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Eli Absolom Sweeney 1828–1870 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1828

Birth Location: Pike, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: Mar 1870

Death Location: Floyd, Kentucky, United States

Father: James Swinney

Mother: Sarah Ratliff

Spouse(s): Catherine GOODMAN

Children(s): Spencer Sweeney

Eli Absolom Sweeney was born in 1828 in Pike, Kentucky, USA, the child of James Swinney And Sarah Ellen Ratliff. Eli Absolom Sweeney married Catherine Goodman, and had children including Spencer Sweeney. Eli Absolom Sweeney passed away in 1870 in Floyd, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Eli Absolom Sweeney was born in 1828 in Pike, Kentucky, USA, the child of James Swinney And Sarah Ellen Ratliff.
  • Eli Absolom Sweeney married Catherine Goodman, and had children including Spencer Sweeney.
  • Eli Absolom Sweeney passed away in 1870 in Floyd, Kentucky, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Swinney
1805–1866
Birth Location: Russell, Virginia, United States
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Sarah Ratliff
1807–1860
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
SR

Spouses(s)

Catherine GOODMAN
1831–1911
Birth Location: Pike, Kentucky, United States
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Children(s)

Spencer Sweeney
1853–1900
Birth Location: Pike, Kentucky, United States
SS

Eli Sweeney's Ancestors

Self
Eli Sweeney
1828–1870
Birth Place: Pike, Kentucky, USA
Parents
James Swinney
1805–1866
Russell, Virginia, United States
Sarah (Ellen) Ratliff
1807–1860
Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Nathan Swinney
1770–1830
Russell, Virginia, United States
Elizabeth (Betsy) Gibson
1770–1860
Russell, Virginia, United States
William (Bigger) Ratliff
1780–1857
Montgomery, Virginia, USA
Martha (Patsy) Thornsbury
1790–1857
Montgomery, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Ratcliff
1762–1835
Martha Farmer
1764–1835
William Thornsbury
1777–
Elizabeth Hide
1781–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Susanna Curtis
1745–1810
William Thornsbury
1757–1823
Jane Thornsbury
1757–1820
Elizabeth Hide
1760–1835

Eli Sweeney's Descendants

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Eli (Absolom) Sweeney (Abt 1828–Mar 1870) m. Catherine GOODMAN (1831–24 Jan 1911)
  1. 1. Spencer Sweeney 1853–1900 m. Sarah Isaacs 1855–1909
    1. 1. Minnie (Jane) Swinney 1900–1969 m. Harrison (Benjamin) Tudor 1888–1982
      1. 1. Emma (Mae) Tudor 1923–1996 m. Jim Clay 1921–2003
        1. 1. Lorene (Jestene) Clay 1946–2022 m. Rufus (Brian "Butch") Canterbury 1946–1996
        2. 2. Donald Clay 1950–2013
        3. 3. Sharrell (James) Clay 1943–1977 m. Carol (Sue) Blankenship 1943–2004
      2. 2. Emory (L.) Tudor 1921–1976
      3. 3. Estelle (L.) Tudor 1919–1985
      4. 4. Earl (J.) Tudor 1927–1998
      5. 5. James (Edward) Tudor 1929–1978
      6. 6. Carl (D Tudor) Sr 1935–1996
      7. 7. Ada (Clay) Tudor 1925–
      8. 8. Walter Tudor 1931–2000
      9. 9. Maggie (Imogene) Tudor 1913–1997

Eli Sweeney's Timeline

2 Records

1828
Abt 1828
Birth of Eli Absolom Sweeney in Pike, Kentucky, USA
Pike, Kentucky, USA
1870
Mar 1870
Age 42
Death of Eli Absolom Sweeney in Floyd, Kentucky, United States
Floyd, Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1828
    Event Place: Pike, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Mar 1870
    Event Place: Floyd, Kentucky, United States
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