Gabriel Washburn MCSWAIN7,3,4,5,1,8,6,2,9

25th Jan 18173,4,5,1,6 - 20th Feb 18895,1,2

Life History

25th Jan 1817	Born in North Carolina.3,4,5,1,6
18th Dec 1841	Married Elizabeth L FLOW in Mecklenburg, North Carolina.18,9
about 1842	Birth of son Hamilton A MCSWAIN in North Carolina.6,10,7
20th Feb 1844	Birth of son Caleb Orr MCSWAIN in North Carolina.11,7,6,12,13
8th Mar 1846	Birth of daughter Jane L M MCSWAIN in Mississippi.6,1,7
30th Aug 1848	Birth of daughter Hannah Josephine MCSWAIN in Marshall County, Mississippi.6,14,1,7
24th Sep 1850	Birth of son Charles Douglas MCSWAIN in Marshall County, Mississippi.15,16,7,17,4,2
13th Jan 1860	Birth of son Lucius H MCSWAIN in Columbia County, Arkansas.7,4,3,15,1
23rd Jan 1883	Death of son Caleb Orr MCSWAIN in Emmet, Nevada, Arkansas.11,2
20th Feb 1889	Died in Emmet, Nevada, Arkansas.5,1,2
after 20th Feb 1889	Buried in Snell Cemetery, Emmet, Nevada, Arkansas.1,2

Notes

North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
Elizabeth L. Flow
Spouse Gabriel W. McSwain
Marriage 18 Dec 1841 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Bondsman Daniel Asbury

1850 Federal Census, Marshall County, Mississippi, 15 November, Northern Division, scan p 345, Hse/Fam #902
McSwain, Gabriel W 33 M Farmer North Carolina [born abt 1817]
McSwain, Elizabeth L 31 F North Carolina [born abt 1819]
McSwain, Hamilton A 8 F Laborer North Carolina [born abt 1842]
McSwain, Caleb O 6 M North Carolina [born abt 1844]
McSwain, Jane L M 4 F Mississippi [born abt 1846]
McSwain, Hannah J 2 F Arkansas [born abt 1848]

1860 Federal Census, Columbia County, Arkansas, 18 August, Alabama Township, p 5, PO Falcon, Hse #31, Fam #32
G W McSwain 43 M Farmer $2000 Real Estate $1500 Personal b North Carolina [born abt 1817]
Elizabeth McSwain 40 F North Carolina [born abt 1820]
Hamilton A McSwain 17 M Mississippi [born abt 1843]
Caleb O McSwain 15 F Mississippi [born abt 1845]
Jane L McSwain 14 M Mississippi [born abt 1846]
Hanah J McSwain 11 M Mississippi [born abt 1849]
Charles D McSwain 9 M Mississippi [born abt 1851]
Lusious McSwain 7 months M Arkansas [born abt Jan 1860]

What was then Columbia County is now called Nevada County.

1870 Federal Census, Columbia County, Arkansas, 8 July, Alabama Township, p 4, PO Falcon, Hse/Fam #32
McSwain, Gabriel 53 M Teacher $600 Real Estate $500 Personal b North Carolina [born abt 1817]
McSwain, Elizabeth 50 F North Carolina [born abt 1820]
McSwain, Charles G 25 M W Mississippi [born abt 1845]
McSwain, Lucius 10 M W Arkansas [born abt 1860]
McSwain, Edward 14 M W North Carolina [born abt 1866]
McSwain, George D 7 M W Arkansas [born abt 1863]

Charles G here should be Charles D, for Douglas.

In 1871, a new county, Nevada County, was formed out of parts of Columbia and other counties. So the name of their location changed from Columbia County to Nevada (pronounced in Arkansas as Nuh-vay-duh).

1880 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas, 29 June, Alabama Township, page 34, Hse/Fam #1
McSwain, G W W M 63 Husband Farmer NC NC NC
McSwain, Elisabeth W F 60 Wife Keeping House NC NC NC
McSwain, Lucious W M 20 Son Single AR NC NC

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"...A leading figure in the Emmet Church in the early twentieth century and one who may have led the way in the construction of the present church was Rev. C. D. McSwain. Born in Marshall County, Mississippi, in 1850, McSwain came to Falcon, then in Columbia County and now in Nevada County, with his parents G. W. and Elizabeth McSwain in 1859. ... a series of deaths in C. D. McSwain´s family. Other members of the McSwain family had moved to Emmet earlier. His brother Caleb Orr McSwain had died there in 1883, leaving a family. C. D. McSwain´s first wife Lucy Jones had died in 1888 after a brief two-year marriage, leaving an infant daughter who lived less than three weeks. His father G. W. McSwain died at Emmet in February 1889. A younger brother Lucious H. McSwain also died at Emmet in July 1898, leaving a family. His mother Elizabeth McSwain, then almost eighty, died there in August 1899.

All are buried in the Snell Cemetery. In 1891, McSwain had married Mrs. Lula Trotter at Monticello, Arkansas. His second wife had a daughter Junie Trotter from her previous marriage. A special life-long relationship between this step-daughter and step-father developed. McSwain and his second wife also had a son, C. D. McSwain, Jr.[James A. Anderson, Centennial History of Arkansas Methodism: A History of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, In the State of Arkansas, 1815-1935 (Benton, Arkansas: L. B. White Printing Co., 1935), 236.]
-- "Emmet United Methodist Church, Emmet, Nevada County [Arkansas]," /16/2011, http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/historic-properties/_search_nomination_popup.asp?id=915
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Gabriel Washburn McSwain
Birth: 25 Jan 1817 in North Carolina
Death: 20 Feb 1889
Burial: Snell Cemetery, Emmet, Nevada Co., AR
Father: Charles McSwain b: 13 Aug 1786 in North Carolina
Mother: Lewraner Washburn b: 5 Dec 1794
Marriage 1 Elizabeth Flow b: 4 Dec 1819 in North Carolina
Married: 18 Dec 1841
Children:
1. Hamilton A. McSwain 1. b: ABT 1842 in North Carolina
2. Caleb Orr McSwain b: 20 Feb 1844 in North Carolina
3. Jane L. M. McSwain b: 8 Mar 1846 in Mississippi
4. Hannah Josephine McSwain b: 30 Aug 1848 in Mississippi
5. Charles Douglas McSwain Sr. b: 24 Sep 1850 in Mississippi
6. Lucius H. McSwain b: 13 Jan 1860 in Arkansas
-- David Holden, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwh1951&id=I24921

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Gabriel Washburn McSwain
Birth Jan. 25, 1817
Death Feb. 20, 1889
Spouse Elizabeth Flow McSwain (1819 - 1899)
Children:
Hannah Josephine McSwain Garland (1848 - 1915)
Charles Douglas McSwain (1850 - 1917)
Burial Snell Cemetery, Emmet, Nevada County, Arkansas
Created by Gladys Hathcoat Cavazos Aug 07, 2004
-- Find A Grave Memorial #9283164, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9283164
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Sources

1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
2. Emmet United Methodist Church, Emmet, Nevada County [Arkansas]"
- Location: http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/historic-properties/_search_nomination_popup.aspx?id=2486;
3. 1880 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas
- 29 June, Alabama Township, page 34, Hse/Fam #1
4. 1870 Federal Census, Columbia County, Arkansas
- 8 July, Alabama Township, p 4, PO Falcon Arkansas, Hse/Fam #32
5. Ancestry Comments
6. 1850 Federal Census, Marshall County, Mississippi
- 15 November, Northern Division, scan p 345, Hse/Fam #902
7. 1860 Federal Census, Columbia County, Arkansas
- 18 August, Alabama Township, p 5, PO Falcon, Hse #31, Fam #32
8. North Carolina, Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
9. North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004
10. U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865
11. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- Memorial #9283143
12. 1870 Federal Census, Columbia County, Arkansas
- 12 July, Alabama Township, PO Falcon, p 19, Hse #144, Fam #147
13. 1880 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas
- 2 June, Emmett Township, District 2, page 2, Hse/Fam #10
14. 1900 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas
- 27 June, Emmet, District 78, page 20A, Lansburg Rd, Hse #341, Fam #344
15. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
16. 1910 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas
- 16 April, Emmet, District 101, page 1B, Lansburg Rd, Hse/Fam #14
17. 1900 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas
- 27 June, Emmet, District 78, page 20A, Hse #342, Fam #345
18. Ancestry Trees
- Gibson Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12679262/person/-204670783?ssrc=&ftm=1