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• 1920 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 22 January, Cherokee Township, District 3, page 15B, Hse #240, Fam #242
  McSwain, Lewis H Head Rents M W 43 SC NC NC Farmer [b abt 1876]
  McSwain, Aider Wife F W 35 NC NC SC [b abt 1884]
  McSwain, Aider L Dau F  W 4yrs4mos SC SC NC [b abt 1915]
  
  1930 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 4 April, Cherokee Township, District 35, page 3A-B, Hse/Fam #45
  McSwain, Lewis H Head Owns M W  52 Married at age 26 SC SC SC Farmer [b abt 1878]
  -- page 3B --
  McSwain, Ada F Wife F W  45 Married at age 18 SC NC SC [b abt 1885]
  McSwain, Ada L Dau F W 14 Single SC SC SC [b abt March 1916]
  
  1940 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina, 10 April, Kings Mountain, District 46-52, Page 3A, Hse #38, Rents $4, Farm
  Jenkins, Howard Head M W 30 Married Grade H2 b SC Rural York Co in 1935 Farmer [b abt 1910]
  Jenkins, Ada Lewis Wife F W 24 Married Grade H1 b SC Rural York Co in 1935 [b abt 1916]
  Jenkins, James Son M W 1 Single Grade 0 b SC [b abt 1938]
  Jenkins, Ada Shirley Dau F W 6mos Single Grade 0 b SC [b abt 1939]
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
  Ada L Jenkins
  Birth Date 11 Sep 1915
  Rr02 Box 215, Blacksburg, SC, 29702 (1986)
  5199 Jenkins Farm Rd, Blacksburg, SC, 29702-8571 (1990)
  
  North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004
  Ada Louis Jenkins [Ada Louis McSwain]
  Widowed White Female
  Father's Last Name McSwain
  Age 88 Years, 11 Sep 1915
  Residence Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina 28150
  Education 8th grade
  Death 1 Dec 2003 Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina 28150
  Institution Nursing Home
  Attendant Physician
  Burial out-of-state [probably in Cherokee County, South Carolina, former residence, a few miles south]
  Recorded 5 Dec 2003
  
  Note that her death certificate reports that her residence was Shelby, North Carolina, probably from the address of the nursing home where she died.  But the Social Security records report that her last residence was in Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South Caroina (a few miles south of Shelby, the home area of her family.
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Ada M. Jenkins
  Born 11 Sep 1915
  Died 1 Dec 2003
  Last Residence Blacksburg, Cherokee, South Carolina 29702
  SSN 250-36-7812 issued South Carolina (1952)
  
  United States Obituary Collection
  Ada Lewis McSwain Jenkins
  Age at Death 88, Birth abt 1915
  Death Date 1 Dec 2003
  Locations Mentioned in Obituary:  Shelby, NC, Blacksburg [Cherokee Co SC]
  [longtime and official residence at time of death was Blacksburg, Cherokee Co SC, a few miles south of Shelby NC]
  Jason McSwain
  Ada Fuller [Fulton, mother]
  James Jenkins [son]
  Lewis McSwain [father]
  Lewis Jenkins
  Lois King
  Ken Lane
  Howard Jenkins [husband]
  Shirley Short [daughter]
  [Original Obituary no longer available at the link provided]
  --  Obituary of Ada Lewis McSwain Jenkins, The Herald, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 4 Jan 2004
  
  The fulltext of an obituary was available from the Gaffney, South Carolina, Ledger.
  
  Her middle name here is Louise.  This seems to be an accomodaiton by the newspaper to a woman's form of the name.  In her son Howard's obituary, her middle name is spelled Lewis.
  
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  Gaffney Ledger Obituaries Section
  
  Obituaries
  Wednesday, December 3, 2003
  
  Ada Louise Jenkins
  Retired textile worker
  
  BLACKSBURG - Ada Louise McSwain Jenkins, 88, formerly of 5199 Jenkins Farm Road, died Monday, Dec. 1, 2003, at Century Care Nursing Home in Shelby, N.C.
  
  A native of Blacksburg, she was the widow of Howard Jenkins and daughter of the late Lewis McSwain and the late Ada Fuller McSwain. She was a retired textile worker and a member of Mountain View Baptist Church in York.
  
  Surviving are two sons, James Jenkins and Lewis Jenkins, both of Blacksburg; two daughters, Shirley Short of Blacksburg and Lois King of Clover; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and a brother, Jason McSwain of Clover.
  
  Services will be held today at 2 p.m. at Mountain View Baptist Church, conducted by the Revs. Ken Lane and Sam Snyder. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
  
  Pallbearers will be Ashley Jenkins, Ben King, John King, Kevin Stewart, Alan Robinson, Jimmy Jenkins, J.B. Jenkins, Buddy Mullis and David Wray.
  
  The family is at the home of her son, Lewis Jenkins, 1876 Piedmont Road, Blacksburg.  Memorials may be made to Mountain View Baptist Church, 720 Ramah Church Road, York, S.C. 29745.  Arrangements by Gordon Mortuary, Blacksburg.
  
  --  Obituary of Ada Lewis McSwain Jenkins, The Gaffney Ledger, December 3, 2003, http://www.gaffneyledger.com/Common/Obituaries/Archive%20Obits%202003/12-03-2003/12-03-2003.html?ftm=1
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  Ada Louis McSwain Jenkins
  Birth Sep. 11, 1915
  Death Dec. 1, 2003
  w/o Howard Jenkins (1909 - 1973)
  Son Howard Lewis Jenkins (1948 - 2008)
  Burial Mountainview Baptist Church, York, York County, South Carolina
  Created by HBC May 15, 2009
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #37118754, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37118754

Sources

• 1. 1920 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 22 January, Cherokee Township, District 3, page 15B, Hse #240, Fam #242
• 2. 1930 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 4 April, Cherokee Township, District 35, page 3A-B, Hse/Fam #45
• 3. North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 6. 1940 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina
  • 10 April, Kings Mountain, District 46-52, Page 3A, Hse #38, Rents $4, Farm
• 7. Obituaries from South Carolina
• 8. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 9. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 10. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
• 11. Cemeteries of South Carolina