Mary M MCSWAIN1,3,1,2,2,8,6

also known as Mary Polly MCSWAIN4,7,5,2

15th Dec 18151,3,4,5,2,6 - 2nd Nov 18891,7,1,2

Life History

15th Dec 1815	Born in Rutherford County, North Carolina.1,3,4,5,2,6
1st Jan 1832	Married James M HAMRICK in Rutherford County, North Carolina.7
5th Mar 1840	Birth of son Abraham HAMRICK in Rutherford County, North Carolina.4,9,7,10,2
23rd Nov 1847	Birth of son Thomas HAMRICK.2
17th Feb 1852	Birth of son James Louis HAMRICK.1,8,2
7th Jun 1858	Birth of daughter Susannah HAMRICK in North Carolina.3,11,12,8
2nd Nov 1889	Died in Cleveland County, North Carolina.1,7,1,2
after 2nd Nov 1889	Buried in Beaver Dam Baptist Cemetery, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina.1,1,2

Notes

The Hamrick Data Pages provide the name of the parents of Abraham (Abram) Hamrick.

McSwain, Mary Polly (1815 - 1889)
b 15 Dec 1815 in Rutherford, NC, d 2 Nov 1889 in Cleveland, NC
Spouse: Hamrick, James M (1809 - 1895)
- m. 1 Jan 1832 in Rutherford, NC
child: Hamrick, Abraham "Abram" (1840 - 1915)
-- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html

In 1880 Mary and her husband James Hamrick are living next door to her cousin William McSwain, so on David M McSwain.

1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 3 June, Township 7, Sandy Run, District 71, page 1 (Scan 569A), Hse #56, Fam #59
James Hamrick W M 70 Father Farmer Cannot write NC NC NC [b abt 1810]
Mary Hamrick W F 65 Wife Keeping House Cannot read or write NC NC NC [b abt 1815]
L Hamrick W F 27 Dau Cannot write NC NC NC [b abt 1863]
S Hamrick W F 21 Dau Cannot write NC NC NC [b abt 1869]
C M Wright W M 9 Adopted Cannot read or write NC NC NC [b abt 1871]
D P Wright W M 5 Adopted NC NC NC [b abt 1875]

An anonymous genealogy in Ancestry World Tree gives more detail about Abram/Abraham's parents:
Father James M Hamrick b 13 Feb 1810 Rutherford, NC
Mother Mary Polly McSwain b 1815 Rutherford, NC
-- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm-cgi?op=GET&db=*v59t0959&id=I592&ftm=1

Beaverdam Baptist Cemetery Register, Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina
"Hamrick, Mary M. December 15, 1815 November 2, 1889 Mother of 20 chidlren"
"Hamrick, James May 13, 1810 January 6, 1895"
-- W. D. Floyd, http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/cleveland/cemeteries/bdamclev.txt

Note that the gravestone says she had 20 children.

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Mary Polly McSwain Hamrick
Birth Dec. 15, 1815
Death Nov. 2, 1889

Spouse James Hamrick (1810 - 1895)
Children:
William McSwain Hamrick (1832 - 1915)
Elijah Hamrick (1833 - 1863)
Abraham Hamrick (1840 - 1915)
Sarah Hamrick Champion (1841 - 1900)
Rebecca Hamrick McSwain (1843 - 1917)
Mary Jane Hamrick Champion (1846 - 1862)
Thos Hamrick (1847 - 1923)
Louisa E Hamrick Lovelace (1850 - 1933)
James Louis Hamrick (1852 - 1907)
Emeline Vinnie Hamrick McSwain (1856 - 1928)
Susannah Hamrick Greene (1858 - 1936)

Burial Beaver Dam Baptist Church, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina

Created by Sharon Mar 30, 2007
-- Find A Grave Memorial #18691311, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18691311/mary-polly-hamrick
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Sources

1. Beaverdam Baptist Cemetery Register, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- Location: http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/cleveland/cemeteries/bdamclev.txt;
2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
3. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 3 June, Township 7, Sandy Run, District 71, page 1 (Scan 569A), Hse #56, Fam #59
4. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 19 August, page 272, Hse/Fam #297
5. Ancestry Trees
- Hamrick-McSwain2, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm-cgi?op=GET&db=*v59t0959&id=I592&ftm=1
6. Email Sources
7. Hamrick Data Pages
- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
8. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
9. Ancestry Trees
- Hamrick-McSwain1, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm-cgi?op=GET&db=:2899708&id=I1236&ftm=1
10. 1880 Federal Census, Rutherford County, North Carolina
- 22 June, Colfax, District 161, page 20-21, Hse #180, Fam #191
11. Gravestone of Green Gilead (Gilliard) & Susannah Greene, Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Blacksburg, Cherokee, South Carolina
12. 1920 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 12 January, Lattimore (Township 7), District 64, page 7A, Hse #115, Fam #125