The Oldham Era - The funeral of William Thomas Sweeney, an old resident of the Goshen neighborhood was conducted at Shiloh Church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 by the Rule Brothers.  Mr. Sweeney was born February 22, 1857, and died December 19, at the Louisville City Hospital, after a fall on the ice.

He was a native of Hardin County, Kentucky. His wife died about seventeen years ago. They had a large family of worthy sons and daughters. The four daughters are: Mrs. Lona Hall, Mrs. Mary Hall, Mrs. Flora Finley, Mrs. Stella Murphy. The eight sons are Cleve, Wesley, James, Chester, Monroe, of Goshen and Louisville, Fielding of Connorsville, Indiana, Irvin of San Francisco, and Ezra of Colon, Iowa.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION:  Submitted by Donald L. Murphy, great grandson to the deceased..