John Sweeney, son of William and Mourning Sweeney. was born in Prince Edward Co., Va. • Sept. 17, 1783, died Jan. 7, 1855 Sw. Plantation, Brazoria County, Texas, married Aug. 18, 1808, Charlotte Co. • Va. • Ann Fuller Smith, born Sept. 25,1788, Ch
arlotte Co., Va. • died Jan. 25, 1848, Brazoria County. Texas.
Children:
I. William Burrell Sweeny, b. June 4, 1810, m. Elizabeth Newell
II. Thomas Jefferson Sweeny, b. Sept. 10, 1812, m. Frances Haynie
III. John Sweeny Jr., 1. March 16, 1818, m. Kate Fuicrod
IV. Sophia Sweeney, b. Dec. 1, 1819, m. (1) dward L. Holmes. (2) John Mccrew
V. Jordan WoodsonSweeny, b. Feb. 26, 1822. m. MaryE. Parks (2) (See later)
VI. Lafayette Sweeny. b. Dec. 2, 1824, d. unmarried
VII. Samuel Pinkney Sweeny, b. Aug. 7, 1827, m. Agnes Ann Dial
VIII. Benjamin Franklin Sweeny, b. Oct. 21, 1829, m. Lizza Ann Porter
IX. Sarah E. M. Sweeny, b. Feb. 19, 1834, died young
Jordan Woodson Sweeny, born Feb. 26, 1822, Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, died Sept. 1874, Brazoria, Texas, married Oct. 5, 1855, as his second wife, in Franklin, Williamson Co Tenn., Mary Elizabeth Sanders Parks, born May 25, 1833, Franklin
, Tenn., died March 18, 1874, Sweeny Plantation, Brazoria Co. Texas.
Children:
By his first wife:
I. Anna Della Sweeny, b. 1847, m. Eugene Wilson
II. Sophie, b. 1850. died young
By his second wife: Mary Elizabeth Sanders Parks
III. William Sweeny, b. 1853, d. unmarried
IV. Molly Sweeny, b. 1854, m. Ed Andrus
V. Walter Sweeny, b. 1661, m. Emma Roundtree
VI. Beulah Sweeny, b. 1663, d. unmarried
VII. Musetta Sweeny, b. March 18. 1874, m. W. M. Holland. (See later)
Musetta Sweeny, born March 18, 1874, Sweeny Plantation, Brazoria Co., Texas, died, Oct. 28, 1925, Houston, Harris Co. Texas. married Feb. 2, 1897, Houston, Texas, Wesley Mastin Holland, born Jan. 27, 1862. Birmingham, Marshall Co., Ky. died, Jul
y 2. 1930, Houston, Texas. Their daughter, Catherine Holland. was born April 29, 1898, Houston. Texas, and married Sept. 15, 1921, Houston, Texas, John Howard Bannister, born July 23. 1895, Kewanee, Henry Co., Ill., son of John Conkey Bannister an
d Frances Bryant Bannister. John H. Bannister was an Officer in the Naval Air Corps in World War I. Catherine H. Bannister, Postmaster Old Ocean. Texas (11 years) was educated at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, two year Law Student Harri
s County school teacher.
The Bannisters have two children: John Holland Bannister, born Sept. 24, 1922, married Nancy Moss, and Wesley Martin Bannister, born Oct. 11, 1937. a college student.