Logan Morris was called by his middle name, Morris.
1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 6 February, Prairie Township,
St Charles Road, District 16, page 8A, Hse #142, Fam #149
McSwain, Wiley C Head M W 42 AR NC NC Farmer
McSwain, Susie F Wife F W 34 OK IN AR
McSwain, Logan M Son M W 6 AR AR OK
1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 23 April, Prairie Township,
District 25, page 7B, Ethel and Chute Rd, Hse #131, Fam #132
McSwain, Wiley C Head Owns M W 52 Widowed AR NC NC Farmer
McSwain, Morris L Son M W 16 Single AR AR OK Farm Laborer
1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 4 April, Ethel, District 1-26,
page 6A, Belleview Rd, Hse #89, Owns $500
McSwain, Karue [Carew] Head M W 62 Widowed Grade HS-3 b Arkansas same house in
1935 Farmer
McSwain, Oliver Son M W 29 Single Grade 8 b Arkansas same house in 1935 Farm
Laborer
McSwain, Moris Son M W 26 Single Grade 8 b Arkansas same house in 1935 Farm
Laborer
McSwain, Matt Brother M W 59 Single b Arkansas same house in 1935 Stockman
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Morris McSwain
Age 29, Birth Year abt 1914
Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Spouse's Name Daisy Vee Brown
Spouse's Age 20
Spouse's Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Marriage 1 May 1943 Arkansas County
Marriage License Date 1 May 1943
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Logan McSwain
Born Apr 1914
Died Jun 1975
SSN 430-48-3691 issued Arkansas (Before 1951)
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Logan McSwain
Birth Date 2 Apr 1914
Death Date 20 Jun 1975
Branch ARMY
Enlistment 28 Mar 1944, Release Date 1 20 Jul 1945
SSN 430483691
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Logan Morris McSwain
Birth 2 Apr 1914 Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas, USA
Death 20 Jun 1975 (aged 61)
Burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Arkansas County, Arkansas, USA
He was always called Morris. It is a characteristic of the McSwain lineage to
call a person by their middle name. Morris was the son of Wiley Carew McSwain
(1877-1949) and Susan Frances (Susie) Lowrey (1885-1925). Moses married Daisy
Vee Brown and they lived in Ethel all their work, working as farmers.
Spouse Daisy Vee Brown McSwain 1922-1997 (m. 1943)
Created by Orville Jenkins 4 May 2020
-- Find a Grave Memorial 209743109,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209743109/logan-morris-mcswain
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1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 16 April, Stuttgart Ward 1,
District 1-8, page 26A, Hse #642, Rents $20
McSwain, Bernetta Head F W 34 Married Grade 8 b Arkansas DeWitt AR in 1935
Waitress, hotel coffee shop
McSwain, Lorene Dau F W 15 Single Grade HS-1 b Arkansas DeWitt AR in 1935
Note that Lorene's mother is reported as married but there is no husband in
the home. Bernetta and Benjamin Noble were divorced before 1930, when
Benjamin was reported in the census as Divorced. He was living in his
parents' home farm in Ethel, Arkansas. I have not Bernetta in the 1930
census. But Lorene is living in Ethel in the home of her Uncle Oregon
Knowlton and his wife Alma Ruth McSwain Knowlton. Alma Ruth is Bernetta's
sister. Bernetta went back tro using her maiden name and apparently changed
her daughter's name back to McSwain.
1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 21 April, Prairie Township,
District 7, Page 6B, Ethel & Chute Rd, Hse #115, Fam #116
Knowlton, Oregon Jr Head M W 23 married at 21 AR AR AR Farmer;
Knowlton, Ruth A Wife F W 19 married at 17 AR AR USA
Noble, Lorene Niece F W 4yrs 11mos AR AR AR
McSwain, Marvin Brother-in-Law M W 16 Single AR AR
AR
1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 3 February, District 16, Sheet
6B, South Prairie Township, Ethel & Chute Rd, Hse #117, Family #121
Robert McSwain Head Owns M W 37 Ark NCar NCar Farmer
Annie M McSwain Wife F W 33 Ark NC/SC? USA
Louie I McSwain Dau F W 6 Ark Ark Ark
Luies married Mack Criswell in May 1929.
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Louie McSwain
Age 8, Birth Year abt 1911
Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Spouse Mack Criswell
Spouse's Age 24
Spouse's Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Marriage Date 7 Jun 1929 Arkansas County
Marriage License Date 31 May 1929
Less than a year later Mack and Louie were enumerated in the 1930 census, when
they were living on the White River, where Mack was worlking as Mussel
Digger.
1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 29 April, Prairie Township,
District 25, page 9A, No Road, On White River, Hse #170, Fam #171
Criswell, Lucius M Head M W 25 First married at age 24 AR MS AR Mussel Digger
Owns
Criswell, Louie Wife F W 17 Married at age 16 AR AR AR
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Louie Isabella McSwain Criswell
Published Monday, February 21, 2005
Louie Isabella McSwain Criswell, 92, died Sunday (Feb. 20, 2005).
She was born Feb. 17, 1913, in Ethel (Arkansas County), a daughter of Robert
Perry and Annie Padgett McSwain.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Mack Criswell; two sisters, Elsie
Wycough and Mabel McSwain; and a grandson.
Survivors are her children, Lucius H. Criswell of Conway, Robert M. Criswell
of DeWitt, Wanda M. Rule of Stuttgart, Maxie R. Criswell of Cabot, and Tim V.
Criswell of DeWitt; sisters, Eunice Butler of Ethel, Nina Mae Ragan of DeWitt,
and Hazel Bob Porter of West Helena; a stepbrother, Thad McSwain of Stuttgart;
six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Belleview Missionary Baptist
Church in Ethel.
Burial will be in Cedarcrest Memorial Gardens by Essex Funeral Home in DeWitt.
Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Belleview Missionary Baptist Church, 1505 Highway 17,
Ethel, Ark. 72048.
-- Published in the Log Cabin Democrat, Conway, Arkansas, 21 February 2005,
http://thecabin.net/stories/022105/obi_0221050018.shtml#.WI1aNFMrJhE
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McSwain, Reuben (1846 - 1940)
b. 12 Feb 1846 in Rutherford, NC
d. 16 Jan 1940 in NC
father: McSwain, Louis Hobson (1814 - 1867)
mother: Hamrick, Mary (1816 - 1906)
spouse: McSwain, Judith Margaret (1851 - 1879)
- m. Est 1865 in NC
----------child: McSwain, Panthia (1866 - )
----------child: McSwain, Ensley (1870 - 1931)
----------child: McSwain, Mary Judith (1872 - 1876)
----------child: McSwain, Berry Cleophas (1874 - 1876)
----------child: McSwain, Elijah (1879 - 1947)
----------child: McSwain, Infant (*1880 - )
spouse: Ledbetter, Susanna (1854 - 1927)
- m. 10 Mar 1881 in NC
** ----------child: McSwain, Louis Austin (1882 - ) **
----------child: McSwain, Broadus Bonnar (1884 - 1950)
----------child: McSwain, Alpha Amega (1887 - 1941)
-- Hamrick Data Pages,
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
On his grave, his name is spelled Lewis. These spelling alternate in records
and family references in this McSwain line.
Lewis Austin McSwain
Birth Feb. 22, 1882
Death Mar. 9, 1964
Parents:
Reuben McSwain (1846 - 1940)
Margaret McSwain (1851 - 1879)
Spouse Missouri Putnam McSwain (1890 - 1962)
Children:
Gladys Evelyn McSwain Anthony (1914 - 1978)
Rush Avro McSwain (1918 - 1987)
Siblings:
Mary J McSwain (1872 - 1876)
Bery McSwain (1874 - 1876)
Burial Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Swainsville, leveland County,
North Carolina
Created by Elizabeth Olmstead May 07, 2009
-- Find A Grave Memorial #36833426,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36833426
Louis Hobson McSwain was a pastor. He is listed in most sources as Rev Louis
or Rev Louis H. The Hamrick genealogy uses his full name. His name is
spelled Lewis in several censuses. The name Louis appears in later
generations of the McSwains.
Louis/Lewis was buried in the cemetery of the Antioch Baptist Church near
Clover in York County, South Carolina. I surmise it was Louis' pastoral work
that took him to South Carolina in later years. Louis' son Elijah Bonaparte
(Bonner) was also a pastor.
Louis was pastor of Mt Sinai Baptist Church, in Cleveland County, North
Carolina, a little north of the border with South Carolina. At the same time
his uncle Thomas McSwain was a deacon. They are honoured on a monument
listing officers in the year 1848.
Some genealogies give the marriage date for Louis and Mary as "abt 1840."
From census ages and some actual birth dates given in genealogies, we can tell
that three of their children were born before 1840. They apparently married
about 1833, since their first child, Judith N (Judy) was born in 1834.
In the 1850 census, his name is spelled Lewis. Lewis and Mary are in
Cleveland County, North Carolina, the home of the McSwain clan. His
occupation is listed as Baptist Preacher.
1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 4 September, p 315
(scan 158), Hse/Fam #596
McSwain Lewis 35 M Baptist Preacher b NC (b abt 1815)
McSwain Mary 38 F b NC (b abt 1812)
McSwain Judy N 16 F NC (b abt 1834)
McSwain Martha 13 F b NC (b abt 1837)
McSwain Rebecca 11 F b NC (b abt 1839)
McSwain Hannah 10 F b NC (b abt 1840)
McSwain Nancy 8 F b NC (b abt 1842)
McSwain Oliver 7 M b NC (b abt 1843)
McSwain Ruben 5 b NC (b abt 1845)
McSwain Lucy 3 F b NC (b abt 1847)
McSwain John 10mos b NC (b abt Oct 1849)
Notice that here Mary (Hamrick) is said to have been born in North Carolina,
but in the 1870 census, when they are living a little across the border in
York District, South Carolina, she is reported as born in South Carolina! The
1870 census reports that the whole family is born in South Carolina, except
for Louis, though family sources report Mary and all children through Mary
Caledonia as born in North Carolina.
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, page 72,
Hse/Fam #511
Lewis McSwain 46 M Farmer
Mary McSwain 44 F
Judy N McSwain 26 F NC [b abt 1834]
Martha McSwain 24 F NC [b abt 1836]
Hannah McSwain 21 F NC [b abt 1839]
Nancy McSwain 19 F NC [b abt 1841]
Oliver McSwain 16 M Farm Laborer [b abt 1844]
Ruben McSwain 14 M [b abt 1846]
Lucey McSwain 12 F b NC (b abt 1848)
John McSwain 10 b NC (b abt 1850)
Lewis M McSwain M 9 b NC (b abt 1851)
Elijah McSwain 7 b NC (b abt 1853)
Sarah A McSwain 5 F NC [b abt 1855]
Ambrose McSwain 3 b NC (b abt 1857) idiotic
Margaret C McSwain 4mos F NC [b April 1860]
The birth dates vary somewhat. Some genealogies have followed certain
censuses, others other censuses. Some sources seems to have estimated birth
years based on different factors from the censuses. A couple of sources have
exact birth dates for a couple of the daughters.
The ages and resulting estimated birth years vary for the first five girls
between the 1850 and 1860 censuses:
1850
Judy N McSwain 16 F NC [b abt 1834]
Martha McSwain 13 F NC [b abt 1837]
Rebecca McSwain 11 F NC [b abt 1839]
Hannah McSwain 10 F b NC [b abt 1840]
Nancy McSwain 8 F b NC [b abt 1842]
1860
Judy N McSwain 26 F NC [b abt 1834]
Martha McSwain 24 F NC [b abt 1836]
[Rebecca not in 1860 census]
Hannah McSwain 21 F NC [b abt 1839]
Nancy McSwain 19 F NC [b abt 1841]
I suspect that Rebecca is found in the 1860 census next door to Lewis and
Mary's family. Their next door neighbors, in House number 512, are Elijah and
Rebecca E Hamrick. I suggest that this Rebecca Hamrick, age 23, born in NC,
is Rebecca McSwain. This is confirmed by the Hamrick Data Pages, page 75,
where the ages and names match. This also tells us that Rebecca's full name
is Rebecca Elizabeth.
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, page 72,
Hse/Fam #512
Elijah Hamrick 26 M Farmer NC [b abt 1834]
Rebecca E Hamrick 23 F NC [b abt 1837]
I have found that the Hamrick family information gives the birth year of
Hannah, daughter of Louis Hobson and Mary McSwain, as 1855. This cannot be
right, since we have her recorded in the 1850 census as 10 and the 1860 census
as 21. Hannah McSwain was born, according to family informaiton anjd her
grave, on 5 August 1839.
Hannah McSwain Green, b 5 Aug 1839, d 21 Feb 1931
Buried Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South
Carolina
-- Find a Grave Memorial Registry,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Green&GSfn=Hannah&GSby=1839&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1931&GSdyrel=in&GSst=43&GScnty=2323&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=16136379&
In both 1850 and 1860 Lewis' parents are living a few doors down from them.
Five houses away in 1850, two houses away in 1860.
1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 4 September, page 158,
Hse/Fam #591
John McSwain 55 M Farmer $640 Real Estate [b 1795]
Susannah McSwain 64 F [b 1786]
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, page 72,
Hse/Fam #514
John McSwain 66 M Farmer $1000 Real Estate $7900 Personal Estate [b 1794]
Susannah McSwain 75 F [b 1785]
Note that at 66 John is still listed as a Farmer.
Here is the 1870 census for Louis and his family, in York County, South
Carolina. This is after his daughter Judith and her husband Edwin Padgett had
left for the west. Judith and Edwin ultimately moved to Arkansas. In 1870
they are in Tennessee, along with some of the McSwains who are later their
neighbors in Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas.
1870 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina, 19 August, Subdivision 103,
PO Yorkville, p 79, Hse #561, Fam #552
McSwain Louis 55 M W Farming b NC (b abt 1815)
McSwain Mary 50 F W Kpg Hse b SC (b abt 1820)
McSwain John 20 M W Farm Labor b SC (b abt 1850)
McSwain Moore 18 M W Farm Labor b SC (b abt 1852)
McSwain Bonaparte 16 M W Farm Labor b SC (b abt 1854)
McSwain Ambers 12 M W Farm Labor b SC (b abt 1858)
McSwain Sarah 14 F W At Home b SC (b abt 1856)
McSwain Caledonia 10 F W At Home b SC (b abt 1860)
Note that this census reports all the children, as well as their mother, born
in South Carolina. Other sources indicate the children were born in North
Carolina, and the McSwains moved to South Carolina for Louis to take a
pastorate there. Family sources also indicate Mary Hamrick McSwain was born
in North Carolina. We know all these children were born in North Carolina,
because they were all in the North Carolina census in 1860 when the family was
living in Cleveland County. The 1850 census also reports all children born up
to that time were born in North Carolina. They lived just near the South
Carolina border, and Louis and Mary are buried in the Antioch Cemtery in
Blacksburg, Cherokee County, SC.
Bonaparte matches the child reported in other genealogies as Bonner. It is
reasonable that Bonner was a nickname for the more formal Bonaparte. Further,
in 1860, this person was listed as Elijah. Thus we may now say this child was
named Elijah Bonaparte, and had the nickname of Bonner.
Ambrose is reported here as Ambers, an interesting phonetic insight into the
pronunciation of the region. Caledonia does not show up on the family
genealogies I have seen. Caledonia matches Margaret C in the 1860 census.
This gives us the information that her full name is Margaret Caledonia.
In the home are also two children named Hambright, Mary 12 and Samuel 10. I
wonder if these are a niece and a nephew of Mary. This is a variation on the
Mary's maiden name, written in standard form as Hamrick. It also appears in
various sources as Hambrick. Perhaps Hambright was another variations. There
is another Hambright family a few houses down from Louis.
The dates in this 1870 census differ considerably from dates reported in some
genealogies on the McSwain family for some of the children. Sources differ on
the birth years of the children of Louis and Mary. It appears that even
various family genealogies have derived birth dates from the age in various
censuses, thus there we could expect a two-year discrepancy. And we commonly
find differences between censuses on reported ages.
Initially I have reference the dates on three primary sources, the Hamrick
Genealogy pages, and Jerry Gallagher's and Paul Sarrett Jr's genealogies on
the McSwains. Paul has extensively compared and evaluated the early censuses
and comments from many printed and electronic sources. Jerry has information
on some Arkansas McSwains. It is not easy to reconcile the differences
between the three sources. I have consulted many other sources. Dates and
other details are gradually being evaluated with more critical attention.
In 1880, Louis and Mary are living in Cherokee Township of Yourk County, South
Carolina. Next door to htem is their widowed daughter Hannah Green and her
children.
1880 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina, 15 June, Cherokee Township,
p 25, Hse/Fam #238
McSwain, Louis W M 65 Baptist Clergyman NC NC NC (b abt 1815)
McSwain, Mary W F 63 Wife Keeping House NC NC NC (b abt 1817)
McSwain, Margaret C W F 22 Daughter Domestic Work NC NC NC (b abt 1858)
Hamrick, Sarah A W F 21 Granddaughter Domestic Work NC NC NC (b abt 1859)
Hamrick, Samuel W M 19 Grandson Works on Farm NC NC NC (b abt 1861)
I was primarily concerned to clarify the connection with the McSwains and
Padgetts of Arkansas. I had thoroughly studied the Hamrick and Sarrett
material, along with other sources on the McSwains and related families in
Rutherford County, North Carolina, without success in making a specific
connection to the Arkansas settlers. For months after working out the family
identity and local connections of the McSwains in Prairie Township, Arkansas
County, Arkansas, I had been unable to connect them to any North Carolina
McSwains.
Louis and Mary's family were a critical link, because daughter Judith and her
husband Edwin/Edmund Padgett had moved to Arkansas (about 1870) a little
before the McSwain family moved (about 1875) to Arkansas County. In the 1850
census, we find that these two families are living next door to each other in
Cleveland County, North Carolina. Edwin's parents are later also found in
Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas, where the McSwains moved.
But I could not find a link in the generation before Katy McSwain. Edwin's
mother Lavinia was shown living in the household of Phillip McSwain in Ethel
in the 1900 census. But the linear genetic link had not been established.
Nothing in the neighboring areas of South Carolina, and Georgia, where a
substantial number of McSwains had also settled, was productive. I did,
however, in that process, discover that there were several separate streams of
migration of McSwain families directly from Skye to the same areas of North
and South Carolina, as well as Virginia, and early settlers in California in
the early 1800s, possibly even before that territory became part of the US.
Edwin and Judith had moved to the same location, Ethel, near the White River,
in southern Prairie Township, Arkansas County. There had been a bit of
misdirection in the Sarrett information, which reported that Edwin and Judith
had moved from NC to Lonoke County, Arkansas. This is the place where they
died. However, I discovered them in the 1880 census just a short distance
away from the McSwains in Prairie Township (Ethel area).
Edwin and Judith (McSwain) Padgett are the progenitors of the Padgetts we know
today in the Ethel area. Padgetts continued to marry McSwains in Arkansas.
The Hamricks bypassed Arkansas on their way west, going on to north Texas,
where we knew some in the Dallas area from the same family I later discovered
had been in Rutherford County, North Carolina, in the 1800s.
It was clear from various clues that they were related to the large clan in
the Carolinas, but the specific connection was elusive. The Arkansas McSwain
family was not even sure all the first McSwains that appeared first in the
1880 census in Arkansas County were of the same family. Initial analysis
revealed several clues that indicated they were one family, but without the
father. There was an uncertain memory that the father of the men, the husband
of "Katy" was named George like one of the sons.
It was February 2007 before I was able to actually get a look at the censuses
from North Carolina. I finally discovered the problem was that the husband of
Katy (Catherine), while named George as thought by the family in Arkansas, was
much older than expected. George was 21 years older than Katy. This was why
I had been unable to make any identification with the many Georges in the
Carolina clan.
Lewis/Louis Moore McSwain's first name is spelled variously by different
sources, and both ways in different entries in the Hamrick Data Pages.
Likewise his father's name is spelled variously in different sources. On his
death certificate the spelling Lewis is used. His son George Pinkney McSwain
was the informant.
In 1860, this child was listed as Lewis M. In 1870 he is called Moore,
clarifying that his name is Lewis/Louis Moore.
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, page 72,
Hse/Fam #511
Lewis McSwain 46 M Farmer
Mary McSwain 44 F
Lewis M McSwain M 9 b NC (b abt 1851)
The 1870 census shows all the children of this family born in South Carolina,
but all other sources indicate North Carolina. I am using the years of birth
from the age of this census, but following other sources to report the
birthplace as Rutherford County, North Carolina.
1870 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina, 19 August, Subdivision 103,
PO Yorkville, p 79, Hse #561, Fam #552
McSwain Louis 55 M W Farming b NC (b abt 1815)
McSwain Mary 50 F W Kpg Hse b SC (b abt 1820)
McSwain Moore 18 M W Farm Labor b SC (b abt 1852)
1880 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina, 15 June, Cherokee Township,
District 167, page 24, Hse/Fam #226
McSwain, Lewis M W M 28 Husband Farmer NC NC NC
McSwain, Sarah A W F 38 Wife Keeping House NC NC NC
McSwain, Avlona W F 7 Dau Single SC NC NC
McSwain, Oliver W M 5 Son Single SC NC NC
McSwain, Lewis W 3 Son Single SC NC NC
McSwain, Veddar W F 1 Dau Single SC NC NC
Dorster, William T W M 14 Servant Single Works on Farm SC SC SC
1900 Federal Census, Chrokee County, Alabama, 29 June, Chrokee Township,
District 2, page 30A, Hse #488, Fam #500
McSwain, L Moore Head W M June 1851 48 Married 30 yrs NC NC NC Farmer Rents
McSwain, Mrs Sarah A Wife W F Dec 1841 58 Married 30 yrs 5 children/5 living
NC NC NC
McSwain, Lewis H Son W M Oct 1876 28 Single SC NC NC Farm Laborer
McSwain, Hugh K Son W M Oct 1880 19 Single SC NC NC Farm Laborer
McSwain, G Pinkny Son W M Oct 1883 17 Single SC NC NC Farm Laborer
McSwain, Mrs Mary Mother W F Oct 1816 83 Widow 14 children/10 living SC NC NC
Adams, Henry Boarder B M Mar 1883 17 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer
In 1910, the head of the household is enumerated as their son Hugh. But since
Hugh lived in Cleveland County, North Carolina, across the border, in 1900, it
appears that Hugh moved to his parents home after his wife Addie died. In the
1920 census, Hugh's children enumerated in 1910 are in the household of Lewis
and Sarah in the same Cherokee Township, while Hugh and his new wife Lizzie
Fulton are living in Limestone Townhsip of Cherokee County.
1910 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 22 April, Cherokee
Township, District 3, page 6A, Hse/Fam #94
McSwain, Hugh K Head M W 29 Widowed 5 yrs SC NC NC Farmer Owns
McSwain, Vadar Dau M W 7 SC SC SC
McSwain, Frank M Son M W 5 Single SC SC SC
McSwain, Louise Dau F W 3 Single SC SC SC
McSwain, Roy Son M W 1yr10mos Single SC SC SC [b abt Feb 1909]
McSwain, Lewis M Father M W 59 Married 37 yrs NC NC NC [b abt 1851]
McSwain, Sarah A Mother F W 68 Married 37 yrs NC NC NC [b abt 1842]
1920 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 17 January, Cherokee
Township, District 3, page 11A, Hse #188, Fam #190
McSwain, Lewis M Head Owns M W 68 NC NC NC Farmer [b abt 1851]
McSwain, Sarah A Wife F W 78 NC NC NC [b abt 1841]
McSwain, Vader Granddau F W 16 SC SC SC [b abt 1903]
McSwain, Frank Grandson M W 14 SC SC SC [b abt 1905]
McSwain, Louise Granddau F W 13 SC SC SC [b abt 1906]
McSwain, Roy Grandson M W 11 SC SC SC [b abt 1908]
The grandchildren are all children of Lewis and Sarah's son Hugh, whose wife
Addie Sherer died before the 1910 census, probably in the birth of the last
child Roy. He has remarried before 1920, and is enumerated with his new wife
Lizzie (Elizabeth Adeline Fulton), in Limestone Township of Cherokee County,
South Carolina. By 1930, Lewis is a widower and is living with his daughter
Avalona Carroll, still in Cherokee Township, Cherokee County, South Carolina.
1930 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 11 April, Cherokee
Township, District 3, page 7B, Hse #132, Fam #139
Carroll, Johnson Head Owns M W 64 Married at age 24 SC SC SC Miller/Farmer [b
abt 1866]
Carroll, Avalona Wife F W 57 Married at age 16 SC NC NC [b abt 1863]
Carroll, Woodrow Son M W 16 Single NC NC NC Plowhand [b abt March 1914]
McSwain, Moore Father(-in-Law) M W 78 Single NC NC NC Retired [b abt March
1852]
His death certificate and grave spell his first name as Lewis.
South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955
Certificate #010690
Lewis M Mcswain
Male, White, Occupation Farmer
Residence Kings Creek #1, Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South Carolina
Birth 6-17-1851 Noerth Carolina
Wife Sarah Ann Roberts
Father Louis H McSwain, Mother Mary Hamrick, both born North Carolina
Death 20 Jul 1941 Cherokee County
Age at Death: 90 Years, Est Birth year 1851
Cause of Death Myocardial Infarction
Informant G P McSwain, Blacksburg, NC
Burial Antioch Cemetery, 21 July 1941 by Shuford-Hatcher Co
Filed 25 July 1941
For Louis' death date, the Hamrick Data Pages have the date of 21 July 1941,
which is the date of burial.
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Lewis Moore McSwain
Birth Jun 17, 1851
Death Jul 21, 1941
Parents:
Louis Hobson McSwain (1814 - 1890)
Mary Hamrick McSwain (1816 - 1906)
Spouse Sarah Ann Roberts McSwain (1841 - 1925)
Children:
Oliver McSwain (1874 - 1961)
Hugh Kerr McSwain (1880 - 1955)
George Pinkney McSwain (1883 - 1970)
Siblings:
Martha McSwain Hopper (1836 - 1917)
Rebecca Elizabeth McSwain Hamrick (1838 - 1867)
Hannah McSwain Green (1839 - 1931)
Nancy McSwain Hamrick (1841 - 1929)
Oliver McSwain (1844 - 1864)
Lucy McSwain Love (1847 - 1914)
Elijah Bonaparte McSwain (1853 - 1921)
Ambrose McSwain (1856 - 1905)
Margaret Caldonia McSwain Hamrick (1860 - 1919)
Burial Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South
Carolina, USA
Created by Elizabeth Olmstead Oct 10, 2006
-- Find A Grave Memorial #16130395,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16130395
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Louis was barber in St Charles, Arkansas.
-- Edith Marie McSwain Jenkins
His barber chair is now on display in the historical museum there.
In the 1910 census, Louis is listed as Wirt L.
1910 Federal Census, Faulkner County, Arkansas, Provo, UT, USA: The
Generations Network, Inc., 2006, 20 April, Prairie Township, District 13, page
3A, Hse/Fam #37,
McSwain, Carew Head M W 31 Married (no years) AR NC NC Farm Laborer, working
out
McSwain, Susie L Wife F W 24 Married 7yrs OK IN AR
McSwain, Wirt L Son M W 4 AR AR OK
McSwain, Gladys Dau F W 1 OK IN AR
1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 6 February, Prairie Township,
St Charles Road, District 16, page 8A, Hse #142, Fam #149
McSwain, Wiley C Head M W 42 AR NC NC Farmer
McSwain, Susie F Wife F W 34 OK IN AR
McSwain, Louis W Son M W 14 AR AR OK Farm Laborer
1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 23 April, Prairie Township,
District 25, page 7B, Ethel and Chute Rd, Hse #131, Fam #132
McSwain, Wiley C Head Owns M W 52 Widowed AR NC NC Farmer
McSwain, Louis W Son M W 23 Single AR AR OK Barber, Public Shop
Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
Vol 2, Certificate 00347, page 0835
Marriage of Louis McSwain to Bernice Williams
License was issued 19 September 1939 in Arkansas County
Wedding ceremony was conducted 24 October 1939
1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 5 April, St Charles, District
1-23, page 5B, Main St, Hse #96, Own $500
McSwain, Louis Head M W 34 Married Grade 5 b Arkansas Rural Arkansas County in
1935 Barber [b abt 1906]
McSwain, Bernice Wife F W 32 Married Grade C2 b Arkansas Rural Arkansas County
House work [b abt 1908]
Louis' place of residence at the time of death was St. Charles, Arkansas
County, Arkansas, according to the Social Security Death Index. Louis' son
Roger informs me that his father died in the St Vincent Infirmary, Little
Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Causes of death were pneumonia, chronic
obstructive lung disease and colitis.
Social Security Death Index
Louis McSwain
Born: 17 Sep 1905
Died: Jul 1975
Last Residence Saint Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas 72140
SSN 430-60-3989 issued Arkansas (1951)
Louis W McSwain
Birth 1905
Death 1975
Spouse Bernice W. McSwain (1907 - 2002)
Inscription: 'MARRIED: Oct. 24, 1939'
Burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Created by Dale Houghton Jun 05, 2012
-- Find A Grave Memorial #91376810,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91376810
Name2 Notes
His name was spelled Lewis by his father in carew's WWII Draft Registration
1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 4 September, page 315,
Hse/Fam #573
William McSwain 35 M Farmer $460 Real Estate b NC Cannot read or write [b abt
1815]
Sarah McSwain 34 F b NC Cannot read or write [b abt 1816]
Luiza McSwain 10 F b NC [b abt 1840]
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, page 72,
Hse/Fam #515
W B McSwain 45 M Farmer $550 Real Estate $465 Personal born North Carolina
Cannot read or write[b abt 1815]
Sarah McSwain 44 F born North Carolina [b abt 1816]
Louisa McSwain 20 F born North Carolina [b abt 1840]
Louisa was reported in her paretns household in 1880, 40 years old and
widowed. Also in the household was a 7-year-old Floyed [sic]McSwian reported
as a grandson of her parents William and Sarah. His parents are not known.
He could have been a son of Louisa, since it was common in that county for two
people surnamed McSwian to marriy, Because the McSwains were so numerous and
had lived there for so many generations.
1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 23 July, Rippys,
District 67, page 32, Hse/Fam #285
McSwain, William W M 70 Married Farming Cannot read or write NC NC NC [b abt
1810]
McSwain, Sarrah W F 65 Wife Married Keeping House NC NC NC [b abt 1815]
McSwain, Louisza [sic] W F 40 Dau Widow Farm Hand Cannot read or write NC NC
NC [b abt 1840]
McSwain, Floyed [sic] W M 7 Son Single NC NC NC Cannot read or write [b abt
1883]
William N Lovelace
Birth 1833 in NC
Death 30 Jul 1864 in Point Lookout, MD
Parents:
Nathaniel Lovelace 1810 - 1868
Louisa Jane McSwain 1813 - 1880
Spouse Mary "Polly" McSwain
Birth 22 May 1829 in Latimore, Rutherford, NC
Death 20 Mar 1920 in Twp #7, Cleveland, NC
-- Ancestry Trees, Ancestry.com, Hamricks of Ireland,
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9887369/person/-728280268?ftm=1