Posted by (no name) on 2/13/2005, 4:38 pm, in reply to "Re: SWEENEY/SUTTON washington county, ky." --Previous Message--
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: My great grandmother iola frances sutton
: sweeney, or frances iola sutton sweeeney was
: married to john w. sweeney. she gave her
: children up for adoption when he ran off
: with another women and left them without,
: food clothes or shelter. she was ill an
: unable to care for them according to
: adoption papers. i know two of her five
: children were given to a church adoption
: agency in louisville,ky. my grandmother
: frances and her brother walter. she was two
: and he was four. this was around 1911. the
: family was from washington county, kentucky.
: walter was toungetied. iola's father was
: william e. sutton b 1856 and emma frances
: her mother in 1860 ky. emma's name is listed
: several different ways. the family was
: listed in the ky 1980-1920 census in
: mackville and willisburg ky. and then in the
: 1930 covington, ky census, marion thier son,
: a nephew named shannon and her mother
: frances. everyone else had disapeared. this
: has been a family mystery for years. we
: would like to verify the story and learn the
: fate of all of the sutton brother and
: sisters. iola's was born in 1877 ,may in
: 1883, birtha l. b 1885, astre? p. b.1887,
: maggie o. b 1890. georgette or georgia d. b
: 1892, irene b 1894 and a son named marion s.
: sutton b 1897 and the sweeney clan as i can
: not locate my grandma's brothers and
: sisters. if anyone has any information on
: this family please e-mail me. thank you, pam
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