Thomas Sweeney (glassmaker)

Thomas Sweeney
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the Ohio, Hancock, Brooke district
In office
January 12, 1852 – December 5, 1853
Preceded byJames G. West
Succeeded byLewis Steenrod
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the Ohio County district
In office
December 7, 1857 – December 2, 1859
Preceded byJames Paul
Succeeded byNathaniel Richardson
Personal details
Born(1806-03-06)March 6, 1806
Armagh, County Armagh, Ireland
DiedMay 9, 1890(1890-05-09) (aged 84)
Wheeling, West Virginia, US
Political partyWhig
Spouse(s)Rosanah Mathews
Jane Bell McFerran
Anna Elizabeth A. How
Professionglassmaker, politician

Thomas Sweeny or Sweeney (March 6, 1806 – May 9, 1890) was a glass manufacturer in what became Wheeling, West Virginia during the American Civil War, who before that war served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and ran the North Wheeling Flint Glass Works.


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