Henry L. Sweeny, M.D., of Kingston, N.H. Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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   HENRY L. SWEENY. M. D., the leading physician and surgeon of
Kingston, N. H., and one of the most prominent citizens of the town,
was born at Bridgewater, Mass., April 3, 1858. He is a son of Edward
M. and Lucy M. (Thaxter) Sweeney. The father, born September 11,
1834, at Plattsburg, N. Y., was a prominent tack manufacturer; he died
in April, 1913. His wife Lucy was born at Boston, Mass., October 28,
1839 and now resides in Hanover, Mass. They had five children, of
whom Henry L. was the eldest. But three are now living. The early
progenitors of the Sweeny family were from Ireland, and settled at
Plattsburg, N. Y. On the maternal side the Doctor can boast of Revo-
lutionary ancestry, one of his progenitors, Francis DeLuce, serving with
distinction in the War for independence. There is good stock on both
sides of the family, both the Sweenys and Thaxters, together with many
representatives in the kindred lines, being people of enterprise and sub-
stance, industrious, law abiding and patriotic. The Doctor's grand-
mother, in 1829, at the age of eighteen, with needle and thread made
a copy of a large picture of her great grandfather and his wife, which
is very true to the original and life-like in appearance, and is today
highly valued.
   Henry L. Sweeny began his education in the district schools, subse-
quently attending the Academy at Hanover and the Adams Academy
at Quincy. In September, 1879, he entered Harvard Medical College,
and was graduated M. D. in 1882. He began the practice of his pro-
fession at Kingston, but ten months later decided to go to Boston, where
he remained one year. He then removed to Hanover, where he practiced
medicine until 1890, returning in that year to Kingston, where he has
since remained, having built up a fine practice. He belongs to the
county, State and National medical societies, and has served as president
of the county society. He has been member of the Board of Health
for over twenty years and county physician six years, and is now serving
the town in the office of moderator. In 1913 he was a delegate to the
Republican State Convention, and has also been delegate to other con-
ventions. His fraternal affiliations are with the Masons and Odd
Fellows.
   Dr. Sweeny was married December 25, 1884, to Ellen J. Towle, of
Kingston. Mrs. Sweeny was educated in the schools of Kingston,
at Robinson Seminary, Exeter, and at Mt. Holyoke College. She died in
1900.