of Buchanan County, Iowa · documented from the public record
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Michael Sweeney
Michael Sweeney⚭ Mary Kilty
childrenJ. D. Sweeney
Their story
What the record says
History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people.
Native of County Tipperary, Ireland.
Emigrated at age 12 with his parents, settling at Belleville, Canada, on 100 acres of wild timbered land.
Worked his trade in New York, then Charleston, South Carolina.
Returned to Canada and married Mary Kilty.
Farmed in Hancock County, Michigan four years, then arrived Buchanan County 1870, buying 160 acres in Jefferson township where he died.
Democrat, Catholic.
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