L. b. July 7, 1897			Farris b. Aug 17, 1904
		Claiborne b. Feb. 10, 1908		Tennie Lee (f) b. Jan 10 1911			Frank Martin	  b. 24 Jan 1880  d. 1 Feb 1880			
James Sweeney b.	Sep 26, 1881 mar. Jan 22, 1908 to Lottie Braden. d. 17 Mar 1963
		1 Dau Lillian b. Dec 18, 1909	
Claiborne L. b. Oct. 29, 1883 mar. Mar 15, 1919 to Jenrive Vaughn. d. 9 May 1957. Issue:
		Ellen Adelle b. Dec 4, 1912 (error?) Clarrice b. Mar 11, 1919	
Arthur William_b. Mar 20, 1886 mar. May 12 ?? to Edna Wernett d 10 Apr 1978.  Issue:
______________Arthur William b. Mar 8, 1916__________Edna Rose Bouquet____________________	
Issue   of     James Hill Sweeney     and Lou  Ellen    Smith   Sweeney of GC	
Virginia	      b. 2 Sep 1871	   d. 18 Jun 1891  	unm.
Mildred               b. 3 Jan 1873	   d.  19 Jan  1969    unm.
Margaret		?
Austin Bellas     b. 29 Oct 1875       d.  1963   m. Victoria Miller
Andrew Thos.    b. 20 Jan 1878       d. 25 Jul 1960       unm.
Mary Viella          b. 13 Mar 1880       d. 17 Dec 1965     unm.
Lawrence L.       b.  6 Aug 1881        d. 28 Dec. 1936    m. Nancy Williams		     
Sarah Jane (my mother) b. 4 Aug 1884 d. 12 Jun 1983 m. 1) Robt Staffen
she trapped minks on Grand Chenier at age 12             m. 2) Will Block Sr.
Hugh William      b. 29 Oct 1886 d. 21 Jan 1972	     unmarried
Hugh William was named for H. W. Hickok, Sarah Jane's brother. Mary Viella "Ella" weighed 1# at birth, was thought to be dead until she started crying later. How did she
 ever survive? Weighed 65#  and  died at      age 85-----------------------------------------------
The descendency of James Hill Sweeney and Lou Ellen Smith is very short because only three of nine children ever married. Their issue is as follows:
Austin Bellas Sweeney mar. Victoria Miller
	1 dau, Rosabelle, mar. Floyd Wiess.
		1 son Richard, who has 2 daughters, Delores and Linda
Laurence Sweeney mar. Nancy Williams
	son Lesley L., b. 1915, d. 1998, mar Lily Mae Ousley, no issue
	son Elton, b. 1919 marr. Marie Ellis, 1 dau Pat
	dau. Juanita, 1923-1989?, mar --- Zagone, 2 children
Sarah Jane Sweeney (1884-1983) mar. (1) Robert Staffen, 1 son Everett Albert Staffen (1909-1989)
Sarah Jane Sweeney and (2) Will Block, 3 children
	W T, Block Jr. b. 29 Jul 1920, mar. 1) Maria Elis. Kothe (1926-1992), 4 children by Kothe
		mar. 2) Helga Woods  21 Aug 1992
		son, W T III, mar  Carolyn Elizondo, issue: Maribeth and Ted
		son, Bobby Glenn, unm.
		son, Barry Wayne, mar  Kathie Elliott, issue: William Jacob and Evan
		dau, Rebecca Ruth, mar. Mike Grimes, issue
.			Zeke, unm.
			Katy Renee, unm
			Megan Michelle., unm.
			Elisabeth Jane mar. Carl Cunningham, 2 dau, Chloe & Bethany
	Lawrence Otis Block, b 8 Jan 1924 mar. Idabelle Kennedy, issue 2 dau.
		Carolyn, mar. Danny Reneau, 2 sons, Keith and Kevin 
		Kathie, mar. Deane Eitel, 1 son 
	Alta Gray Block, b 17 Aug 19  , mar C R Fletcher, issue son, 2 dau
		Rhonda, mar Gary Posey, 1 dau Amanda
		Rex, mar--- div., dau. Melissa; twin sons Dusty and Rusty
_______	Joanna, mar Gary Porter, 1 dau Hannah_____________________________________ 
J. W. Sweeney  descendents  buried  in  Oak  Bluff  Memorial  Cemetery  in  Port  Neches,  Texas 
Name					born				died
Lou Ellen Smith Sweeney		10 Jan 1847		12 June 1922
Lawrence L. Sweeney			6 Aug 1881		29 Dec 1935
Nancy Williams Sweeney		28 Dec 1892		10 Apr 1942
Juanita Sweeney Zagone		1922 			1988?
Hugh William Sweeney			29 Oct 1886		23 Jaan 1972
Sarah Jane Sweeney Block		4 Aug 1884		12 Jun  1983
Everett A. Staffen, s/o Jane Block	20 Dec 1909		11 Sep 1989
Mildred Sweeney			3 Jan 1873		19 Jan 1969
Mary Viella (Ella) Sweeney		13 Mar 1880		17 Dec 1965
Andrew Thomas Sweeney		10 Jan 1878		25 July 1969
Betty Block, w/o W T Block		4 Aug 1926		18 May 1992
Austin Bellas Sweeney	             1875			      1964 b. Evergreen Cem, Port Arthur   
Issue   of  Dr. George Columbus "Carter" Sweeney and Aurelia Miller
Laura Jane   b. 14 Dec 1874    d.  1912  m. Isaac Theriot   Issue:
	Gilbert Theriot		
	Ezeube Theriot
	Bertha Theriot
	Noah Theriot
Edward Dennis b. 23 July 1876  d. 5 May 1968        m. Lena Shively
Newton Frank    b 11 Sep  1878  d. 17 Aug 1950      m. Fannie Ingram
	Lois Evelyn Sweeney b. 30 Jan 1908, d. 8 Feb 1929
	Annie Mae Sweeney b. 29 May 1911, d. 26 Feb. 1993 m. 1 Harry Jorgensen
		m. 2 Elmer L. Frye, who adopted children
		Charles Edward Frye b 5 Apr 1947 m. Martha Jean Morgan
			Tamara Ivenna  Frye (Jorgensen) b 17 Jan 19
			Taryn Jean Frye  b 27 Sep 19
			Charles Edward Frye II (Jorgensen) b. 30 Dec 1977
.	Merritt Valerian Sweeney, b. 25 Mar 1914  m. Ella Hoffpauir
		Carleton Merritt Sweeney b 31 Mar 1938, m. Janice Ann Trosclair
			Michael Carlton Sweeney b 16 May 1962
			Christopher Scott Sweeney b 10 Jul 1966
			Craig Merritt Sweeney, b 12 May 1971
			Suzanne  Blair Sweeney b 6 Jul 19  , m Thomas Scott Keagle
				Christopher Thomas Keagle, b 16 June 1986
				Cameron Scott Keagle, b 26 Aug 1991
.		Charles Edward Sweeney b 31 Dec 1941, m. Charlotte Elaine Giambone
			Stephen Craig Sweeney b 20 Mar 1969, m Natalie Casavant
				Audrey Sweeney, b 23 July 19
.			Brad Ethan Sweeney b 26 May 1973, m Elizabeth Susan Rodrigues
				Forest Patrick Sweeney, b 25 Dec 1996
				Jacob Ryan Sweeney  b 30 Apr 1999
		Evelyn Lynn Sweeney b 8 Aug 19  , m. Coleman O. LeBleu
			Jeffery Wayne LeBleu , b 24 Jan 1966,  m. Kelly A. St. Dizier
				Lance Paul LeBleu, b 5 Apr 1994
			Pamela Lynn LeBleu, b 17 Nov 19
.	Newton Frank Sweeney Jr. b. 29 July 1917, d. 11 Apr 1931.
Mary Eugenia     b. 11 Sep 1880  d. 28 Nov 1962      m. Duncan Russell Crain
	John Paul Crain, b. 10 May 1914, d 20 Jun 1993. m. Theda Mae Roy, no issue
	Lynn Dewitt Crain, b. 1915, d. 1916
	Francis Kilmer Crain, b. 1919, d. 1920
	Alma June Crain, b. 29 May 1920,  m. Alonzo Pierce Harper
		Lonnie Glen Harper, b 23 Feb 1945, m. Carolyn Jacobs
			Daniel Ned Harper b 17 May 1972
			Leonard Paul Harper, b 12 Jan 1976, m. Shannon Lynn Federspill
			Jennifer Eugenia Harper, b 9 Sep 19
		John Michael Harper b 12 Sep 1947, m 1 Vivian Ronsonnet, dec., 2 Ellen Broussard
			Aaron Pierce Harper  b 28 Mar 1977 
.	Ned Watkins Crain, b 29 Aug 1917, d 9 Aug 1970, m 1 Eva Braud, m 2 Shirley Hendrix
.Sidney William b 25 Sept 1888, d 23 May 1968  m. Lydia Sells
	Lydia Althea Sweeney b 6 Mar 1913 m 1 G A Vulliamy, 2 Darrell E Feldes
		Althea Marcia Vulliamy
		Lydianne Vulliamy b 16 May 19  , m. 1 B G Scallorn, 2 Orville Hammons
			Douglas Lee Hammons b 8 Apr 1956
			Steven Anthony Hammons b 6 May 1958
			Kenneth Randall Hammons b 12 Mar 1960
		Sidney Marie Vulliamy b 19 Dec 19  , m. Carlos Alberto Somozo
			Carlos Alberto Somozo b 28 May 1961
			Marie Elena Somozo b 31 Dec 19
		Darrell Edward Feldes Jr. b. 23 Dep 1944, m. 1 Ray Montgomery, 2 Sarah B Head
			Brett Jason Feldes, 10 Jul 1974
			Ashley E. Feldes, b 17 Jan 19
	    		Alex Catherine Feldes b 2 Nov 19
.		Ralph Adolph Feldes
	Sidney Woodrow Sweeney b 1 Aug 1914 d 6 Jan 1978  m. Gertrude Bailey
		Sheila Sue Sweeney  b. 28 Mar 19  , m. 28 Mar 19  , m. Benjamin Ray Champagn
			Brice Kendall Champagn b 210 Jul 1972, m. Tiffany Perron
				Chase Kendal Champagn b 18 Jan 1995
				Jeff Kendal Champagn, b 11 Apr 1996
.			Elliot Ray Champagn b 3 Feb 1974
		Ronal William Sweeney b. 8 Nov 1943, m. Barbara Nell Ayers
			Aaron Woodrow Sweeney, b 24 May 1980
			John William Sweeney, b 8 Oct 1983
		Donald Woodrow Sweeney b. 8 Nov 1943, Judith Louise Howells
			Jennifer Eliz. Sweeney, b 4 Aug 19
			Victoria Nell Sweeney  b 17 Dec 19
	Joyce Aurelia Sweeney b 23 Feb 1918 m. C R Ross, S P Arnett
	Nellie Cath. Sweeney, b 21 Jul 19   m. Frank Jernagin Watson Sr.
		Edward Sweeney Watson b 28 May 1943 m. Jo Ann McCollister
		Eleanor Kathleen Watson b. 4 Dec 19   m T R Willet, 2 T F Fortenberry
		Frank Jernagin Watson Jr. b 23 Jan 1948 m. Lynda Gail Jackson
	Edward Carter Sweeney, b 27 Nov 1923, d 19 Jul 1958
	Shirley Wanda Sweeney b 25 Oct 19 m. Robert B Patterson
		Robert Leif Patterson b 12 Nov 1949,  m. Margaret mae Myers
			Wendy Monique Patterson
		Joyce Dianne Patterson b 9 July 19  , m. John C. Stubblefield
			Shawn Stubblefield, b. 17 Apr 1979
		Paula Elise Patterson b 28 May 19  m. Kent William Gossett
	Kenneth Sells Sweeney b 3 Feb 1930   m. Dorothy Marie Horn
		Cherilyn Marie Sweeney b 7 Dec 19  , m. 1 B J Stutes, 2 Edward C Mouhot
			Rose Edward Mouhot, b 25 Jul 19
			Carrie Marie Mouhot b 21 Nov 19
		Kenneth Wayne Sweeney b 29 Sept  1956  m Ereline Bruchaus
		Brenda Gail Sweeney b 17 Apr 19   m David E Alvanzato
	Valerian Alvin Sweeney b 17 Jul 1933 m 1 Glyn Howell, 2 Thelma L Hook
		Ricky Allen Sweeney b 5 Jul 1964
		Jodi Lea Sweeney b 29 Jun 19
..Alvin Randolph (MD) b 2 Sep 1881 d. 17 Apr 1953   m. Rilla Adelle Ingram
	Gertrude Eliz. Sweeney b 23 Dec 1909 d 17 Sep 1998 m. Clark E. Brown
	Alvin Randolp Sweeney b 2 Nov 1911 d 10 Mar 1961 m. Eleanor B. Marcy
		Eleanor Nichols Sweeney b 28 Nov 19
		Alvin Randolf Sweeney b 6 Aug 1940
		John Chalmers Sweeney b 14 May 1945
		Sarah Wendell Sweeney b 3 Dec 19
.	Edward Chalmers Sweeney b 17 Sep 1913 m. Isabella Seltzier
		Rion Sweeney
		Catherine Sweeney
		Ilfra Margaret Sweeney
	Ruth Adele Sweeney b 19 Oct 1915
May Sarah           b 1 Mar 1884      d 10 May 1920       m. Frank Pleasant
	Alba Pleasant b 11Mar 1906 d 19 Nov 1955
	Edwin Pleasant 3 Aug 1907 d 5 Oct 1985
	Hazel Pleasant b 13 June 1909  m. Joseph G. Juranke
		Mark Steven Juranke m. Deidre Deanne Price
		Deborah Juranke	Krista Juranke		Todd Juranke
.	Eula Pleasant  b 4 Sep 1911
	Laura Pleasant b 23 Apr 1915 m. Perry
	Neva Pleasant b 29 May 1917
	Juanita Pleasant b 21 Jun 1919  m. -- Levine
		Charles Emery Levine
.Travis  Aurelian  b. 9 Sep 1885   d. 16 July 1957       m. Aurelia Vincent
	Everette Warren Sweeney b 25 May 1915  m. Lorena Miller
		Dorothy Marie Sweeney
		Everette Warren Sweeney Jr.
		Robert Wayne Sweeney
	Mamie Violet Sweeney d 17 Dec 1919
	George Carter Sweeney b 30 Oct 1924   m. Mary Anne Hale
		Steve Bryan Sweeney
Corine	        b. 3 Aug 1890   d. 26 May 1971 m. Jos. Bussy, J F Stevens
	Joseph Irwin Bussy b 18 Jan 1914, d. 18 Nov 1957 m. Lena Mae Broussard
		Joseph Terrell Bussy, b 7 Jul 1936, m. Mary Davlyn Howard
			Michael Joel Bussy,  4 Mar 1960
			Nicole Ann Bussy, b 15 Jul, 19  , m. 1 John Thibodeaux, 2 N C Broussard
				Britney Nicole Broussard, b 23 Sep 19
				Brook Taylor Broussard, b 2 May 19
.		Joetta Rose Bussy b 26 Jul 19  , m. Leroy Paul LaPoint
			Troy Anthony LaPoint, b 2 July 1960
			Eric Matthew Lapoint b 29 Nov 1964,  m. Krisha Renee Corbello
				Erin Mathew LaPoint, b 1 Oct 1996
			Paula Jo LaPoint, b 5 Nov 19  , m. David Scott Helling 
				David Paul Helling b 25 Dec 1986
				Daniel Lee Helling b 30 May 1989
				Bobby Alton Helling b 27 Sep 1998
			Kelli Kathleen LaPoint, b 29 Oct 19
			Mendy Michelle LaPoint b 12 Jan 19
		Sydney Ann Bussy  b 31 Aug 19  , m. 1 R D Powers, 2 Gerald R Trahan
			Mark Brandon Powers, b 20 Aug 1973		
		Lydia Corinne Bussy b 5 Dec 19  , Roger Dale Elliott
			Tara Dawn Elliott, b 19 Oct 19
			Lori Kay Elliott b 7 Dec 19  , m. Troy Joseph Fontenot
				Regan Chaise Fontenot, b 25 Nov 1995
			Davlyn Brook Elliott b 1 Oct 19
	James Edward Stevens  b 7 July 1929  m. Lula Mae Trahan
		Randell J. Stevens b 28 Apr 1956, m. Kay Abshire
			Randal Cole Sevens b 3 May 1984
			Cord J Stevens, b 12 May 1988
		Jacqueline A Stevens b 6 May 19
		Angela K Stevens b 21 Oct 19  , m Jeffery Boudeaux 
			Brandie R Boudreaux, b 12 Sep 19
			Tawuy N. Boudreaux b 3 May 19
		Gregory J Stevens b 24 June 1964, m. Susan Henry
			Ashley C Stevens, b 20 Feb 19
			Andrew J. Stevens b 8 Nov 1987
Rose Alma	        b. 13 July 1894  d. 1903
Sallie Elma         b. 23 Nov 1895   d. 18 Feb, 1928    m. Pete Eagleson
	Roberta Eagleson  m. Buster Rogers
		Norma Jean Rogers  m. Braxton Blake
Peter Russell       b. 13 Aug 1900   d. Aug, 1959         m.  Lennie Cottle
	Betty Jean Sweeney    Russell Paterson Sweeney     Michael  Sweeney
Issue of    Virginia Sweeney and James B. Logan of Port Arthur Tx
Halsey R. Logan   b. 26 May  1876				m. Leah Miller
	Maude Logan, b 17 March 1902
	Elizabeth Logan  b 22 Oct 1906
	Lorena Logan  b 14 Apr 1908
Robert W.  b.  3 Aug. 1879	d. 20 Feb 1920	m. Jane Kramer
Frank  Logan        b. 27 Aug 1883	d. 14 June 1920       m. Pearl Smith
	James B. Logan, b 7 Dec 1905
	Floyd Logan b 22 May 1907
	Irene Logan, b 5 May 1908
	Frank H Logan, b 12 Mar 1914
		Brenda	
		Frank
J Pinkney  Logan b. June 1890	   	d. Ca  1965		m. A. Campbell
	Harry B. Logan, b 26 Dec 1915
	Virginia Logan b 27 Jan 1908	
	Norman Lee Logan, b 7 Jul 1922, m Irna Black
Norman Lee Logan b July 7, 1892
Bryant Danzy Logan, b 6 Apr 1881 m. Gladys Root
	George B Logan b 25 Jan 1912
Earnest S. Logan b. 21 Dec 1884 m.   Lili Fleming.
	John E Logan, b 18 Feb 1915
	Jerry Logan b 16 Dec 1916
Ella Logan b. 1877 mar. Preston Smith b 1879. Issue of marriage:
	Blanch Smith b. May 15, 1904, m. Robert Owqens no issue
	Faye Smith b. 1901 d. 1931 mar. R. H. Corley
	A G Bert Smith b. May 25, 1902, mar. Eliz Murphy Issue:
		Faye Ann Smith b. July 15, 19 mar. James Crowell
		Mary Ellen Smith b. Nov 2, 19 mar. W H Tapscott
		Wiley Preston Smith b Aug. 26, 1937 mar. Barbara Dore
	Edna Smith b. Feb 28, 1907 mar. Lee Derouen Issue:
		Robt Lee Derouen b Oct 9, 1928 mar. Naomi Phillips
		Laura Fay Derouen b Jan 1, 19 mar David Swenson
.Issue of Rev. Frank Sweeney and Polly Stine-Nancy Kent.
Dennis Algernon    b. 1 May 1881	 m. 1 Adesto Romero  2  Ella Morgan
	Mason Sweeney b 2 Aug 1908   m Flora Bell Hewitt
	Ivey Lou Sweeney b 17 Feb 1909   m. Martin Richard
	Ray Oliver Sweeney b 22 July 1910   m. Aline McKinny
	Senithe Lenore Sweeney b 20 May 1913 d30 May 1914
	Windelt Mims Sweeney b 2 Aug 1916   m. Helen Clausen
	Willard Newton Sweeney b 22 Feb 1919    m. Audiett Alexander
	Evelyn Ella Sweeney b 12 Nov 19     m John W. Breaux
	Lloyd Sweeney b 5 Mar 1925  d 16 May 1955
	James W. Sweeney b 8 Jan 1932  M Claudette Jones
.Estelle Margaret       b. 1 Aug 1882    d. 11 Dec. 1965  m. Raymond Morgan
	Raymond Morgan
	Hewitt Morgan
Ivy Andrew  S.		  b. 4 Feb 1885			  m. Pearl Sibley
	Mamie Eugenia Sweeney b 12 Nov 1912 m. Crawford Augustus Kirkpatrick
		Vance Kirkpatrick b 22 Jul 1941
		Gene Kirkpatrick b 10 Dec 1943
		Glenda Kirkpatrick b. 27 Dec 19
	Pearl  Lovenia Sweeney b 10 Aug 1914    m. Charles E Caper
Harriet Jane   S.	  b. 27 Jane 1888  d.  Ca. 1976       m.     Dr. Morgan Smith
	Robert Newton Smith b 25 Feb 1911  m. Olen Pate
		William Morgan Smith b. 26 Jun 1938
	Dunham Smith b 13 July 1912
	Bascom Webb Smith b 7 Oct 1914  m. Jannie Straughan
		Bascom Webb Smith  b 20 Jun 1942
		James Morgan Smith b 1 Apr 1945
		Emily Jane Smith b 27 Apr 19
		Peggy Ann Smith b 31 Oct 19
	Fred Mims Smith b 18 Aug 1917 m. Nancy Ellen Graham
		Graham Newton Smith b 31 Jan 1947
		Clay Dunham Smith b 10 Sep 1949
	Harriet Estelle Smith b 26 Mar 19    m.  1 A. A. Allison, 2 Dudley Redell
		John Morgan Allison B 27 Jan 1949
		Alice Jean Allison b 07 May 19
		Dudley Douglas Reddell b 9 June 1940
	Morgan Smith Jr. b 26 Mar 1919,      m.  Wymie Kidder
		Alexa Catherine Smith b 18 Aug 19
		Paula Patrice Smith b. 7 May 19
		Morgan Hugh Smith b 26 Nov 1963
	Walker Sweeney Smith b 27 Oct 1921,     m.  Beverly Hebert
		Richard Smith b 15 Nov 1951
Mamie  Frances S.	b 18 Oct 1897 d 18 June 1965      m Noel O Bickham
	Noel O. Bickham Jr b 8 Jan 1919  m. Jeannie Case
		Noel O Bickham III b 28 Feb 1944
		John Michael Bickham b 8 Feb 1947
	Marian Frances Bickham b 14 Apr 1920 m Evans C Terry
		Jo Anne Terry b 20 Jan 19  , m. James A. Mahoney 
			Terry Mahoney
		Pamela Terry b 13 Apr 19
		Katherine Terry b 25 Aug 19
	Alice Ann Bickham b 23 Oct 19   m. Richard Simon
		Robert Simon b. 18 July 1955
Myrtle Eugenia Sweeney b 23 Sep 1899		m. Carl M. Babington
	Carry Ellen Babington b 19 Nov 19   m. James Vincent Corkern Sr.
		Corrie Babington  Cockern b 18 Sep 19  , m. James Fowler
			Kevin Fowler, 24 Nov 1961
			Jeffery Scott Fowler, b 29 zMar 1964
		Sandra Louise Cockern b 30 Jul 19  , m George Wright Mullins
			Stephen Wright Mullins b 21 Aug 1966
		Judith Ellen Corckern  b 30 May 19
		James Vincent Cockern b 20 Jan 1953
	William Frank Babington b 25 Nov 1922  m. Ruth Nell Smith
		Nancy Hope Babington b 2 Apr 19
		Alvin Magee Babington b 12 Mar 1952
		Melinda Ellen Babington b 30 Nov 19
	Carl Thomas Babington b 20 Sep 1924    m. Laura Parker
		Robert Parker Babington b 4 Jul 1949
		William Wallace Babington b 25 Oct 1951
		Charles Lee Babington b 15 jan 1954
		Maude Babington b. 22 Mar 19
	Wallace Kent Babington b 5 Sep 1926   m.  Rebecca Whitley
		Elizabeth Rebecca Babington b 1 Mar 19
Frank Kent Sweeney, b 11 Dec 1901 	m. Mary Agnes McKeown
	Mary Therese Sweeney b 17 May 19
	James Francis Sweeney b 3 Apr 1930
	William Edward Sweeney b 19 Dec 1933  m. Mary Judith Head
		Mary Susan Sweeney b 28 Jan 19
		Mary Eileen Sweeney b 12 Aug 19
		James Francis Sweeney b 2 Dec 1960
		Laura Nean Sweeney b 9 Jan 19
		Mary Patricia Sweeney b 24 Apr 19
Hazel Viola Sweeney b 27 Oct 1903 	m  Earnest Foil
	Therese Erline Foil b 23 Dec 19   m. Mont D. Landford
		Vickie Lynn Lankford b 13 June 19
		David Lankfod b  21 Dec 1953
		Lisa Lankford  b 16 May 19
	Harold Kent Foil b 9 Oct 1927
	Nancy Jane Foil b 7 Jan 19
Horice Parker Sweeney b 12 Dec 1905   m. Bessie Carpenter
	Patricia Lanier Sweeney, b 6 Sep 19   m. Jack Cox
		Sandra Denise Cox
		Karen Rena Cox 
		Lisa Marie Cox
	Pamila Louis Sweeney b. 27 Apr 19       m. Millard Williams
Martha Eveline Sweeney b 26 Oct 1912	m. Louis Radelot
	Gayle Haydee Radelot b 3 Nov 19   m. Dennis Knight
		Valerie Lyn Knight  b 5 Jun 19
		Micial Loura Knight b 9 Oct 19
June Sweeney b2 Jun 1918	m. 1 James Burris 2. J H Fugate
	Ginger Ann Burris b. 12 Feb. 19    m. Francis McNutt
		James Campbell McNutt b 29 Jul 1965
		John Huntington McNutt b 21 Sep 1966
	Nancy Fugate b 29 Sep 19
	John H Fugate b 23 Sep 1948
	Kent B Fugate b. 2 May 1953
 	(4).    SWEENEY  FAMILY   ORIGINS
{I don't know who to attribute this story to, and I have had it for so many years. It is probably not from Chalmers Sweeney, since he
 always typed everthing, and all 9 pages of this story are in longhand.   W. T. Block}
	Arriving in Grand Chenier in late 1840 or early 1841, John William Sweeney, then about age 30, and Sarah Jane Hickok,* about age 34, and their children of ages 7, 4, and 2* were as a family among the first persons at Grand Chenier from the old Southern States. Administratively Grand Chenier was then a part of-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*John William would have been about 33 and Sarah Jane about 23-24 years old.
**There could have been only 2 children. Syrenah Jane died in Mississippi_____________
 Lafayette Parish (and later Vermilion). It was not until 1870 that Cameron Parish was formed from portions of Calcasieu and Vermilion parishes. By then their sixth son John William Jr. had grown up and married, and became the parish sheriff (in 1871).
	Seven of the JWS/SJHS issue married 9 of Cameron Parish's pioneer families. An 8th child, Andrew J., was about to take a wife (Margaret Doland), a daughter of another ol southern family, when he was drowned while en route to Galveston markets with his year's cotton and produce. Thus most of their descendents have come by their claims of descent from Cameron pioneers from both sides of the first generation.
	Tradition has it that the first generation arrived early during the Virginia Experiments and settled in the Norfolk area. William and Mary's Quarterly (Vol. 16, 1st Series) notes an Edward Sweeney of Elizabeth County (present day Hampton Roads across from Norfolk. Much more data on this is included in John Bode's Southern Virginia Families (Vol. 1) recently reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore MD, showing that this Irishman, his wife and 2 children arrived in Virginia in 1655 with headrights of one named Purifoy's land on the Rappahannock River. Several descendents were in the Norfolk area by the early 1700s.				      17
	The first census of 1790 for Maryland discloses that 3 Sweeney families were living in Frederick County (city of Frederick on Monacacy R.) on that date. One was John with 6 household members; another was William with 8 members; and Edward with 7 members. Maryland state records strongly suggest that the father of these families was (Major) Edward Sweeney, who secured a patent from the Province of Maryland, Proprietors Land Office, while Gov. Sharpe was in office in the year 1749 for 50 acres of a tract, called Point on The Monacacy River, which originated in Pennsylvania in the vicinity of Gettyburg. But Edward sold Point and moved farther north to take the tracts called "Adams Resentment and Richard's Folly," adjacent and together comprising about 25 acres. Later before his death in 1779, he bought over 380 acres from earlier patents, but had it resurveyed for a patent to himself, that tract being called Back Ridge. This tract became a part of Washington County when it was severed from Frederick, but was very near to the two eastern tracts mentioned which lie still in Frederick County not far from U.S. Army Camp Ritchie, and the town of Highfields. Edward died in 1779, leaving a will to his widow and sons, including William and Edward.
	With regard to Baltimore County, the 1810 U.S. census Vol. 1 p.136 discloses a John Sweeney household in the old North Hundred (also the 3rd voting district) the principal city of which is Pikesville, about 7 miles out of Baltimore city on the Reistville Road, a main thoroughfare to the northwest up into Pennsylvania. The U. S. entry shows that the household has 2 males under age ten and 2 between 26 and 45 while this was only 1 family under 10 and 1 under 45 but above 26. Thus in the way John could be 15 or 16 when she married. This was common practice for young women of pioneer families to advance their ages. Such was the case with Harriet and Ellen Sweeney in the 1860 census when their ages were recorded as being 25 and 18 when in fact they were 19 and 16.
			Date of Marriage of John Sweeney	
	The young couple met and married in Virginia on 14 June 1832 and lived there for a time as the 1850 Louisiana  census indicates. Then at an unknown date they moved to Mississippi and lived there about 6 years. This information comes from the births of their next two childrenm Henry Sidney and Syrenah Jane in that state while the fourth Harriet was born on June 14, 1841 in Grand Chenier. Diligent research has not disclosed what counties in Virginia and Mississippi they resided in. {note: Hinds co. MS.}
	John W. Sweeney is shown on the tax records of Rankin  County. Gov. Brandon was especially interested in attacting young farmers. The state's constitution had been amended to make the state as promising as that of Western Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee had been during the recent past.. Too every promotional device used, including religion,  pictures opportunities for farmers. Even Federal funds in a central bank were scattered among state institutions as a spur to local development. By 1850 nearly 1/2 of those born in Virginia were living elsewhere, many in Mississippi. Betwen 1830 and 1840 Mississippi increased its white population by 15% and its negroes by 197%, thus increasing the domain of King Cotton, which intime would change a western state into a southern state. 			.	John W and Sarah Jane and the other Cameron Parish pioneers from the Old South during the 1840s-1850s were a part of the great westward movement, although the details in the county, state and federal records, in the nespapers, have not yet revealed it in different locales. {Ed. note: Before continuing, this article is an English teacher's nightmare for excessive use of words where 2 would suffice. Hence I am forced to alter without changing the meaning. In places where the subject is economic times instead of the Sweeneys, I will probably omit some portions.}
Why The Sweeneys Left Mississippi
	Perhaps Virginia and Maryland influences in addition to those mentioned above played a part in his choosing to go to Mississippi, but once there, for reasons unknown,  events worked against him. That was a common experience. Some lands lived up to advance billing while others did not. {Remember that the government had just opened up 1 million acres of former Choctaw lands. If JWS grew principally cotton at Grand Chenier, it stands to reason that he did so in Mississippi as well, and both the Pearl and Big Black rivers for hauling cotton to New Orleans pass near by. Certainly the panic of 1837 played some part} The easy means of transportation to markets did not develop, with the result that  many farmers found it difficult to market their produce. Too the planter with capital, slave labor, and know-how was an unequal competitor. {At this point an entire page of economic history is omitted.}
	Two major events doubtless were among the influences which motivated the Sweeneys and others to abandon their Mississippi holdings and to take up residence in communities far to the west. The first was the depression of 1837, which bore especially heavy on Mississippi debtors. The second event was the rise of the Texas Republic, with its millions of acres of land and a wholly new political frame of reforms. True, Sweeney did not go to Texas, but he almost did, and it seems surely to have played some part. He selected a site in adjoining Louisiana, which for many decades was tied to the Galveston Texas trade area, that is, commercial crops raised on the "cheniers" were hauled by boat to that port and sold, and provisions bought there with the proceeds. According to Mary Elizabeth Bonall's family, they left Jackson, Mississippi by steamboat on the Pearl River to the Gulf of Mexico. On reaching the gulf, they were blown ashore in a terrible storm. It was so beautiful that they decided to stay.
{This is the end of the 9th page of this handwritten manuscript, which is initialed at the end "GSE," {identified as Gladys Eggers}
whose identity is unknown to me. The abrupt end implies it might have been longer, but if so, this is all that I have.}
		5). Dr. Alvin Sweeney's Sweeney Genealogical Data
	Virginia Origins: ARS entry Sweeney Family of Louisiana states that they are "descended from John W. Sweeney, who was of the Sweeney family of Virginia. He left Virginia about 1830, first stopping a few years in Mississippi, where he married Sarah Jane Hickok on June 14, 1832. {This part is in obvious error since Mary Elizabeth Sweeney was born in Virginia.} He soon afterward moved to Grand Chenier, La. If the unknown early historian is correct - that Harriet Ann was the first of the Sweeneys born on Grand Chenier on 14 June 1841 - then John W. and family settled there between the middle of 1838 and late in 1840. 
	Evidently in SWEENEY FAMILIES OF VIRGINIA, whom he had reference to was EDWARD SWEENEY of Elizabeth city, county, Virginia, and noted in William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 16, 1907-1908, pp. 237-239. A later work, SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILIES, written by John Bennett Bodie, gives information on the Sweeney family of Virginia. On page 380 - Sweeneys of Elizabeth County, and another Sweeney of Prince Edward County on page 382. The first entry related to Edmund Sweeney, Sr. said to have been born in Ireland. He and his family had headrights of Thomas Purifoy, who patented 1,000 acres on the south side of Rappahannock River on 18 March 1655, for the transportation of 40 persons, among them Edmund, Sr., Elizabeth, his wife, and Edmund, Jr. (The authority of this statement is found on page 318 of Mrs. Niell M. Nugent's CAVALIERS AND PIONEES, Abstracts of Virginia Land Gants.)
			6). Origins of John William Sweeney by ECS
	At the present writing it is uncertain, except that he either came from the Baltimore or Frederick area of Maryland, from forebears who earlier settled in Virginia (the family earlier were identified with Norfolk). He reportedly spent one or two years in Mississippi, where he met and married the Virginian, Sarah Jane Hickok, when he was abou 25, if the earlier birth year of 1807 is correct. There is no suggestion of where he lived in Mississippi. {notes errors here} The writer of "History of Cameron Parish" (Dr. Alvin Sweeney file, which I will later issue as Item 105)) says the first settler at Grand Chenier in 1837 was Placide Labove, a Texan, who staked out acreage. {Ed.'s Note: a Placide Labove, age 102 and a veteran of War of 1812, died at Johnson's Bayou in 1892.} One year later Louis Vaughan came from New Iberia, followed by Paul Jones, "the man who brought our first sail boat to our waters - the JUBILEE. With his schooner, Jones would bring in supplies from New Orleans. {ECS note: That ship's log might show passenger lists or ports of call. It came from Mississippi.) ... The above writer states that "the first girl born on Grand Chenier was Harriet Sweeney who married William McCall. Maryland Origins: According to information from issue of VI, John W. Sweeney was born in Baltimore in 1807, where his Dad or uncle kept a store near a fort and owned 10 acres. Alvin Sweeney had him living for a time in Frederick-the first census of 1790 does show a John Sweeney, head of a family of 5 in Frederick, MD. In BRUMBAUGH'S MARYLAND RECORDS,  p. 128, Prince George's Co., mentions Drury and Lloyd Sweeney, 1781-90. A list of Georgetown hundred, Frederick Co., Aug. 22, 1776, has "Major Sweeney, age 32 years old." {It seems plausible that John Sweeney in Frederick was our John's uncle and Major Edward Sweeney his grandfather, but is not proven.} There is also an entry in St. Mary's Co. across Potomac from Westmoreland Co. VA., of a marriage license issued to a William Sweeney Dec. 16, 1799. The early records of the Maryland counties are collected in the Hall of Reords in Annapolis, which I hope to visit soon.  (end of ECS' document)
	7). Entry from 'Genealogy of Apolinaire Mhire and Mary Alice Bonsall'
	Mary Elizabeth Sweeney, #13, born 8/14/1833 in Virginia, d/o John William Sweeney and Sarah Jane Hickok, married (1) May 1846 at Grand Chenier to Isaac Bonsall, s/o Jacob Bonsall and Hanna Egler of Upper Darly County, Pennsylvania. See Isaac Bonsall #12 for their children. {Ed. note: Isaac Bonsall killed in Mouton's division, Battle of Mansfield, Apr. 8, 1864.} Marriage (2) 6/27/1870 to Edmund Wade "Dick" Vaughan, s/o James Vaughan and Eleanor Raines. Children: Lloyd Augustus, b. 9/7/1872; Luther Wade Vaughan, b. 5/3/1875. Dick Vaughan died Feb. 2, 1877 at GC. Mary Eliz. Vaughan died at residence of her oldest son in Section 39, Township 15, in Grand Chenier on Mar. 5, 1916 and is buried in McCall Cemetery.			     21
	8). Family Group, prepared by Jesse Vaughan, 7014 Sycamore, Galv.
	Husband: John Hickok, b. VA. Wife: Hannah Murray, b. VA on 25 Oct 1791. Dau: Sarah Jane Hickok, b. VA 14 May 1814; d. GC 10 Jun 1893, Spouse, John Wm. Sweeney, m. 14 Jun 1832, Parents of John W. Sweeney:
Father, John William Sweeney; Mother, Mary Owens, foreign born
	John and Sarah Jane Sweeney arrived GC, La. 1840 or 1841. "Sweeney Family Origins," Jean Boullion, 1993
	1850 Vermilion Census, Ward 8, p. 41, line 8
John W Sweeney  40 m farmer LA
Sarah Hickok 34 F  VA; children Henry, 15 m MI; Harriet 9 F LA; John 4 m LA, Sarah 6 f LA; James 1 mo m LA.
	1860 Vermilion Census, p 45, l. 21.
John Sweeney, 53 m farmer 500/1500  LA
Sarah  45  f  LA; Harriet 25 f  La; Ellen 19, f LA; John  13 m LA; James 10 m LA, George 8 m LA, Virginia 6 f LA, Andrew  4  m LA
Frank N m LA.
	1870 Cameron Census p.5, line 22.
J W Sweeney  59 farmer 1000/500 VA, illiterate, mother foreign born
Sarah  53  f housekeeper, VA
James H, 21, m farmer  LA
Carter  18, m LA; Virginia  f LA; Andrew 13, m LA; Frank N. 10, m. LA.
	1880 Cameron census, p 1, dist 4, Enum dist 2, p. 76
John W Sweeney Sr. 73  m  crippled,  MD  MD  MD
Sarah Jane Hickok    63 f  housewife,  VA   VA   VA____________________________
			Cameron Parish Land Conveyances	
	On 21 Feb 1877 John W and Sarah sold 15 acres to Andrew J Sweeney.
	On 26 Feb 1880 John W and Sarah sold 30 acres to George Carter Sweeney (The Sweeneys came from Hinds Co. MS, sometime and following the McCall family who had been their friends and neighbors. His arm was caught and mangled in cotton gin and had to be amputated--Ber. Hollister)
	9). Letter, 7/15/1957, Chalmers Sweeney to his uncle Sidney Sweeney of Lake Charles, furnished by Gloria (Mrs. P. O.) Patrick, Sweeny, Texas 
	Uncle Sidney: I enclose a most interesting letter dated 28 June 1957 from Mrs. Wm. Edward Sweeney of Genoa, Texas. In reply of mine to her son  Gordon Edward whom I met at the Carter Institute of Music in Philadelphia recently. You will see that it contains a lot of information, some of which is new to me, and other that is now new with the data I had, Alvin Sweeney, s/o George Columbus Carter Sweeney and Aurelia Miller.
	I shall answer in this way to accomplish several purposes-1) it will afford me the opportunity to check all my data against yours; 2) since it contains much of possible interest to other members of the family; 3) it will provide a basis for further inquiry for information to fill the voids as indicated, not only as to John W Sweeney's family but his wife Sarah Jane Hickok, which through her mother Hannah Murray, I understand was related to the Virginia Randolphs. I also have data on the Pierre Valcar Miller family, for his daughter Aurelia, who married your father, Dr. GCC Sweeney, and also the Harris Jackson Ingram family of Texas, whose 2 daughters married sons of George, and a third Ruth, married a nephew, Minos D. Miller.
	When you are next in the Houston area and are so minded, I'd appreciate your dropping in on Wm. Edw. Sweeney of Genoa, Tx., leaving off a copy and giving that family the benefit of your research too. My data shows the following one or more versions.
	JOHN W. SWEENEY-who was of the Sweeney family of Virginia, was born about 1807, and died 17 August 1886. he left Virginia about 1830 (another version states born in Baltimore in 1812 and spent his youth in Frederick MD) first stopping a year or two (most probably 8 years) where on 14 June 1832 he married Sarah Jane Hickok (b. 14 May 1814-d. 30 Jun 1893), the daughter of Hannah Murray Hickok, b. 25 Oct 1792, who married John Hickok in Virginia 7 Apr 1832. The issue of this marriage being:
	a) Mary Eliz (Aunt Lizzie) b 14 March 1833-d. 5 Mar 1916, who married 1) Isaac Bonsall Sr. 1824-1864, from Upper Darby, Pennsulvania. Children: Thomas, Henry, Sarah Jane, Amelia Ann, Isaac, Jr. (do not have birth, death dates). 2). Edmund W. Vaughan, no info, children: Lloyd who married Lorenza Richard, and Luther who married Adelaide Miller
	b). Henry Sidney, b 29 Feb. 1836-d. 13 March 1915. He lived in Vinton a long time and married Mary Elizabeth Tanner, b 26 Feb 1836-d. 17 June 1903. There were 12 children in this family (which see earlier).
	c). Syrenah Jane Sweeney, died in infancy.
	d). Harriet  Anne Sweeney, b. 14 June 1841, d 1884. Married 1 William H McCall, 2. Robert Weatherill. He was killed by Jayhawkers while serving in the Confederate Army, {Error: A Confederate dispatch  of Dr. Milledge McCall Sr. in my possession states it was his son Milledge Jr. that was killed by the Mermentau Jayhawkers. Wm. H. McCall died of pneumonia near Mansfield in Jan. 1864.}  She had 4 children by her marriages to McCall and Weatherill.
	e. John William Sweeney Jr. (1847-1931) married Sarah Ann Armstrong, and became the first sheriff of Cameron Parish in 1871. He sold out his store to S. P. Henry in 1873 and moved to Sugarland, Texas. Many of his descendentns live in the Houston vicinity.
	f. James Hill Sweeney (1848-1891) married Lou Ellen Smith and raised cotton for many years on the old Sweeney farm. He was father of nine children. Daughters Jennie and Margaret, like James Hill, were all three dead by 1891 and are buried in McCall cemetery. In 1906 Lou Ellen Sweeney and 7 children moved to Nederland, Texas, where they lived out their lives.
	g. George Columbus Carter Sweeney (1851-1922) married Aurelia Miller and raised his family at Grand Chenier. He eventually acquired all 77 acres patented by John W. Sweeney. Although Carter farmed all his life, he was also a physician, although largely self taught, and for many years was the only doctor on Grand Chenier. 
	h. Virginia Sweeney married Jim Logan, and although she lived on the Chenier for many years she eventually settled at Port Arthur about 1900 where most of her descendents still live.
	i. Andrew L. Sweeney (1856-1881) raised cotton on the Chenier for a few years and was preparing to marry Margaret Doland when he sailed on the schooner Two Sisters in Oct. 1881, bringing with him about 15 bales of cotton. During the night the Two Sisters sank in a storm and Andrew drowned.
	j. Frank Newton Sweeney became a Methodist preacher and held a number of circuit pastorates in South Louisiana. He married 3 times and raised a large family.
HICKOK FAMILY
	As mentioned earlier , Sarah Jane Sweeney was the daughter of John Hickok and Hannah Murray, both of Norfolk, Virginia. Other issue included -- H. Hickok, who visited Grand Chenier about 1887, supposedly from Cinncinati Ohio; James Hickok who married Evelyn Hale, and is reported to have died with 2 or 3 of his children of yellow fever; one daughter Ruth who married John Rutherford who lived between Grand Chenier and Leesburg. There is also this data: Hannah Murray Hickok b 25 Oct 1792 mother of Sarah Jane Hickok, b. 1814; Hugh William Daniel Hickok b 11 Nov 1819; Mary Jane Hickok b. 7 Apr 1822: James Henry Hickok b 19 Nov 1824, died of yellow fever in 1867; John Morris Hickok, b 23 Sept 1826. (The listing of McCall Cemetery shows J. H. Hickok as buried there, but in an unmarked grave. The 1860 Vermilion Census shows Hugh William Hickok as living in Grand Chenier).
	{Ed.'s Note: I have taken the liberty to omit much of this letter, which becames too tedious with detail and 
with some inaccuracies. Hugh William Hickok is listed in the 1860 Grand Chenier, Vermilion Parish, Census. I also 
have an original wedding picture of him and his wife in New Orleans, and owned by Ella Sweeney all her life. Ella's 
brother (and my uncle), Hugh William Sweeney, was name for Hickok}------------------------------------------------------------
This is the right time to honor  two Sweeney descendents, Bernice Hollister Denny, and her brother, Archie Hollister, 
who were devoted to Southwest Louisiana education and who were Cameron Parish's principal historians. Sadly
 Archie's life was cut short by his untimely death, but Bernice lived to age 91, dying in 1998. There is hardly anyone 
who has ever read Cameron Parish Pilot, that has not read something written either by Bernice or Archie Hollister.
SURGERY - EARLY-DAY GRAND CHENIER STYLE
By Bernice Denny---submitted to YELLOW PAGES  by Carton R. Adamson
	My great great grandfather, John W. Sweeney, a pioneer settler of Grand Chenier, when he was well past middle-age, got his hand and arm badly mangled in the tines of a cotton gin. He as well as his family, knew that amputation was the 1 recourse to save his life.
	The bleeding was stopped and preparations were made for the operation. Kettles of boiling water wrere steamed on a black iron wood stove; a long sturdy dining table was spread with an old conforter and sheets, and Sweeney was laid upon this improvised operating table.
	Although no licnsed doctor was available, John M. McCall, a brother-in-law of Grandfather Sweeney's daughter, Harriet Ann, was scrubbed and ready to perform the surgery. He had served as a surgeon's assistant at Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the recent Civil War. He had self-confidence and experience during his army apprenticeship. His own father, Dr. Milledge McCall, practiced medicine to a degree, although he was self-taught.
	McCall's only surgical tools were the ordinary instruments found within the home of that day - a sharp razor, sewing needles, waxed thread, and a common carpenter's saw. There were no anesthetics such as we know today. Strong whiskey and a small amount of morphine plus laudanum wrere the only available pain-killers.
	Several relatives and friends gathered around the table to hold the patient during his agonizing ordeal. John McCall, who had carefully sterilized his instruments, swiftly performed the operation, and John W. Sweeney, the Maryland-born emigrant to Grand Chenier, lived to praise the courage and skill of John M. McCall. And despite the ever present threat of gangrene, Sweeney survived another l6 years until his death.----------------------------------------------
THE SINKING  OF  THE  'TWO SISTERS'
By Bernice Hollister Stewart and published in DIXIE on Nov. 9, 1958
	ONE GOLDEN morning in October, 1881, young Andrew Sweeney of Grand Chenier kissed his fiancee  {Margaret Doland} good-bye and boarded a schooner for Galveston, Texas. There he planned to buy his wedding suit, things needed to set up housekeeping, and his wedding ring. In his happiness he failed to notice that the schooner had no lifeboat.
	The other two passengers included an unknown person and John Miller, a pioneer merchant near the docks in Grand Chenier. Miller was going to Galveston to purchase a year's supplies; he carried his money in a money belt around his waist.
	Sweeney, a farmer, had had a good year. The vessel, the Two Sisters. was loaded with his cotton and with oranges. The morning after the schooner had sailed out of Mermentau River and into the gulf, it became apparent that the ship had been overloaded with cargo. Her seams were slowly opening. 
	"Hadn't we better throw the cargo overboard to lighten the load?" Sweeney asked of he vessel's skipper, Joseph Galli.
	"It too late." Capt. Galli said. "Too late. Your year's work, she soon go down. My schooner, it go down too. But don't worry, we make a raft of the cotton bales. When the wind shifts to south, we float to shore."
	Quickly the captain, mate, and the three passengers rolled five cotton bales together and lashed them securely. The put food and water on the makeshift raft, waiting for the wind which would blow them to shore, but they were in a dead calm.
	Hours went by, and the schooner began to settle in the water. The men could only stand around and wait for a breeze. At last they heard a sound, a gurgling noise as the water was rushing to the top of the hold. When a breeze finally came up in the south, Capt. Galli said, "Launch the raft."
	As the raft drifted away. there came a low roar, and the Two Sisters passed out of sight  and sank in a boil of bubbles. The breeze pushed the raft slowly northward. After three hours, the castaways saw a faint blue line on the horizon. The wind grew steadily stronger, and soon the blue line developed into the coast line. 
	The castaways cheered for if the wind did not diminish, they would be on the shore in another hour. But the wind did not diminsh; it increased, and suddenly the raft was floating toward the breakers along the shore. 
	"Captain, let's cut the bales apart and let each man ride one of them in," the mate said. Galli replied, "No, don't do that! Our only chance is to stay together!"
	However it happened, each man was soon adrift alone on a single bale. One by one they rode the waves in  toward the shore and momentarily disappeared in an explosion of spray. When the spray and wind subsided, four of the bales floated empty. Only the fifth bale still carried a man,  half drowned and holding on desperately.
	Meanwhile at Grand Chenier a young lady named Margaret Doland waited day by day for the Two Sisters to return and bring back Andrew Sweeney from Galveston. Night after night she hang out a lantern on the dock or in her bedroom window.
	Sometime later the bodies of the mate and John Miller were washed up on the beach of Galveston Island. When authorities found them, Miller's money belt was already gone. The two men were buried in the sand near the beach. Andrew Sweeney and the third passenger were never seen again. The lone survivor was Capt. Galli, who made his way into Galveston and told his story. It was said that Galli never sailed again, at least out of Mermentau River.---------------------------------------------------------------
			AM  I  A SWEENEY DESCENDENT BY DINT OF FATE ONLY?	
BY   W.  T.  BLOCK
	I have often wondered if I am a Sweeney descendent only by the temperamental whims of fate or what?  If you are wondering what I mean, please read on.
	In 1890 my father, Will Block, and his two brothers, Martin Block and Abbie Block, turned to Southwest Louisiana in search of a bride, much as their father and brothers had done in Civil War days. The older Blocks born in Germany were living at Shellbank, La. (Pavell's Island) then and they found their brides in Johnson's Bayou.
	With almost no marriageable young women in the Port Neches area of Southeast Texas in 1890, the Block brothers also turned to Johnson's Bayou once more, where their maternal grandparents lived. Uncle Abbie soon married Flavia Peveto of Johnson Bayou. Uncle Martin met Sally Crain there while she was on a visit from Grand Chenier, or more specifically Pecan Island. The Block brothers owned a 40 foot ketch or sailboat, from which they peddled farm produce in Beaumont and Sabine Pass, so it wasn't long before they were sailing that boat around to Mermentau River. 
	While Martin Block was courting Sally Crain, Will Block met a young 19-year-old lady named Virginia Sweeney, and they quickly became engaged. However, Dad was often harrassed by a little 7-year-old younger sister Janie, who insisted on jumping up on his lap and hugging his neck. However, that scene soon ended when Virginia Sweeney died of pneumonia at age 20, and a broken-hearted Will Block quit sailing to Grand Chenier.
	However, fate brought Lou Ellen Sweeney's family to Nederland, Tx. in 1906 in search of marriageable partners because they were already double first cousin to everyone at Grand Chenier. Will Block married a Dutch immigrant and when she died in 1917, he was a widower with 8 children. Janie (Sarah Jane Sweeney) married Robert Staffen of Nederland in 1908, and when he died in 1917, she was left with a young son to support. She soon found a job in the Texaco roofing plant in Port Neches, where for 2 years she filled by hand the little round boxes of roofing nails that went into each roll of roofing. Since she needed a home closer to her work, she was referred to Will Block, who owned a rent house on Port Neches Avenue. 
	Jane Staffen bought the house from him, and after the passage of 26 years, Dad inquired, "Aren't you the same little Janie Sweeney who used to jump on my lap at Grand Chenier?" Mama answered 'yes,' but nothing further developed for the next two years. Every other Saturday afternoon Jane Sweeney Staffen drove her buggy down to Will Block's house to take him a $10 payment from her pay check. On May 30, 1919, after carrying 48 payments down to him, Will Block wrote out a receipt, and as he handed her the receipt, he asked, "Janie, will you marry me?"  Mama was stunned since he had never previously expressed any love interest, and despite the many children she would have to cook and care for, she consented. A week later, they were married by a justice of the peace, and 14 months later, I was birthed to draw my first breath of fresh air.
	Believe me, however, little Janie Sweeney never let Will Block forget that he took time to collect all 48 payments before asking her to marry him.--------------------------
			SWEENEY  FAMILY  HISTORY  by Bernice Denny		 
{Reprinted from Cameron Parish Pilot, February 2, 1989, page 6}
	The John William Sweeney Sr. famility settled in Grand Chenier at the close of 1941 {note: Harriet Sweeney was born there in 1941}
	During the 1600s the first Sweeneys and McCalls had emigrated from Ireland to what is now the United States. The families continued their friendship through the generations which followed. The John Sweeneys were neighbors of the Milledge McCalls in (Hinds Co.) Mississippi. After the McCalls settled in Grand Chenier, they sent back glowing accounts of the pristine beauty and fertility of the island. The Sweeneys in turn were enticed to migrate to this wonderland.
	Mr. Sweeney was born in Baltimore County MD in 1810 (try 1807). His wife Sarah Jane Hickok, was born in Virginia on May 14, 1814. She was related to the Randolph family, several of whom were prominent in affairs of Virginia.
	A tailor by trade, Mr. Sweeney moved his equipment to the Chenier. Years later with the help of a granddaughter, Susan McCall, he tailored the wedding suit of Cameron's illustrious Judge Edmond Miller.
	Mr. Sweeney built a temporary cabin in which to move his family. His wife, a true pioneer in spirit but unaccustomed to such primitive living, pawned 2 beautiful silk dresses and her gold wach and chain in order to finance the move.
	At that time their fourth child, Harriet Ann, born on the Chenier on June 14, 1841, was about six months old. She never learned to crawl, and her mother kept her tied in her high chair because of the cabin's dirt floor.
	Mr. Sweeney proved his bravery later when his arm was mangled in the machinery of a cotton gin. He ordered his faithful friend, Dr. McCall, to amputate it in order to save his life. Without any antibiotics or pain killers of today, and the only sterilization being boiling water, the surgery proved successful, using only a razor, waxed thread, a saw, and some whiskey and laudanum.
	The children of Mr. and Mrs. Sweeney are listed as follows: Mary Elizabeth, b. 14 Aug, 1833, d. 5 Mar 1916, mar. Isaac Bonsall, killed in war, 2 Edmond Vaughan; Henry Sidney b. 29 Feb. 1836, d. 13 Mar 1915, mar. Mary Elizabeth Tanner; Harriet Ann, b. 14 Mar 1841, d. 1884, mar. William McCall, later Robert Weatherill; Sarah Ellen, b 3 Aug 1844, d  28 Jan. 1889, mar. Jules Bouquet; James Hill, b. 25 Sept. 1849, d. 7 Oct 1891, mar. Ellen Smith; George Carter, b 6 Oct. 1851, d. 6 Nov 1922, mar. Aurelia Miller; Virginia, b. 25 Feb. 1854, d. 8 Mar 1936, mar. Jim Logan; Andrew, b. 18 Aug 1856, drowned at sea in Oct. 1881; Frank Newton, b 5 May 1859, d. 19 Dec. 1936, mar. Polly Stine, 2 Nancy Kent, 3 Gussie St. Cyr. 
	John W. Sweeney died on Aug. 17, 1886; his wife died on June 30, 1893. Both were interred in the McCall Cemetery in Grand Chenier.
	Of all their children, their eighth, George C. Carter Sweeney, lived longest on the Chenier. In his younger years he had such a propensity toward medical arts that he purchased and studied medical books and journals. Then he took a state examination and passed with a high score so he was granted a license to practice medicine. He no longer practiced in his later years, but his keen mind was still able to diagnose illnesses and give advice. 
	Carter and Aurelia Sweeney have grandchildren, great and great great grandchilden still living in Cameron Parish.----------------------------------------------------------
The Jules V. Bouquet Family by C. J. Thompson, publ. in Port Lavaca, TX Wave, May 16, 1940	
	One of the pioneer families of Calhoun County, Tx. is that of Jules Victor Bouquet, who was born in Thibodeaux, La. on Aug. 6, 1836. His father die while he was a young boy, and his mother having married again, he decided to come to Texas, living at first with an uncle in Orange, Tx. When about 16 years of age, he went to work for a rancher, William McFaddin of Beaumont. A few years later he came to Calhoun County, being first emplyed by a Mr. Blanchette and remained here in the cattle business until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted in Capt. January's company at Victoria, which thereafter was attached to Gen. Tom Green's Cavalry Brigade.
	Most of his service during the war was in Louisiana, where he did notable scout work, his knowledge of the locality and the French language being of special value in that respect. Accompanying him during his long service in the army was his trusty horse, his personal property, a gray stallion of Arabian breed, possessed of great speed and endurance, wich saved him on many occasions from capture. The horse was the pet of the men of his battalion, and was the recipient of their affections in the tidbits that he ate, and was always in excellent health. The horse was also well known to the enemy and many a Yankee officer wished to capture him for his own personal property. 
	It appeared on one occasion that that might happen. A body of Yankee cavalry pursued him along a fence, on the other side of which was a deep ditch. Mr. Bouquet held his horse back, staying only far enough ahead to escape capture, which the enemy thought would soon happen. However, Mr. Bouquet's horse cleared both fence and then the ditch. None of the enemy could get over the wide ditch, and they watched as he cantered away; they fired a few shots with no effect. After the war he returned to Calhoun County, where he became a livestock keeper himself.
	On January 25, 1866, he married Sarah Ellen Sweeney of Grand Chenier, La., following a romance that began during the war. He brought her to live on his place on Hog Bayou, near Long Mott in this county. In the first part of July, 1871  he moved to the present Bouquet homestead on Big Chocolate Bayou, about 5 miles west of Port Lavaca, where he resided until Nov. 27, 1933, dying there at age 97.
	Twelve children were born of his union to Sarah Ellen, eight of whom are still alive in 1940. Grandpa Bouquet was a man of great hospitality, and each year marked his birthday with a barbecue.-----
The following are the memoirs, Ca. 1915, of Rev. Frank Newton Sweeney, which for reason unknown was never completed. It was handwritten in an unused book marked "Burris Hotel registration book," and apparently was written in Franklinton, Louisiana, as follows:-------------------
	I was born on Grand Chenier Island, May 5, 1859. My father was born and raised in Baltimore, MD and was one of the first settlers on the Island. He met my mother in Virginia. She was Sarah Jane Hickok. They were married June 14, 1833. Soon after their marriage they moved to the State of Misissippi, where they remained until a man by the name of John Armstrong met him and told him of the discovery of Grand Chenier Island, which was a perfect forest as I used to hear my father say the trees such as wild beech, hackberries, oaks, wild muscadine grape vines were so thick that a bird could not fly through it. Mr. Armstrong insisted on my father moving there.
	There was then only two settlers there, Armstrong and Squire (Dr. Milledge) McCall. So Sweeney agreed to go and with his wife and two children, made the move down by the Mermentau River, which flowed on the north side of the Island, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico about 9 miles west of the Island. The Island was 16 miles long, running parallel with the Gulf of Mexico, and a sea marsh extended 5 miles to the beach of the Gulf of Mexico. My father settled about halfway up the island. He cleared a plot, drifted cypess logs from upriver, and split and hewed boards, which he used for building a house (ie: with dirt floor) and fencing. 
	The ground was very rich and produced most anything the planted in it. There were wild cattle and deer, and when they wanted meat, all he had to do was go out with his flintlock gun, take a stand, and he soon killed some venison. On one occasion he was in a stand where he thought he saw a deer, and after he shot, he went to the place expecting to find his deer, and blood in the bushes was all he could find. He tracked for some distance until he decided to return home because it was getting late. A few days afterward, Mr. McCall was on a hunt when he saw some buzzards fly up; he went there and found a large panther, so they pulled the panther home so that their families could see the animal. 
	My mother, anxious for some bacon, purchased a pair of pigs, and in a short time she had 7 large hogs to kill. From then on they had all the hogs they needed whereas wild hogs roamed there too.  
{At this point, I, W. T. Block, will inject a couple stories told by my mother, Janie Sweeney, and grandmother, LouEllen Sweeney: When Janie was about 6 years old in 1890, she was sitting on the back porch with her grandmother, 
Sarah Jane Hickok Sweeney. An old sow kept grunting for more clabber after Sarah Jane had already fed her a large
 bucket full. There must have been a great excess of clabber because the old hog ate another bucket full and kept 
grunting for more. Apparently irked with the sow, Sarah Jane kept feeding clabber until the old sow's stomach was on
 the ground. Finally the old sow's stomach burst, killing her, and clabber mixed with blood ran all over the grass. Ano-
ther story told by Lou Ellen Sweeney was that in Civil War days, Chenier women bolted the wooden shutters before dark,
 not only for mosquitoes, but because they could hear the black panthers in the marsh growling like a woman in agony
 as they came out of Front Marsh to the high land. Occasionally they could hear the panthers as they jumped up on the
front gallery. Eventually they would go in back to a hog pen, kill a hog and drag it back to marsh, afer which the 
animals would quieten down. In 1900 my mother Janie and her brothers Andrew and Hugh W. Sweeney trapped minks in
 the front marsh and they always carried a long stick to kill the minks. The marsh in that area was often covered over by leaning marsh sea cane 15 feet tall. My uncles told me that often they used the sticks to  kill a dozen ducks flying around under the sea cane and brought them home along with their minks.}-----------------------------------------------------------
As soon as he could, my father improved 160 acres of his land, clearing a little at a time until he had 60 acres under cultivaion. I was the youngest of ten children that grew to adulthood -namely, Mary Elizabeth, Henry Sidney, Harriet Anne, Sarah Ellen, John W., Jr.; James Hill, George Carter, Virginia, Andrew Jacison, and me Frank Newton. My first recollection of my mother was her hand on my head, teaching me my prayers. She brought me up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. At the age of 13, I attended a quarterly conference held by Rev. B. G. White, who was then Presiding Elder of the Opelousas District. The night before I joined, I went to the mourner's bench, where I was deeply convicted of my sins. I had gone to church, riding behind my father, and on our way I could not keep from crying. My father knowing what was the matter, he encouraged me in the start I had made although he was not a Christian himself. 
	The next night I joined the church, and when the preacher who was preparing to baptize me asked me my name, I told him Frank Newton. "Why," he said, "that is part of my name, which is Franklin." And he invoked a blessing on me that I shall never forget; and I want to say now that prayer he prayed with his hand on my head has been answered. The next day I took the Bible that my mother had given me and went all alone to the east end of our field where I selected a place under an orange tree, where the weeds were high, so I could not be seen by anyone but God. There I prayed and read as well as I could passages from the Holy Bible, cried and wrestled with God till a precious peace came into my heart that I cannot express. I felt as light as a feather, and I ran to my mother and told her what had happened. She embraced me, kissed me, and said, "Frank, you are converted!" And I have never doubted that till this day.
	My education was limited. I began at the age of 7 to a public school, the boards of which were hand-hewn, the pews rived (?-rough-hewn) out of cypress logs, which as a matter of course were full of splinters; and the floor was Mother Earth, and for three succeeding years I attended these three-months terms; and being 9 months out of school, I forgot nearly all I learned during the previous 3 months. I had a vacation of 6 or 7 years, when at age 18 I attended a 6 months term taught by Mrs. A. Jane Levy, a sister of the B. F. H. O. (?) and T. B. White of the Louisiana conference. That ended my schooling, but I became interested in reading good books and religious papers, one of which was the New Orleans Christian Advocate, which I always found in my home. 
	At the age of 20, I married Miss Polly Stine. She was 15 years old, and the marriage was the greatest mistake of my life. I was too young, and my advice to any young man is never to marry too young.To us were born 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls - Dennis Algernon, Margaret Estella, Ivy Andrew, and Harriet Jane, all of whom are married. In 1891 I was left a widower with those 4 children. I had a little farm on which I was doing my best to make a living. Going back to my Christian experience, my friend that was with me in all of my early life always encouraged me to build God's kingdom. A Presbyterian minister by the name of Burgess, a carpenter was in our neighborhood selling Bibles, and we invited him to preach and just before he commenced singing the song before he was to begin his sermon, he whispered and asked if I would make the concluding prayer. Being a stammerer at times, I could hardly talk at all; I hesitated for fear I would stammer (stutter) and make a complete failure; but I braced up and said I would do the best I could. He said that's all the Lord requires of you. So at the end of the sermon, he called on me to pray and to the astonishment of all, I did not stutter. This went out all over the neighborhood, and when Brother J. O. Hoffpauir who was our pastor, preached at his next appointment, he called on me also. So from that time on, they piled the work on me. 
	I was soon made Sunday School superintendent, a position I filled for the next 5 years. This was a great help to me. It got me over the embarrassment to some extent. Very sensibly I felt my inefficiency for any kind of public work, having scarcely any education at all, and afflicted with an impediment of speech; notwithstanding that, I was willing to try.
	After serving in my home church as Sunday School superintendent, steward, and recording steward for several years, I felt a call to preach and was assisted where to get my license to preach. And in September, 1887,at the quarterly conference, Rev. John Miller, the presiding elder, issued me my license to preach. 
	I shall never forget my first sermon. It was announced that I would preach on Sunday night. A largle congregation gathered, my father and mother were there, and many that were not accustomed to going to church, but God was with me. My text was, "Let your light shine that others may see your good works." The home folks asked me to preach once a month, which I did, and on one occasion I met John McCall, who had moved to Leesburg (Cameron), the parish seat of Cameron Parish. 
	One of my school mates, Joseph Suttles, who had taken up the practice of law and had also moved to Leesburg, invited me to preach for them. They had no church house, but held service in the court house. The first effort I made there was quite a trial, but the Lord was with me and I seemingly made a good impression. From that time on, I had a regular appointment there. I was put in charge of the Grand Chenier circuit as a supply, several times finishing out the year for several preachers whose health had failed. In 1889 I finished out Rev. S. H. Cooper who only served 3 months. In 1890 I finished for Rev. Wilson Moore who only served 2 months. In 1892 I served the Sulphur mine district in connection with the Grand Chenier for six months. In 1892 I was appointed at the conference to the Sulphur mine circuit {Southwest Louisianans living today may have forgotten that about 1900 Sulphur was often 
called "Sulphur Mines" for the sulphur that was mined there. For reasons unknown to me, the sulphur was shipped to
 the "sulphur docks" at Sabine Pass, Tx. for overseas shipment}. 
	That year while holding a meeting, Rev. R. M. Blocker helped me to overcome the use of chewing tobacco. A little boy, the son of Claude Perkins who was a storekeeper, saw me buy a piece of chewing tobacco and take a chew in his presence. He ran to his house and told his mother that he knew it was not a sin to chew tobacco because he saw the preacher chewing it. The first time I called on Sister Perkins she told me about it. She had been trying to get her son to quit chewing it and had told him it was a sin to use it. I resolved right then to quit. About a week after returning home, I met Rev. C. T. Stables, who was then on the Grand Chenier circuit. He was boarding near where I lived, and one afternoon while we were riding to Leesburg to get our mail, I took a chew and offered him one, and he said, "Brother Sweeney, suppose we quit right now." I said 'allright,' and threw the tobacco over the fence and that was my last tobacco chew.
	In 1893 while I supplied the Grand Chenier circuit, I visited my brother Henry at Calcasieu and preached for the people there at Calcasieu, where I built my first church. In 1894 I kept up regularly on the Grand Chenier circuit the same as the preachers in charge. The people gave me every encouragement which I will always appreciate. 
	I had sold out at Leesburg and bought the Charlie Suttle place, paying $1,000 cash and borrowing $500, giving a mortgage on the place. I made a very poor crop farming that year and my heart's desire was to join the conference. While picking cotton with my children one afternoon, I said to them,  "How would you like it if I joined the conference and devoted my full time to preaching?" They answered, "Do, Papa! We will be so glad." 
	I prayed over the matter and wrote to Dr. J. M. Beard, who was then PE of the Opelousas District. I told him how I felt, and told him if he could give me work, I would sell out and join the conference. He wrote me a very encouraging letter and told me to come to the conference in December and he would insure me a circuit. So I sold out everything, put my children in school in Lake Charles, and I went on to the conference in New Orleans. The was the first conference I ever attended, and my first visit to New Orleans. Dr. B. Carodine entertained the conference that year. 
	In 1895 I was sent to the Dry Creek citrcuit, where Rev. S. J. Davis was presiding elder. At the conference of that year I was admitted on trial and was returned to the Dry Creek circuit for the year 1896.  In August of that year I was married to Miss Nannie Kent. Rev. Jackson, a superannuated preacher, performed the wedding ceremony. In 1897, I was sent to the Pine Grove circuirt of the Baton Rouge district. I moved by way of Baton Rouge with my wife and my four children by my first wife. I only had $10 when we went to a hotel and got dinner, which cost me $4.50. And I saw if I did not get a cheaper place, I would not have enough money to get away from there and get to my work which was still 30 miles away at Pine Grove. So I went about trying to find a place to spend the night; I had gone to 3 boarding houses and was refused because each of them was full up. The fourth house also said 'no,' when the lady asked who I was. I told her I was the new Methodist preacher on my way to Pine Grove, and she said, "Well, that changes things. Come in with your family and I will make room." Just as I left there, Rev. W. H. Holmes, who heard that I was staying there, met me and said, "Bro. Sweeney, the parsonage..." [Frank Sweeney stopped writing then and never did finish the autobiography he started.]
.	With these wonderful accounts and genealogy, the story of John W. and Sarah Jane Sweeney, comes to an end, except that genealogy never ends, witness some babies yet unborn in Jan, 2000. With a great admiration for my Sweeney ancestors, I end this story ---- W. T. Block