Bartholomew County IN Archives Obituaries.....Sweeney, Joseph Irwin August 13, 1900
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The Franklin Democrat, Friday, August 17, 1900, Volume XLI Number 7, page 2 column 6
DROWNED.

Joseph Irwin Sweeney, son of Elder Z. T. Sweeney, while in bathing in the river at
Columbus Monday evening, 
was drowned and his body was recovered about a half hour afterwards.

It seems that he had dived once into water about four feet deep and came out all
right, and said, “I believe I 
will try it again,” when he again went under the water. He did not come up, but the
back of his head was 
finally noticed as he floated out into the deep water, where he sank. The belief is
that he must have injured 
himself in diving.

He was home from Butler University, where he had been attending school, to spend his
vacation. He was 
twenty-one years of age and was well known to many in this city.

Additional Comments:
contributed by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry
Link to Joseph Sweeney's grave:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52999974

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