SWEENEY, James Benjamin^{[1, 2]}

1865 - 1901  (35 years)

• Name	SWEENEY, James Benjamin
  Birth	4 Oct 1865	Texas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Sep 1901	Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States   [2]
  Burial	Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States   [2]
  	Address: Fairview Cemetery
  Person ID	I11380	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	SWEENEY, Thomas M.,   b. Abt 1834, Kentucky d. 30 Mar 1914, Cotton Gin, Freestone, Texas, United States (Age 80 years)
  Mother	PROCTOR, Malena C,   b. 15 Aug 1837, Missouri d. 29 Jul 1886, Anderson County, Texas, United States (Age 48 years)
  Residence	7 Jun 1860	Crockett, Houston, Texas, United States   [3]
  	Farmer
  	Listed as T.M. and M.C. Sweeney, their household included a daughter M.J. Sweeney, age 2.
  Marriage	Bef 1865
  Residence	28 Jun 1880	Justice Precinct No. 5, Anderson, Texas, United States   [4]
  	Teacher
  	Their household included the following children: James B, age 15, William D, age 12, Arthur C, age 10, Samuel, age 7, and Elizabeth, age 4
  Family ID	F3367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WILLIAMS, Lena May,   b. 15 Jun 1866, South Carolina d. 29 Oct 1953, Cooke County, Texas, United States (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1887	Texas   [2]
  Residence	4 Jun 1900	Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States   [2]
  	Clergyman
  	Listed as James P and Lena M Sweeny; they had been married for 13 years and all five children born to them were still living.
  Children	1. SWEENEY, Elizabeth M.,   b. Jan 1888, Kansas d. 1963, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States of America (Age 74 years)   2. SWEENEY, Lillian M.,   b. 7 Jul 1890, Texas d. 27 Jan 1943, Polk County, North Carolina, United States (Age 52 years)   3. SWEENEY, Mamie L.,   b. 2 Jul 1892, Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States d. 30 Jan 1905, Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States (Age 12 years)   4. SWEENEY, Thomas Paul,   b. 8 Feb 1894, Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States d. Abt 1971, South Africa (Age 76 years)   5. SWEENEY, Dr. James Shirley,   b. 30 Jul 1896, Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States d. 25 Jun 1976, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F3354	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

• Notes

  J. B. Sweeney was the son of T.M. Sweeney, old-time Restoration Movement preacher of Houston County, Texas. J.B. was a student of the Bible, and attended AddRan College in Thorp Spring, Texas. He graduated in 1885. He went to Kentucky and sat at the feet of J.W. McGarvey and Robert Graham in the College of the Bible. When Add-Ran College moved to Waco in 1895, Sweeney was selected as head of the special Bible Chair, and became responsible for raising $40,000 for its endowment. In 1895 he resigned and went to Gainesville, Texas to a less stressful work. "Against the advice of his physician, he held a meeting in Honey Grove in the summertime, over-spent his strength, contracted pneumonia and passed away." He was buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville. Sources: Colby Hall, Texas Disciples, p.398. Hall also mentions that there is an extensive bio sketch in The History Of TCU. For more info, go to Scott Harp's Web site at www.therestorationmovement.com. James Benjamin Sweeney, '87, Fosterville, Tex. A..B., A.M., and LL.D. Add-Ran Univ. born in Augusta, Tex, Oct. 4, 1865. Received primary instruction in private school, Palestine, Texas. Minister of church at Leavenworth, Kansas, one year, and at Taylor, Texas, seven years. Has been on editorial staff of "Texas Christian Courier," and Sec. and Treas. Texas Board of Missions. In '95 was elected Dean of Bible De[pt/ Add-Ran Univ., Waco, Texas, which position he now holds. --Kentucky University Alumni book, 1861-1896, p. 103.

  
  

• Sources

  [S102] Cer, Cracknell & Drever Family. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, Memorial# 54938976. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, Crockett, Houston, Texas, Page 24, Dwelling 168. [S70] 1880 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 5, Anderson, Texas, ED 5, Pages 35-36, Dwelling 307.