Ruby Bele MCSWAIN1,2,6,3,4,5,5

8th Jun 19111,2,3,4,5 - 30th Apr 19366,3

Life History

8th Jun 1911

Born in Taylor County, Texas.1,2,3,4,5

30th Apr 1936

Died in Brownfield, Terry, Texas.6,3

Kidney cancer

1st May 1936

Buried in Gaines County Cemetery, Seagraves, Gaines County, Texas.3

Notes

Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
McSwain
Birth 8 Jun 1911 Taylor County
Father's Name G F McSwain
Certificate #27836

1920 Federal Census, Baylor County, Texas, 7 January, Justice Precinct 1, District 10, page 2A, Throckmorton Rd, Hse #21, Fam #22
McSwain, George F Head Owns M W 50 TN NC NC Farmer (b abt 1869)
McSwain, Julia E Wife M W 48 AR TN AL (b abt 1871)
McSwain, Ruby B Dau F W 8 TX TN AR (b abt 19110)

1930 Federal Census, Baylor County, Texas, 11 April, Justice Precinct 5, District 7, page 5A, South Hwy 30, Hse #83, Fam #86
McSwain, George F Head Rents, Owns a radio M W 60 First Married at age 29 TN NC NC Farmer [b abt 1870]
McSwain, Julia E Wife F W 53 First Married at age 22 AR MS MS [b abt 1877]
McSwain, Ruby B Dau F W 18 Single TX TN AR Farmer [b abt 1905]

A family genealogy identifies the following Texas death record as being for Ruby B McSwain.

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Certificate #45681
R B McSwain
Death 9 Oct 1918 Tom Green County

However the details here match a Robert Brown McSwain.

Robert Brown McSwain
Birth 1875
Death 1918
Spouse Mary McKinnon McSwain (1872 - 1916)
Burial Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas
Created by Robert A Young, Jr Aug 07, 2010
-- Find A Grave Memorial #56390653, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5639065

I found her correct death information reporting death in Terry County, Texas. This is confirmed as the correct record, by her parents' and brother's 1940 census record. They were reported in Gaines County, Texas, and reported as living in Rural Terry County, Texas, in 1935.

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Ruby Bele Mcswain
Death 30 Apr 1936 Terry County
Certificate #23122

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Ruby Bele McSwain
Birth Jun. 8, 1911 Texas
Death Apr. 30, 1936 Brownfield, Terry County, Texas

Died of kidney cancer

[From her death certificate]
Ruby Bele McSwain
Residence Seagraves, Texas
Death 30 Apr 1936 Brownfield, Terry, Texas
Death Age 24 years 10 months 22 days
Birth 08 Jun 1911 Texas
Single White Female
Father's Name G F McSwain, born NC
Mother's Name Julie Castleberry, born Arkansas
Burial Seagraves, Texas 01 May 1936 by Roy B Collier, Brownfield, Texas
Informant R M McSwain
Filed 8 May 1936
Filed State 11 May 1936

Parents:
George Franklin McSwain (1869 - 1947)
Julia Emiline Castleberry McSwain (1875 - 1952)
Siblings:
Russell Murphy McSwain (1903 - 1963)
William Franklin McSwain (1918 - 1968)

Burial Gaines County Cemetery, Seagraves, Gaines County, Texas

Created by JoAnne Keene Jan 18, 2012
-- Find A Grave Memorial #83667595, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83667595
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Sources

1. 1930 Federal Census, Baylor County, Texas
- 11 April, Justice Precinct 5, District 7, page 5A, South Hwy 30, Hse #83, Fam #86
2. 1920 Federal Census, Baylor County, Texas
- 7 January, Justice Precinct 1, District 10, page 2A, Throckmorton Rd, Hse #21, Fam #22
3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
4. Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
5. Millard Eldon McSwain Bible
6. Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000