Life History

Notes

• 1910 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 22 April, Cherokee Township, District 3, page 6A, Hse/Fam #94
  McSwain, Hugh K Head M W 29 Widowed 5 yrs SC NC NC Farmer Owns
  McSwain, Vadar Dau M W 7 SC SC SC
  
  Vada's mother Addie died in about 1909, when she was about 6 years old.  In the 1920 census, Vada and her three older siblings, who are all children of Addie Sherer, are in the home of their paternal grandparents.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 17 January, Cherokee Township, District 3, page 11A, Hse #188, Fam #190
  McSwain, Lewis M Head Owns M W 68 NC NC NC Farmer [b abt 1851]
  McSwain, Sarah A Wife F W 78 NC NC NC [b abt 1841]
  McSwain, Vader Granddau F W 16 SC SC SC [b abt 1903]
  
  Vada's father Hugh Kerr remarried about 1911.  In 1920, Hugh and his second wife Luizzie (Fulton) are in Limestone Township of Cherokee County.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 21 January, Limestone Township, District 7, page 13B, Cherokee Ave, Hse #219, Fam #225
  McSwain, Hugh K Head Rents M W 39 SC NC NC Rice Farmer Works in Cotton Mill Slashroom [b abt 1880]
  McSwain, Lizzie Wife F W 29 SC SC SC [b abt 1890]
  McSwain, Kinard H Son M W 6 SC SC SC [b abt 1913]
  McSwain, Emma M Dau F W 4 SC SC SC [b abt 1915]
  McSwain, Flora N Dau F W 2 SC SC SC [b abt 1917]
  McSwain, Wiley D Son M W 2 SC SC SC [b abt 1917]
  Fulton, John Father[-in-law] M W 68 SC SC SC [b abt 1857]
  

Sources

• 1. 1910 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 22 April, Cherokee Township, District 3, page 6A, Hse/Fam #94
• 2. 1920 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 17 January, Cherokee Township, District 3, page 11A, Hse #188, Fam #190