Life History

Notes

• 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, pages 71-72, Hse/Fam #577
  W D McSwain 35 M Farmer $700 Real Estate $1368 Personal born North Carolina [b abt 1825]
  -- page 72 --
  Arelia McSwain 30 M born North Carolina [b abt 1830]
  Issabella McSwain 14 F born North Carolina [b abt 1846]
  Thomas McSwain 12 M born North Carolina [b abt 1848]
  Vina C McSwain 10 F born North Carolina [b abt 1850]
  William H[enry] McSwain 8 M born North Carolina [b abt 1852]
  Anonymous McSwain 6 M born North Carolina [b abt 1856]
  Francis McSwain 3 F born North Carolina [b abt 1857]
  Salena McSwain 2 F born North Carolina [b abt 1858]
  
  The Hamrick pages had a list of all the children.
  
  McSwain, William (*1826 - )
  father: McSwain, Thomas (1796 - 1872)
  mother: Bridges, Salena W "Frankie" (1793 - 1862)
  spouse: Gipson, Malissa (*1830 - )
  spouse: Ledbetter, Arrienia (*1829 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Thomas (*1846 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, William Anonymus (*1853 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Salena (*1860 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Vianna (*1860 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Henry (*1861 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Frankie (*1861 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Isabell (*1861 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Josina (*1861 - )
  
  The entry above name William Anonymous appears to conflate two children, Wm Henry, who lived until 1948, and Anonymous, who died as a chld before 1870.
  
  "My father's grandmother was Josina A McSwain Bridges the youngest child of William D and Arrenia Mcswain.  My dad has told me stories of talking to William Henry McSwain (Uncle Henry) and aunt Frank (Frances or Frankie McSwain) when he was a boy.  He is now 87 and I have some 1st hand accounts and other info I have found."
  --  David Bridges, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 2 March 2017
  
  North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930
  William Henry McSwain
  Widowed Farmer
  Birth 14 October 1851 Cleveland County, North Carolina
  Age 96 yrs, 11 mos, 28 days
  Residence Rt 2, Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina
  Father William McSwain, born North Carolina
  Mother Irma [Arrenia] Ledbetter, born NC
  Informant William McSwain, Rt 2, Shelby, NC
  Death 11 September 1948 Shelby Hospital, Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina
  Burial 12 September 1948 in Zora Cemetery, Shelby by Lutz and Austell, Shelby, NC
  Cause of death Respiratory Failure, due to Uremia, Heart Failure & Kidney Failure, and Broken HIp, caused by a fall in the home
  Burial 29 Ssptember 1948 in Beaver Dam Cemetery by Palmer's Funeral Home
  Certificate #19358 filed 7 April 1929

Sources

• 1. Hamrick Data Pages
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 14 August, pages 71-72, Hse/Fam #577
• 3. North Carolina, Deaths, 1909-1976
• 4. David Bridges