William D MCSWAIN Isabella MCSWAIN Thomas MCSWAIN Lavinia Celina MCSWAIN William Henry MCSWAIN Anonymous MCSWAIN Frances MCSWAIN Josina A MCSWAIN Mini tree diagram

Irma Arrenia LEDBETTER4,1,2,3

about 18291,2,3 - UNKNOWN

Life History

about 1829

Born in North Carolina.1,2,3

Dec 1845

Birth of daughter Isabella MCSWAIN in Cleveland County, North Carolina.5,6,7

about 1848

Birth of son Thomas MCSWAIN in Cleveland County, North Carolina.1,5

about 1850

Birth of daughter Lavinia Celina MCSWAIN in Cleveland County, North Carolina.1,5

14th Oct 1851

Birth of son William Henry MCSWAIN in Cleveland County, North Carolina.1,5,8

about 1856

Birth of son Anonymous MCSWAIN in Cleveland County, North Carolina.5

Jan 1857

Birth of daughter Frances MCSWAIN in Cleveland County, North Carolina.1,5,6

2nd Jul 1861

Birth of daughter Josina A MCSWAIN in Cleveland County, North Carolina.1,9,10

30th Oct 1864

Death of William D MCSWAIN in Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia.11,4,12

before 1870

Death of son Anonymous MCSWAIN

22nd Feb 1929

Death of daughter Josina A MCSWAIN in Cleveland County, North Carolina.9,10

11th Sep 1948

Death of son William Henry MCSWAIN in Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina.8

UNKNOWN

Death of daughter Frances MCSWAIN

UNKNOWN

Death of daughter Lavinia Celina MCSWAIN

UNKNOWN

Death of daughter Isabella MCSWAIN

UNKNOWN

Death of son Thomas MCSWAIN

UNKNOWN

Died

Other facts

 

Married William D MCSWAIN

 

Name2: Arelia McSwain.3

 

Buried in Her date of death and place of burial have not been discovered

Notes

  • 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, pages 71-72, Hse/Fam #577
    W D McSwain 35 M Farmer $700 Real Estate $1368 Personal born North Carolina [b abt 1825]
    -- page 72 --
    Arelia McSwain 30 M born North Carolina [b abt 1830]
    Issabella McSwain 14 F born North Carolina [b abt 1846]
    Thomas McSwain 12 M born North Carolina [b abt 1848]
    Vina C McSwain 10 F born North Carolina [b abt 1850]
    William H McSwain 8 M born North Carolina [b abt 1852]
    Anonymous McSwain 6 M born North Carolina [b abt 1856]
    Francis McSwain 3 F born North Carolina [b abt 1857]
    Salena McSwain 2 F born North Carolina [b abt 1858]

    "My father's grandmother was Josina A McSwain Bridges the youngest child of William D and Arrenia Mcswain.  My dad has told me stories of talking to William Henry McSwain (Uncle Henry) and aunt Frank (Frances or Frankie McSwain) when he was a boy.  He is now 87 and I have some 1st hand accounts and other info I have found."
    --  David Bridges, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 2 March 2017

    McSwain, William (*1826 - )
    father: McSwain, Thomas (1796 - 1872)
    mother: Bridges, Salena W "Frankie" (1793 - 1862)
    spouse: Gipson, Malissa (*1830 - )
    spouse: Ledbetter, Arrienia (*1829 - )
    ----------child: McSwain, Thomas (*1846 - )
    ----------child: McSwain, William Anonymus (*1853 - )
    ----------child: McSwain, Salena (*1860 - )
    ----------child: McSwain, Vianna (*1860 - )
    ----------child: McSwain, Henry (*1861 - )
    ----------child: McSwain, Frankie (*1861 - )
    ----------child: McSwain, Isabell (*1861 - )
    ----------child: McSwain, Josina (*1861 - )

    Note the unlikely approximate dates of birth, two childern born in 1860 and four in 1861!  This source does not tell us which children were born to which wives.  But from the death date of Frankie, they would all be hers.  None of these six can be the children of Frankie, however, since in 1860, she would have been about 70 years old!  But this is old even for Thomas to father children.

    I note additionally that the Hamrick information combines two children reported in the 1860 census, called William H and Anonymous.  This odd name is a given name for several individuals in Cleveland County in the 1800s.  Hamrick combines these two children in William Anonymus.

    The child called Vianna by Hamrick matches the child reported in the census as Vina C.  This name is probably short for Levina, or Lavinia.  Many women with variations of this name were called Vina, Viney or other variations of this nickname.

    Frankie would be Frances (spelled Francis in the census).  Henry might be an additional child, but could also be the H of William H in the census, since Hamrick has combined the name William with Anonymous (Anonymus).  The Hamrick listing adds one child not in the 1860 census, Josina.  This name is reported also by David Bridges above, in an email to this genealogist in March 2017.  He also refers to Josina as the youngest child.  Bridges also gives us WIlliam's full name as William Henry.

Sources

  • 1. Hamrick Data Pages
  • 2. Hamrick Data Pages
    • http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
  • 3. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
    • 14 August, page 72-73, Hse/Fam #577
  • 4. David Bridges
  • 5. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
    • 14 August, pages 71-72, Hse/Fam #577
  • 6. 1900 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
    • 29 June, Shelby, District 55, Page 21B, Hse/Fam #388
  • 7. 1920 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
    • 20 January, Shelby, District 60, Page 12A, Hse #207, Fam #210
  • 8. North Carolina, Deaths, 1909-1976
  • 9. North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930
  • 10. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • 11. McSwain -- Old Rutherford County and Cleveland County, NC, Burials
    • Location: http://www.rfci.net/wdfloyd/cemm5.html;
  • 12. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865

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