California Biographies
Sweeney, Jeremiah

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

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Sweeney, Jeremiah. A native of Ireland, born in 1837, where he was educated, and
resided on a farm until 1855, when he emigrated to Massachusetts. After
remaining here for about six months he took up his residence in Portland, Maine,
where he resided until 1856, when he emigrated to California, via Panama, and
arrived in this county January 1, 1857. Mr. Sweeney owns three hundred and
thirty acres of land, about five miles south of Petaluma, and his principal
business is dairying. He married, November 5, 1856, Miss Mary Holland, a native
of Ireland. By this union they have nine living children: Ellen A., Mary J.,
Edward P., David W., Cornelius P., Annie K., Lizzie, John, and Ettie A.

Source: HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY, Alley, Bowen & Co. 1880