From: Sherri Hall [ldrbelties@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 4:03 PM To: KY-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Harvey Sweeney, 1898, Marion & Washington Co. Submitted by Judith W. Ewbank >From the Modesto Daily Evening News (Stanislaus County, CA) Thursday, Feb. 3, 1898, p 3 Died at a Ripe Old Age. J. D. Bentley, of this city, [Modesto, CA] received a copy of the Marion (Ky.) Falcon this morning which contained an account of the death of his uncle, Harvey Sweeney, on January 20th. Deceased was a native of Washington county, Kentucky, and he was but three weeks less than 89 years of age. He was the uncle of J. D. Bentley and R. H. Bentley, of this county [Stanislaus County], and Mrs. Nancy Dana, of Stockton [San Joaquin County]. A son of the deceased, Hon. W. H. Sweeney, visited this county five years ago. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. A. C. Vancleave, who resides in Kentucky. Deceased was one of the foremost citizens in his State during his long and useful career. ______________________________