Wilbert Slater ROWND Silas Franklin ROWND Bennie Dean MCSWAIN Bennie Dean MCSWAIN Wilbert Earl ROWND Henry Orval ROWND Owamie A ROWND Eric Thorwald ROWND Frances ROWND Francis Elizabeth NICHOLSON Mini tree diagram
Mary Winona ROWND

Mary Winona ROWND1,2,6,3,7,13,12,14,15,8,9

also known as Nona MCSWAIN4,5,12

also known as Winona ROWEN6

also known as Mary MCSWAIN3

18th Feb 18901,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 - Feb 19793,11,8,9

Life History

18th Feb 1890

Born in Arkansas County, Arkansas.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

1900

Resident in Prairie Township, Arkansas, Arkansas.6

1910

Resident in Prairie Township (Ethel), Arkansas County, Arkansas.1

25th Mar 1913

Married Bennie Dean MCSWAIN in Arkansas County, Arkansas.3,7

17th Jul 1918

Birth of son Bennie Dean MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.10,5,4,7,2,17,18,9,19

1920

Residence2 in Little Rock Ward 4, Pulaski, Arkansas.5

1930

Residence3 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.4

about 1952

Divorced from Bennie Dean MCSWAIN in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas.13,16

20th Jun 1969

Death of Bennie Dean MCSWAIN in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.20,21,8

Feb 1979

Died in Aurora, Arapahoe, Colorado.3,11,8,9

Feb 1979

Buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas.8,9

Other facts

 

Social Security number Social Security #431-07-3111.10

Notes

  • In 1900, Nona McSwain is hidden, because the enumerator recorded her family's name as Rowen, rather than Rownd.  A similar thing happened in 1930 for the entry of her brother Wilbert and family, listed as Rowan.  She is listed as Winona, which would seem to indicate that Nona is a short-form nickname for her full name.  This wouild make her full name Mary Winona Rownd.  The McSwain family knew here as Nona.  She is listed in Social Security records as Mary McSwain.

    1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 5 June, District 7, Prairie Township, page 11A, Hse #181, Fam #183
    Rowen, Winona Dau W F  Feb 1890 10  AR IL AR

    1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 22 April, Ethel, Prairie Township, District 13, page 4A, Hse/Fam #54
    Rownd, Bert Head M W 52  Kansas Unknown Indiana Farm Laborer
    Rownd, Fannie E  Wife F W 39  AR AL AL
    Rownd, Nona [Winona] Dau F W 20  AR KS KS

    The facts I have found indicate Mary was married to Benjamin Dean (Bennie D) McSwain, son of Phillip (P K)  McSwain of Arkansas County, Arkansas, and they had a son also named Benjamin Dean (Bennie D, Jr), who married an Arkansas woman named Jennie Claire, whose maiden name is missing.

    I found name Mary McSwain in the Social Security Death Index in Jan 2007.  Her birth date and other information matched the wife of Bennie D McSwain, the mother of Bennie D McSwain Jr.  Her Social Security number was issued in Arkansas.  Her residences matched those of Bennie D Sr in California and later Bennie D Jr in Colorado.  Her place of death was the same as Bennie D Jr..

    In September 2007 I discovered census documentation of the marriage of Bennie D McSwain to Nona Rownd.  Nona's birth date of 1890 from census ages matched Mary McSwain's exact birth date of 18 February 1890 from the SSDI.  This indicated that Nona was also named Mary.  Since the Social Security number was issued to Mary McSwain, this indicated her first name was Mary.

    I have combined the information for Nona and Mary to give a full picture of Bennie D McSwain Sr's wife.  To finish that off, Bennie's wife in the 1900 census is Winona.  This clarifies that Nona is a short form of Winona.  Her full name would be Mary Winona Rownd.

    I later found their marriage record in a newly posted database collection.

    Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
    B D McSwain
    Age: 26, Est Birth Year 1887
    Residence: Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
    Spouse's Name: Winona Rownd
    Spouse's Age: 23
    Spouse's Residence: Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
    Marriage 25 Mar 1913 Arkansas County
    Marriage License Date: 25 Mar 1913

    "Nona, as she was called, was married to Ben McSwain (Benjamin) and Bennie Dean Jr was their only child. He had a daughter (Diane) by a first wife but I don't know her name. He later married Jennie Claire, whose maiden name I do not know). They had two children, Eddie and Jeannie."
    --  Sue Rogers Rownd, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, October 2007

    U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
    Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1937, p 397
    McSwain Bennie D (Nona M) supt State Hwy Dept h 1321 State
    McSwain Bennie D Jr del asst Pfeiffer Bros r 1321 State
    McSwain Cecil E (Frances) h 609 Palm
    McSwain Eliz r 1018 Scott

    Nona, Bennie and their son were reported again in the Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory in 1937, the beginning year of Social Security.  They were all were issued Social Security numbers in Arkansas.  Nona and Bennie D were reported in the 1951 Little Rock city directory.  Their son and his wife Jennie were listed as the first McSwains in the list.  Some other McSwains hosueholds were listed also.  The other McSwains here have not been identified.

    U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
    Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1951, p 451
    ** McSwain Benj D (Jennie C) spl agt Int Rev h 2305 S Ringo **
    ** McSwain Bennie D (Mary W) Slsmn slsmn Warehouse Package r 2305 S Ringo **
    McSwain Betty J Mrs opr Tel Co r 1005 S Commerce
    McSwain Cecil E (Frances; McSwain Cecil E Co) 106 Commercial Warehouse h 804 Palm
    McSwain Cecil E Co (Cecil E McSwain) 106 Commercial Warehouse
    McSwain Chas M USAF r 804 Palm
    McSwain J B tchr PS r RD 4 Box 368 North Little Rock
    McSwain Oren E (Betty J) sta atndt Hal Spradley r 1114 W 20th North Little Rock

    It had been thought they moved after that to Los Angeles, where Bennie's Social Security reports he died in 1969 in California.  But then in April 2019 the 1953 and 1960 Little Rock directory was found.

    In 1953, Nona was reported as Mary, widow of Bennie.  Yet a record reports that Bennie D died in 1969 in Los Angeles.

    U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
    Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1953, p 338
    McSwain Bennie D (Jennie C) spl agt Dir Int Rev h 6909 W Markham
    McSwain Betty J Mrs clk TelCo r 1405 W 47th North Little Rock
    McSwain Brokerage Co C E McSwain mgr 300 Rector av R 107
    McSwain Cecil E (Frances) mgr McSwain Brokerage Co r Poland, Ark
    McSwain Cecil E Jr (Ann M) slsmn McSwain Brokerage Co r 804 Palm
    McSwain Mary (wid Bennie) h 419 E State av

    In the 1960 City Directory they all had moved to Enid, Oklahoma.  Nona was listed as Mrs Mary W McSwain.  Her husband Bennie Dean moved to California at some point after 1951, where they lived until he died in 1969.  Bennie D Sr's gravemarker in Ethel, Arkansas, reports the year of 1969 as his death date.  His place of death is reported by Social Security as Los Angeles, but Nona's place of death is Aurora, Colorado, the same as Bennie Junior and Bennie's wife Jennie Dudley.

    U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
    Enid, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1960, p 307
    Bennie D McSwain (Jennie C) acct VAFB h r 1710 N Monroe
    Bennie Jean C recpt Geo R Webber r 1710 N Monroe
    Bennie Mary W Mrs r 1710 N Monroe
    Bennie Myrtle B Mrs h 419 E State av

    Information from Bertie Lois McSwain in a letter (dated 27 February 1979) to her daughter Edith McSwain Jenkins confirms the family connections and date of death to match Mary Winona Rownd McSwain.  Bertie refers to her as "Mrs. Nonia" and mentions that she had died earlier in February.

    "Mr Frank Rownd died last week.  ... He was 91 years old -- just lost his sister 2 or 3 weeks ago -- Mrs. Nonia.  Mr Orval is the only boy in the family left.  Oamie and Frances are the two girls left."

    Nona McSwain
    BIRTH 1890
    DEATH 1979 (aged 88-89)
    BURIAL Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Arkansas County, Arkansas
    Maintained by Orville Jenkins, Originally Created by Dale Houghton 2 May 2012
    --  Find A Grave Memorial 89474678, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89474678/nona-mcswain

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