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- ↑ U.S. Census of 1880
- ↑ "Glass Industry in Wheeling in 1886 > Research | Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History |".
- ↑ "The Mabel Files: Tale of the Sweeney Punchbowls". May 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Ohio County, West Virginia History".
- ↑ Cynthia Miller Leonard, Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978), pp. 452, 466
- ↑ Leonard at p. 466
- ↑ "Sweeney Glass".
- ↑ "The Mabel Files: Tale of the Sweeney Punchbowls". May 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Historic-wheeling - Sweeney Tomb". Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ↑ "The Mabel Files: Tale of the Sweeney Punchbowls". May 18, 2015.
- ↑ Sweeney, Tom. Flight to Erin. Exposition Press: New York, 1948. p. 178-183
- ↑ Wiley, Emma (December 27, 2021). "Pre-Civil War Ledger Found in Downtown Wheeling Building...Here Are Some of the Names Inside". Weelunk. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ↑ "Biography: A. J. Sweeney > Research | Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History |".
- ↑ Neither the Thomas Sweeny nor John S. Sweeney in the rolls of the 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry appear to be relatives. http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh55-3.html
- ↑ "Biography: A. J. Sweeney > Research | Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History |".
- ↑ "Biography: A. J. Sweeney > Research | Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History |".