Louis Moore MCSWAIN Avalona MCSWAIN George Smith MCSWAIN Oliver Victor MCSWAIN Frances Victoria RANDALL Charles Hubert MCSWAIN Emmet Winfred MCSWAIN Marvin Delbert MCSWAIN Nora FULTON Euzelia Mae MCSWAIN John Moore MCSWAIN Alvin Lee MCSWAIN Thomas Efford MCSWAIN Margaret Rebecca Eliza BLACK Lewis Hobson MCSWAIN Elizabeth Vada MCSWAIN Hugh Kerr MCSWAIN George Pinkney MCSWAIN Sarah Ann ROBERTS Mini tree diagram

Oliver MCSWAIN2,3,4,5,6,1

5th Dec 18742,3,4,5,6,1 - 13th May 19611

Life History

5th Dec 1874

Born in South Carolina.2,3,4,5,6,1

about 1898

Married Frances Victoria RANDALL in Cherokee County, South Carolina.5

7th Sep 1898

Birth of son George Smith MCSWAIN in Cherokee County, South Carolina.19,20,8,4,5,2

20th Nov 1904

Birth of son Oliver Victor MCSWAIN in South Carolina.16,8,2,4,20,16,21

2nd Dec 1904

Death of Frances Victoria RANDALL in Cherokee County, South Carolina.22,23

about 1906

Married Nora FULTON in Cherokee County, South Carolina

3rd Oct 1907

Birth of son Charles Hubert MCSWAIN in Cherokee County, South Carolina.4,13,2

28th Nov 1911

Birth of son Emmet Winfred MCSWAIN in Cherokee County, South Carolina.3,14,4

13th Jun 1913

Birth of son Marvin Delbert MCSWAIN in Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina.17,15,16,4

10th Aug 1915

Death of Nora FULTON in Cherokee  County, South Carolina.18

25th Oct 1916

Birth of daughter Euzelia Mae MCSWAIN in Cleveland County, North Carolina.7,4,3

about 1917

Married Margaret Rebecca Eliza BLACK in Cherokee County, South Carolina

5th Jul 1918

Birth of son John Moore MCSWAIN in Cherokee County, South Carolina.8,3,9,4

13th Dec 1919

Birth of son Alvin Lee MCSWAIN in South Carolina.3,4,10,11

6th Sep 1921

Birth of son Thomas Efford MCSWAIN in Cleveland County, North Carolina.12,3

21st Mar 1936

Death of son Marvin Delbert MCSWAIN in Lincoln County, North Carolina.15,16

26th Jun 1951

Death of son Emmet Winfred MCSWAIN in Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina.14,15

12th Feb 1961

Death of Margaret Rebecca Eliza BLACK in Cherryville, Gaston, North Carolina.1

13th May 1961

Died in Cherryville, Gaston, North Carolina.1

Cerebral Hemorrhage due to Cardio-Vascular Disease

15th May 1961

Buried in Mt Zion Baptist Cemetery, Cherryville, Gaston, North Carolina.1

Notes

  • 1880 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina, 15 June, Cherokee Township, District 167, page 24, Hse/Fam #226
    McSwain, Lewis M  W M 28 Husband Farmer NC NC NC
    McSwain, Sarah A  W F 38 Wife Keeping House NC NC NC
    McSwain, Oliver  W M 5 Son Single SC NC NC

    Note that Oliver had two wives before Margaret (Maggie) Black.  Some genealogies have only Maggie as the wife.

    1900 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 14 June, Cherokee Townahip, District 2, page 18A, Hse #269, Fam #279
    McSwain, Oliver Head W M  Dec 1874 25 Married 2 yrs SC NC NC Farmer Rents
    McSwain, Victoria Wife W F May 1876 24 Married 2 yrs 1 child/1 living SC NC SC
    McSwain, George  Son W M Nov 1898 1 Single SC SC SC

    France Victoria dies in 1904.  Oliver marreid Nora Fulton, who is enumerated with him in 1910, and her brother John is in their household.  Her first child Hubert is enumerated here at age 2.

    1910 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 22 April, Cherokee Township, District 3, Sheet 5B, Hse/Fam #85
    McSwain, Oliver Head M W 35 2nd Marriage Married 4 years SC NC NC Farmer Owns
    McSwain, Nora  Wife F W 36 1st Marriage Married 4 years 1 child/1 living SC SC SC
    McSwain, Geore [George] Son 11 Single SC SC SC
    McSwain, Victor Son M W 5 SC SC SC
    McSwain, Hubert Son M W 2 SC SC SC
    Fulton, John Brother-in-Law M W 21 SC SC SC Farm Laborer

    1920 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 17 January, Cherokee Township, District 3, page 11A, Hse #187, Fam #189
    McSwain, Oliver Head Rents M W 45 SC NC NC Farmer [b abt 1874]
    McSwain, Margret Wife F W 39 NC NC NC [b abt 1880]
    McSwain, George Son M W 21 SC SC SC Machinist [b abt 1898] (son of Frances Victoria Randall)
    McSwain, Victor Son M W 15 SC SC SC [b abt 1904] (son of Frances Victoria Randall)
    McSwain, Hubert Son M W 12 SC SC SC [b abt 1907] (son of Nora Fulton)
    McSwain, Winfred Son M W 8 SC SC SC [b abt 1912] (son of Nora Fulton)
    McSwain, Marvin Son M W 6 SC SC SC [b abt 1913] (son of Nora Fulton)
    McSwain, Euzelia Dau F W 3yrs3mos SC SC SC [b abt Oct 1916] (dau of Margaret Rebecca Eliza Black)
    McSwain, John M  Son M W 1yr6mo SC SC SC [b abt June 1918] (son of Margaret Rebecca Eliza Black, so should have been SC SC NC; see also 1930)
    McSwain, Alvin Son M W 1mo SC SC SC [b abt Dec 1919] (son of Margaret Rebecca Eliza Black)

    The birth states are confused on both the 1920 and 1930 censuses.  In 1920 and 1930, Margaret Black is reported as born in North Carolina.  But her children's reports all report the mother born in South Carolina.  Oliver is reported in 1920 as born in South Carolina, but in 1930 it is North Carolina.  In 1880 his birth state was reported as South Carolina.  Does this mean that some or all of Margaret's children were the children of a first husband, not Oliver?  Birth dates of the children seem to rule this out.

    1930 Federal Census, Gaston County, North Carolina, 11 April, Cherryville Township, District 4, page 6A, Hse #101, Fam #106
    McSwain, Oliver Head Rents $6 Owns Radio M W 55 First Married at age [no stated] NC NC NC Farmer
    McSwain, Maggie Wife F W 49 First Married at age 35 NC NC NC
    McSwain, Winfred Son M W 19 SC SC SC [sic]
    McSwain, Euzalia M Dau F W 14 NC NC NC
    McSwain, John M Son M W 11 SC SC SC
    McSwain, Alvin L Son M W 10 SC SC SC
    McSwain, Thomas E Son M W 8 NC NC NC
    - Fam #107 -
    McSwain, Marvin Head Owns Radio M W 17 First Married at age 16 SC SC SC Laborer on Farm
    McSwain, Lela Wife F W 16 First Married at age 16 NC NC NC

    Note that the enumerator, when he wrote the birth state for Winfred as SC, got carried away and repeated SC for both parents, though he had just written NC for his father's record.  Several children in this census are children of Frances Victoria Randall, who was born in South Carolina. so their mother's birth state is correct.

    North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
    Oliver Mc Swain (No middle name)
    White Male, Age 86
    Residence Cherryville, Gaston, North Carolina
    Occupation General Farming
    Birth 5 Dec 1874 South Carolina
    Death 13 May 1961 Cherryville, Gaston County
    Spouse Margaret Black
    Father Lewis M Mc Swain
    Mother Sarah Ann Roberts
    Informant Alvin McSwain, Cherryville, NC
    Cause of Death Cerebral Hemorrhage due to Cardio-Vascular Disease
    Burial 14 May 1961 Mt Zion Baptist Cemetery, Cherryville, NC by Carpenter's Funeral Home, Cherryville
    Registered 15 May 1961

    Marvin Delbert McSwain
    Birth 23 Jan 1913 in Gaffney, Cherokee, SC
    Death 21 Mar 1936 in Lincoln, North Carolina
    Parents Oliver McSwain 1874 - 1961, Nora Fulton 1875 - 1915;
    --  McSwain, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/18452585/person/1048102466?ssrc=&ftm=1

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