Life History

Notes

• 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, page 134, Hse/Fam #967
  George W McSwain 40 M Farmer $230 Real Estate $404 Personal  born North Carolina
  Lucinda McSwain 42 F born North Carolina
  William McSwain 1 M born North Carolina
  
  William McSwain
  Birth 31 Mar 1859, Death 29 Jun 1945
  Parents George Washington McSwain 1821 - 1909, Lucinda P Wright 1819 - 1897
  --  Blanton Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9854432/person/-729178190
  
  This genealogy has the date of death on day after that recorded on the death certificate, where the typed date is March 30 1859.
  
  The Hamrick Data Pages reports this child of George Washington McSwain and Lucinda Wright, providing a middle name, but has only an estimated birth date, earlier than the exact date provided by the Blanton genealogy.
  
  McSwain, William Kaiser "Berry" (*1852 - )
  father: McSwain, George Washington (1821 - )
  mother: Wright, Lucinda (1818 - )
  spouse: Ledford, Millie (*1856 - )
  --  Hamrick Data Pages, http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
  
  North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
  Certificate #17661
  William Mcswain
  White Male, Age 86, Widowed
  Residence Rt 4, Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina
  Birth 30 Mar 1859 Cleveland, North Carolina
  Death 29 Jun 1945 Township 7, Cleveland County
  Immediate cause of death Senility
  Occupation Farmer
  Father George Mcswain
  Mother Lucinda Wright, b NC
  Informant Landrum Lovelace, b NC
  Burial 30 June 1945
  Poplar Springs Cemetery, Rt 3, Shelby, North Carolina
  By Lutz-Sustell Funeral Home, Shelby
  Registered 27 September 1945
  
  Note that the certificate actaully reports that the cause of death was Senility.
  

Sources

• 1. North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975
  • Certificate #17661
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 14 August, page 134, Hse/Fam #967
• 3. North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975
  • #17661
• 4. Ancestry Trees
  • Blanton Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9854432/person/-729178190
• 5. Hamrick Data Pages
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hamrick/wga75.html