Biographical Sketch of George Washington Sweeney

Text from Haynes, Nathaniel S. History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois 1819-1914, Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1915. Page 617. This online edition © 1997, James L. McMillan.

Born: 1845
Died: 1924

Served for a time in Chicago and elsewhere in Illinois as pastor and evangelist, but most of his life has been passed outside of the State.

General Remarks on the Sweeneys:

The Sweeney family, the father and four sons all able ministers of the primitive gospel, was one of the great spiritual forces of the Restoration Movement. They all served for varying periods in Illinois.

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