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• McSwain, Berry (1822 - 1904)
  b. 18 Oct 1822 in Rutherford, NC
  d. 5 May 1904
  father: McSwain, David (1782 - )
  mother: Hamrick, Susanna (~1788 - 1894)
  spouse: Padgette, Barbara (1818 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Chelcedonia (1845 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Loucindy (1847 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Jenkins (1848 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Larkin Arkansas (1849 - 1929)
  ----------child: McSwain, Cordelia (*1852 - 1927)
  ----------child: McSwain, Coach Henderson (*1853 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Drury Reuben (*1853 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Barbara Finnettle (*1856 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, William Berry (1859 - 1920)
  --  Hamrick Data Pages, http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hamrick/wga74.html
  
  The 1870 census clarifies some of these names, and adds one.  The name found as "Coach" in the Hamrick information is Coatsworth in the census.  The latter seems the more likely actual name.  Similarly, Finetta appears where Hamrick has "Finnettle."  The latter name is actually Finettie, as David Holden has.  The 1880 census spells it Finetty, while in 1860 it was Venetta.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 23 August, Township #7, PO Mooresboro, page 7, Hse #48, Fam #52
  McSwain, Berry 48 M W Farmer $700 Real Estate $400 b NC [abt 1822]
  McSwain, Barbara 54 F W Keeping House b NC Cannot read or write [abt 1816]
  McSwain, Larkin 20 M W Farm Labor b NC Cannot write [abt 1850]
  McSwain, Coatsworth 17 M W Attending School b NC Cannot write [abt 1853]
  McSwain, Cordelia 15 F W No Occupation b NC Cannot read or write [abt 1855]
  McSwain, Finetta 13 F W Attending School b NC [abt 1857]
  McSwain, William 10 M W Farm Labor b NC Cannot read or write [abt 1860]
  McSwain, Drury 5 M W At Home b NC [abt 1865]
  Bell, John 10 M B At Home b SC [abt 1860]
  
  1900 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 4 June, Sandy Run, Township 7, District 58, page 2A, Hse/Fam #23
  McSwain, Drury R  Head  W M Sept 1863 36 Married 16 years NC NC NC Farmer Owns
  McSwain, Nellie R Wife W F July 1871 28 Married 16 years 3 children/3 living NC NC NC
  McSwain, Oliver C  Son W M Jan 1899 12 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer
  McSwain, Barbara B  Dau W F Nov 1889 10 Single NC NC NC At School
  McSwain, Drury O  Son W M Oct 1887 1 Single NC NC NC
  McSwain, Berry  Father W M Oct 1824 75 Married 56 years NC NY NC
  McSwain, Barbara Mother W F Dec 1819 80 Married 56 years 8 children/8 living NC NC NC
  
  Note that the record says Berry's father was born in New York.  There is no other indication that his father was born in New York.
  
  "My great grandmother was Sarah Ann McSwain Callahan (1875-1961) born and died in Cleveland Co., N.C.  According to my research her father was Larkin Arkansas McSwain (1849-1929); son of Wm. Berry McSwain (1822-1904: son of David McSwain (1782-1860) who was married to Susanna Hamrick (1784-1894, which would have made her 110 yrs old).  Sarah and Berry are buried at Beaver Dam Baptist Church west of Shelby, N.C.  Larkin Arkansas McSwain is supposedly buried at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Swainsville, N.C."
  --  George Callahan, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 27 October 2018
  
  Berry's full name was William Berry McSwain.
  

Sources

• 1. Beaverdam Baptist Cemetery Register, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • Location: http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/cleveland/cemeteries/bdamclev.txt;
• 2. Geneanet Messaging
• 3. Hamrick Data Pages
• 4. 1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 23 August, Township 7, PO Mooresboro, page 7, Hse #48, Fam #52
• 5. 1900 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 4 June, Sandy Run, Township 7, District 58, page 2A, Hse/Fam #23
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 7. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 7 June, Township 7, District 71, page 7, Hse #59, Fam #62
• 8. North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004