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• 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 1 August, page 50, Hse/Fam #361
  B H McSwain 33 M Farmer $800 Real Estate $260 Personal b NC [b abt 1827]
  Mary McSwain 33 F b TN [b abt 1927]
  Edward R McSwain 3 M born Arkansas [b abt 1857]
  
  This census says that Edward is 3 years old, but he would not be 3 until November that year.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 7 July, Township 3, Stices Shoals, p 1, Hse/Fam #4
  McSwain, Mary 41 F W Keeping House $600 Real Estate Value $150 Personal b NC Cannot read or write [b abt 1829]
  McSwain, Edward R 14 M W Farm Laborer b NC Cannot read or write [born abt 1856]
  
  In 1880 newly married Edward Ross is enumerated as Ross, with his wife Barbara, in the home of his mother Mary (Rippy) McSwain.  Mary is reported as married, but there is no husband in the home.  Edward's father Berry Hicks McSwain died in the 1864 in the Civil War.  Ross's wife is Barbara Rippy.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 21 June, Township 3, page 24, Hse/Fam #238
  McSwain, Mary  W F 45 Married House Keeper Cannot read or write NC NC NC
  McSwain, Hannah  W F 27 Dau Single Female Weakness NC NC NC
  McSwain, Ross  W M 22 Son Farm Hand NC NC NC
  McSwain, Barbara W F 18 Dau-in-law Boarder Cannot write NC NC NC
  
  Next door to them is Hugh Kerr McSwain Sr (b 1818) and his new wife Elizabeth Rippy.  In 1860 Hugh was 2 houses away and either a widow or his wife was Catherine age 27.  In 1850 likewise Hugh was 2 doors away from Hicks and Mary.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 21 June, Township 3, page 24, Hse/Fam #238
  McSwain, Hugh K  W M 62 Farmer NC NC NC
  McSwain, Elizabeth  W F 33 Married House Keeper Cannot write NC NC NC
  McSwain, Petter  W M 21 Son Single  NC NC NC
  McSwain, Leeroy  W M 19 Son Single  Farm Hand NC NC NC
  McSwain, Lawson  W M 12 Son Single  Farm Hand NC NC NC
  McSwain, Avalona W F 9 Dau Single Cannot write NC NC NC
  
  In 1900 Edward is enumerated as Neddie.  His wife is reported as Mary M, instead of Barbara Ann, though it reports they have been married 20 years.  That would put their marriage at about 1880.  In the 1800 census, bis wife was Barbara as reported by family genealogies.
  
  Genealogies report that Barbara died in 1898, so we would expect Neddie to have a different wife in 1900.  The enumerator must have erred on the years married, somehow out of their discussion referencing Neddie's first marriage to Barbara.
  
  Neddie is reported with the same wife Mary M in 1910.  Initially I did not find this second wife accounted for in the genealogies.  Some now have this wife, and name her Mary Putnam.  With this surname, I found her with her parents and siblings in Rippys Township in 1880.  See Notes for Mary M Putnam.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 18 June, Rippys Township, District 50, page 15B, Hse #189, Fam #191
  McSwain, Neddie R Head W M  Nov 1857  42 Married 20 years NC SC NC Farmer Owns
  McSwain, Mary M Wife W F July 1863  35 Married 20 years 6 children/5 living NC NC NC
  McSwain, Arthur Son W M  May 1881  19 Single NC NC NC At School
  McSwain, Manuel T Son W M  July 1889  10 Single NC NC NC At School
  McSwain, Mamie C Dau W F  Dec 1891  8 Single NC NC NC
  McSwain, Barnie D Son W M  Jun 1896  4 NC NC NC
  McSwain, Thomas F Son W M  Mar 1900  2mos NC NC NC
  
  The names are very scrawled, and the names of Mamie and Barney have been preceived different ways by different transcribers.  In the 1910 census Ancestry transcribed Barnie's name as Bermen.  It looks more like Bonner or Barnes to me.  The entries in the 1910 census are scrawled and hard to determine.  In the 1920 census it is clearly Barney.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 27 April, Rippys Township, District 37, page 11A, Hse #194, Fam #188
  McSwain, Neddeie R Head M W 53 Married 8 yrs NC NC NC Farmer Rents
  McSwain, Mary Wife F W 41 Married 8 yrs 1 child/[1 living] NC NC NC
  McSwain, Manuel Son M W 19 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer
  McSwain, Mamie F W 17 Single NC NC NC
  McSwain, Barnies [?] Son M W 18 Single TX AL AR
  
  1920 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 8 January, Rippys, District 52, page 5A, Hse #85, Fam #86
  McSwain, Ross  Head  Owns M W 62 Married NC NC NC Farmer, Working Out
  McSwain, Mary Wife F W 52 Married NC NC NC
  McSwain, Mamie Dau M W 28 Single NC NC NC
  McSwain, Barney Son M W 24 NC NC NC Farm Laborer
  
  Edward (Neddy) Ross McSwain
  Birth: 3 Nov 1857 in North Carolina
  Death: 20 Aug 1935 [date on the death record is 30 Aug 1935]
  Burial: New Hope Baptist Cemetery, Earl, Cleveland Co., NC
  Father: Berry Hicks McSwain b: 30 Jun 1828
  Mother: Mary Polly Rippy b: 21 Aug 1827 in North Carolina
  Marriage 1 Barbara Ann Rippy b: 4 May 1867 in North Carolina
  Married: 23 Oct 1879 [only 12 years old if the birth date is right]
  Children
  James Arthur McSwain b: 30 May 1881 in North Carolina
  Manuel Trent McSwain b: 16 Jul 1889 in North Carolina
  Mamie Catherine McSwain b: 1 Dec 1891 in North Carolina
  Barney Dover McSwain b: 6 Jan 1896 in North Carolina
  --  David Holden, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwh1951&id=I51615
  
  Edward's death record uses his nickname Neddy.
  
  North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
  Neddy R McSwain
  Race: White
  Age: 77, Birth abt 1858
  Death: 30 Aug 1935 Cleveland County, North Carolina
  
  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976
  Neddy Ross McSwain
  White Male, Farmer
  Age 77 yrs, 9 mos, 18 days
  Birth 3 November 1857 North Carolina, United States
  Residence Earl, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  Father Hicks McSwain, born North Carolina
  Mother Mary Rippy, born North Carolina
  Informant Mrs B D McSwain, Earl, North Carolina
  Death 30 August 1935 at home, Earl, Cleveland, North Carolina, USA
  Cause of Death Chronis Myocarditis, due to Arteriosclerosis
  Burial 21 [31] August 1935 New Hope Cemetery, by the Palmer Mortuary, Shelby (Cleveland County), North Carolina
  Filed 15 October 1935
  
  Note that the date of burial is before the date of death.  This is a typo (typewriter entry) on the death certificate.  The burial date has to be 31 August.  Also the name of the cemetery is unreadable.  Other sources report he was buried in New Hope Baptist Cemetery, Earl, Cleveland County, North Carolina.

Sources

• 1. RootsWeb Trees
• 2. North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975
• 3. 1900 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 18 June, Rippys Township, District 50, page 15B, Hse #189, Fam #191
• 4. 1920 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 8 January, Rippys, District 52, page 5A, Hse #85, Fam #86
• 5. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 1 August, page 50, Hse/Fam #361
• 6. North Carolina, Death Collection, 1908-2004
• 7. 1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 7 July, Township 3, Stices Shoals, p 1, Hse/Fam #4
• 8. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 21 June, Township 3, page 24, Hse/Fam #238
• 9. 1910 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 27 April, Rippys Township, District 37, page 11A, Hse #194, Fam #188
• 10. Ancestry Trees
  • Rippy, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7704411/person/-1050191679