Mike DESPAIN Living MCSWAIN Thad Mathew MCSWAIN Living MCSWAIN Living MCSWAIN Unknown SMITH Mini tree diagram

Mildred Y SUTTON1,6,3,4,5,7,7,7,8

27th Jan 19181,2,3,4,5 - 1st Sep 20031,3

Life History

27th Jan 1918

Born in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee.1,2,3,4,5

about 1940

Divorced from Unknown SMITH

about 1943

Married Mike DESPAIN

28th Jun 1947

Married Thad Mathew MCSWAIN in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.4,3

1st Sep 2003

Died in Stuttgart, Arkansas, Arkansas.1,3

UNKNOWN

Married Unknown SMITH

Other facts

 

Birth of daughter Living MCSWAIN

 

Birth of daughter Living MCSWAIN

 

Birth of daughter Living MCSWAIN

Notes

  • "My cousin, Ken McSwain, asked me to contact you and provide some information on my Dad, Thad McSwain.  Ken said you were interested in his two marriages.  I do not have a lot of information, but from what I do have, my Dad first married Juanita Rowland in 1940 (do not have the day) and married my mother, Mildred Sutton, on June 28, 1947."
    --  Sue McSwain Windham, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins

    "Jimmie was the offspring of Uncle Thad. Shirley was the offspring of Mildred. The other 2 girls, Sue, and Terrie, were full sisters."
    --  Kenneth Wirt McSwain, Facebook Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 16 June 2017

    The Social Security Death Index provides an exact birth date for Mildred, as well as date and place of residence at death.  Thad's second wife was named Mildred and is buried in Stuttgart where they lived.

    Social Security Death Index, www.ancestry.com
    Mildred S McSwain
    Born 27 Jan 1918
    Died 1 Sep 2003
    Last residence Stuttgart, Arkansas, Arkansas
    SSN 546-20-7558 issued in California before 1951

    A more complete Social Security record set reports details that would match Mildred under a series of names that seem to indicate that the maiden name was Sutton, and the first married name Smith, either one matching the S in her burial name Mildred S McSwain.  Her father's name is Sutton and name changes were made in sequence to Smith, DeSpain and McSwain.  This seems to indicate that Mildred was married twice before marrying Thad McSwain.

    U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
    Mildred Sutton Smith [Mildred Sutton Despain] [Mildred McSwain] [Mildred Sutton]
    Birth 27 Jan 1918 Nashville, Putnam [?] County, Tennessee
    Death Date 1 Sep 2003
    Father William D Sutton
    Mother Elizabeth Brown
    SSN 546207558
    Mar 1939 Name listed as MILDRED SUTTON SMITH;  Oct 1946 Name listed as MILDRED SUTTON DESPAIN;  Jun 1966 Name listed as MILDRED SUT MCSWAIN;  Aug 1966 Name listed as MILDRED SUTTON MCSWAIN;  26 Sep 2003 Name listed as MILDRED S MCSWAIN

    "Thad’s daughter Sue said that Thad did adopt Shirley shortly after he and Mildred married.  Shirley was born April 15, 1944.  Her biological father was named Mike DeSpain."
    --  Byrdie McSwain, Facebook Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 12 December 2018

    Note that Social Security records reported that in October 1946, Mildred changed her name to DeSpain, indicating her marriage some time before this.  Her daughter Shirley DeSpain (later adopted by Thad McSwain) was born in 1944.  So the marriage was some time before 1944.  The change of name must have been reported only at the time of her divorce from Mike DeSpain.  Because it was only a few months later, in June 1947,  that she married Thad McSwain.

    Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
    Thad M McSwain
    Age 30, Birth Year abt 1917
    Residence DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas
    Spouse's Name Mildred DeSpain
    Spouse's Age 28
    Spouse's Residence DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas
    Marriage 28 Jun 1947 Arkansas County
    Marriage License Date 28 Jun 1947

    Mildred's brith date was found in a public records digest.

    U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
    Mildred McSwain
    Birth Date 27 Jan 1918
    2103 S Cherry St, Stuttgart, AR, 72160-6921
    1908 S Columbus St, Stuttgart, AR, 72160-6517

    U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
    Mildred Y McSwain
    S Cherry St, Stuttgart, AR, 72160

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