Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren County. H. C. SWEENEY was born in November, 1843, and is the son of Charles Sweeney. His parents were natives of Virginia; immigrated to Kentucky about the year 1840, and settled in Lincoln County, and shortly afterward removed to this county. H. C. managed his father's farm for many years, but recently has purchased a farm of his own on Gaspar River, which is well improved and in an excellent state of cultivation. He married, in 1881, Mrs. Conatser, widow of the late William Conatser, and daughter of John B. Wade, of Allen County. They have one child, Annie. Mr. Sweeney is a Democrat. Conatser Sweeney Wade = Lincoln-KY VA Allen-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/warren/sweeney.hc.txt