Alex DAVIS Hattie L DAVIS Lela Bridgette DAVIS Cyrus Lester MCSWAIN Cyrus Lester MCSWAIN Cora Lee DAVIS Margaret M WEST Mini tree diagram
Eunice DAVIS

Eunice DAVIS6,7,2,3,4,5,8

19th Nov 19051,2,3,4,5 - 21st Aug 19941,3,5

Life History

19th Nov 1905

Born in Arkansas County, Arkansas.1,2,3,4,5

17th Dec 1923

Married Cyrus Lester MCSWAIN in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.12,4

15th May 1925

Birth of son Cyrus Lester MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.7,9,5,2,10

Nov 1987

Death of Cyrus Lester MCSWAIN in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.11,10

21st Aug 1994

Died in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.1,3,5

after 21st Aug 1994

Buried in Cedarcrest Memorial Gardens, DeWitt, Arkansas County, Arkansas.3

Notes

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    Cyrus Lester Mcswain Sr, Tissie's son, was married to my grandma's sister Eunice Davis and Kevin [McSwain]'s wife Gina comes through the Criswell line from Lavada Mae West.  Lavada Mae was daughter of Charles Winston West.  He was Eunice Davis' uncle.

    Eunice and my grandma Lela Bridgette Davis were daughters of great grandma Maggie West, who married Alex Davis first and had several girls.   When Alex died she married Henry Oliver Marcum.  H O had two kids by his marriage to a Rosie?  (I can't find what her last name was.)  She died then H O married Maggie West then H O's boy Roy Marcum married Lela Davis, Maggie West Davis' daughter.

    So I wound up with two great grandparent sets that way on them.  Roy and Lela's daughter Maggie Marcum (mom) married my dad Floyd Utley.
    --  Ancestry Messaging from Mike Utley to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 19 January  2020
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    Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
    Eunice Davis
    Age 18 (born abt 1905)
    Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
    Lester McSwain
    Age 24 (born abt 1899)
    Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
    License issued 12 Dec 1923
    Marriage 17 Dec 1923 Arkansas County

    In the 1930 census, Eunice Davis is married to Lester McSwain.

    1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 21 April, District 25, page 6B, Prairie Township, Ethel & Chute Rd, Hse #116, Fam #117
    McSwain, Lester  Head M W 30 First married at age 19 AR AR AR Farmer
    McSwain, Eunice Wife F W 28 First married at age 18 AR MS AR
    McSwain, Lester Jr  Son M W 4yrs 10mos AR AR AR

    1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 8 April, Prairie Township, District 1-26, page 3B, Belleview Road, Hse #49, Own $200
    McSwain, Lester Head M W 41 Married Grade 8 b Arkansas Same House in 1935 Farmer [b abt 1899]
    McSwain, Eunice Wife F W 34 Married Grade 7 b Arkansas Same House in 1935 Housewife [b abt 1906]
    McSwain, Cyrus Son M W 14 Single Grade 7 b Arkansas Same House in 1935 [b abt 1926]

    U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
    Eunice D. McSwain
    Born 19 Nov 1905
    Died 21 Aug 1994
    Last Residence De Witt, Arkansas, Arkansas 72042
    SSN 430-48-4080 issued Arkansas (Before 1951)

    [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 M-Z, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.15604.6]
    Mcswain, Eunice
    Birth 11/19/1905
    Death 08/21/1994
    ZIP Code of last known residence: 72042, DeWitt, Arkansas
    Social Security #430-48-4080 Issued in Arkansas

    Gravestone of Cyrus L and Eunice D (Davis) McSwain
    McSwain  Cyrus L 1899-1987
    Eunice D 1905-1994
    Cedarcrest Cemetery, DeWitt, Arkansas County, Arkansas
    Photo courtesy of Jerry Grisham

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    Hattie L Davis Dunn
    BIRTH 19 Dec 1898 De Witt, Arkansas County, Arkansas, USA
    DEATH 29 Mar 1984 (aged 85) De Witt, Arkansas County, Arkansas, USA
    BURIAL Chute Cemetery, De Witt, Arkansas County, Arkansas

    Parents:
    Alex T Davis 1875-1916 (m. 1897)
    Henry Oliver Marcum 1869-1936 (m. 1918)

    Spouses:
    Henry Trussell 1900-1929 (m. 1918)
    Roger Dunn 1905-1974 (m. 1931)

    Siblings:
    Lela Bridgette Davis Marcum 1903-1990
    Eunice D Davis McSwain 1905-1994
    Cora Lee Davis Stewart 1908-1993

    Children
    Walter Lee Trussell
    1924-2019

    Created by Lin 2 May 2011
    --  Find A Grave Memorial 69233206, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69233206/hattie-l_-dunn
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