Life History

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  My father was Jack Osborne McSwain, he died in Pembroke Pines, Florida, his father was William Boyd McSwain, who was married to Bonnie Mitchell, had 3 boys, she died and he remarried Mary Kiser, they had 2 girls.
  
  Next comes Osborne Benjamin McSwain, he was married to Amanda Childers, they were from down about Cherokee county S.C., Osborne's father was Thomas Asbury McSwain, mother Alice (Aly Ann) Carpenter, then comes Charles McSwain who was married to Luraner Washburn McSwain, he and she had abt. 16 children together, she died, I should have her death date somewhere in my records, probably in the 1840s, he then married my g.g.g.grandmother Sarah L. Throckmorton.
  
  Charles's father was David McSwain, I think his mother was Catherine Robertson.
  --  Larry McSwain, personal Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 5 December 2014
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  "The first wife of William Boyd McSwain was Bonnie Mitchell, daughter of Hiram and Francis Clercie Sizemore Mitchell, she had the 3 boys by William, (William Boyd JR., Jack and, Robert) my step-grandmother Mary Kiser had Betty and Carolyn who I really through the years haven't got to know. Bonnie died in 1929 in Newberry, S.C. with TB, William and Bonnie's residence at that time was East Robinson St. Gaffney, S.C."
  --  Larry McSwain, Comment on an Ancestry genealogy, 22 October 2014
  
  Mandy's husband Osborne Benjamin McSwain died in 1915.  In the 1930 census, Mandy's son William Boyd McSwain was also reported widowed, in Mandy's household with his three sons, the eldest of whom was also named William Boyd McSwain.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 2 April, Gaffney Ward 1, District 11-19, page 1A, 305 E Robinson St, Hse/Fam #3
  McSwain, Mandy Head Rents $15 No Radio F W 49 Widow First married at age 18 SC SC SC Cotton Mill Weaver [b abt 1881]
  McSwain, William B Son M W 29 Widowed Married at age 20 SC SC SC Cotton Mill Spinning [b abt 1901]
  McSwain, William B Son [of Wm B above, grandson of Mandy] M W 7 Single SC SC SC [b abt 1923]
  McSwain, Robert O Son [of Wm B above] M W 5 Single SC SC SC [b abt 1925]
  McSwain, Jack O Son [of Wm B above] M W 3yrs6mos Single SC SC SC [b abt Sept 1926]
  
  In 1940, Amanda is reported as member of her son's household.  William has married Mary Kiser Jack and they have two new children, Betty and Carolyn.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 16 April, Hamrick Mill, District 11-19 Page 15A, Hse #267 rents $4
  McSwain, Boyd Head M W 39 Married Grade C4 b SC same place in 1935 Cotton Mill Spinner [b abt 1901]
  McSwain, Mary F W 26 Wife Married Grade H4 b SC same place in 1935 Cotton Mill Battery Filler [b abt 1914]
  McSwain, Boyd Son M W 18 Single Grade 7 b SC same place in 1935 Cotton Mill Doffer [b abt 1922]
  McSwain, Bobby Son M W 16 Single Grade H1 b SC same place in 1935 [b abt 1924]
  McSwain, Jack Son M W 13 Single Grade 6 b SC same place in 1935 [b abt 1927]
  McSwain, Betty F W 6 Dau Grade 0 b SC same place in 1935 [b abt 1934]
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  McSwain, Carolyn F W 2 Dau Grade 0 b SC [b abt 1938]
  McSwain, Amanda F W 61 Mother Widow Grade 3 b SC same place in 1935 [b abt 1879]
  
  Amanda Childers McSwain
  Birth Jan. 29, 1879 York County, South Carolina
  Death Mar. 1, 1952 Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  Spouse Osborne Benjamin McSwain (1872 - 1915)
  Burial Canaan United Methodist Church Cemetery, Smyrna, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  Created by HBC Sep 11, 2008
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #29727200, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29727200&ref=acom
  
  South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1960
  Amanda McSwain
  Residence 504 E Robinson St, Gaffney SC
  Birth Date abt 1879
  Death 1 Mar 1952 Cherokee County Hospital, Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina
  Cause of Death Carcinoma of the breast with metastases to lungs and mediastinum
  Age at Death 73
  Burial 2 March 1952 in Caanon [sic] Cemetery, Cherokee County, by Shuford-Hatcher Co Inc, Gaffney
  Certificate #002737

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. 1930 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 2 April, Gaffney Ward 1, District 11-19, page 1A, 305 E Robinson St, Hse/Fam #3
• 3. 1940 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 16 April, Hamrick Mill, District 11-19 Page 15A, Hse #267 rents $4
• 4. South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965
• 5. Larry Dean McSwain, personal communication