George J. Sweazea

1852 - 1889  (36 years)

• Name	George J. Sweazea  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	5 Jul 1852	Jackson Co. Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1889	Malden, Missouri [buried Malden Cemetary]   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I0951	Merged Tree

  
  

  Father	Mathias Sweazea,   b. 1815, Jackson Co., Tennessee ,   d. AFT. 1874, Wilson County, Tennessee?  (Age > 58 years)
  Mother	Esther Jenkins,   b. 1809, Jackson Co. Tennessee ,   d. BEF. 1870, Jackson Co. Tennessee  (Age < 60 years)
  Married	ABT. 1840	Jackson Co. Tennessee   [2, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F368	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Julia Isabell Goad,   b. 7 Jul 1858, Kentucky ,   d. 6 Nov 1943, Flint, Michigan (buried Kennett, Mo.)  (Age 85 years)
  Married	28 Nov 1878	Celina, Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Sydney Sweezea   2. Turner Clinton Sweezea,   b. 25 Dec 1882, Greenwood Valley, Carter Co. Mo. ,   d. 5 Jul 1972, Poplar Bluff, Mo. buried, Liberty Church, Lake Creek  (Age 89 years)   3. Orea Cleveland Sweezea,   b. 30 Oct 1887, Malden, Missouri ,   d. 14 Mar 1980, Leesburg, Florida ( buried in Michigan)  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F366	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  [18212.ged] [sweeze~2.FTW] George Sweazea was born on Jennings Creek near Gainsboro, TN. in 1852. His mother died before 1870. He lived with his father until about 1878 when he married his wife, Julia Goad in Clay County, TN. About 1880 they moved to Greenwood Valley, in Carter Co., Mo. There their son Turner Clinton Sweezea was born. George changed the spelling of Sweazea to Sweezea by the time he was married. He moved to Malden, Mo. about 1882. He was farming there when he was killed, in 1889, by a horse he was breaking to the harness. His son Orea Sweezea was born in 1887 at Malden. He is buried at Malden in the Old City Cemetery. Marriage record of George Sweezea and Julia Goad; Know all Men by these Presents, That we G. J. Sweezea and J. B. Ray are held and firmly bound unto the state of Tennessee, in the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars, we bind ourselves, our heirs, jointly, and severally, firmly by these presents, to be void on condition that there be no lawful cause why the above bound G. J. Sweezea and Julia Goad should not be joined together as husband and wife in holy wedlock, else remain in full force and virtue. This 28th day of Nov. 1878.________ G.J. Sweezea (Seal) J. B. Ray (Seal) State of Tennessee - - - Clay County ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To any regular ordained Minister of the Gospel, having the care of souls, or any acting Justice of the Peace for said County, or Judge or Chancellor of said State. Bond and security having been given in the premises, you are hereby authorized to solemnize the rites of Matrimony between G. J. Sweezea and Julia Goad and join them together in holy wedlock as husband and wife. Given under my hand at office in Celina, this 28 day of___Nov.____1878. John J. Brown____Clerk By virtue of the above license, I have this day solemnized the rites of matrimony between the above named parties. Given under my hand, this the ____28___day of ____Nov.____1878 J. S. Harlan, JP

  
  

• Sources

  [S01497] 1880 census, Clay County, Tennessee. [S01648] sweeze. Date of Import: Aug 1, 1999 [S12068] 18212.ged. Date of Import: Jun 7, 2001 [S01478] 1850 census, Jackson Co., Tn.