Life History

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  I'm glad to hear from You Orville, my line goes like this.  My father was Jack Osborne McSwain, he died in Pembroke Pines, Florida.  His father was William Boyd McSwain, who was married to Bonnie Mitchell, had 3 boys.  She died and he remarried Mary Kiser, they had 2 girls.
  
  Next comes Osborne Benjamin McSwain.  He was married to Amanda Childers, they were from down about Cherokee county SC.  Osborne's father was Thomas Asbury McSwain, mother Alice (Aly Ann) Carpenter, then comes Charles McSwain who was married to Luraner Washburn McSwain, he and she had abt 16 children together.  She died.  I should have her death date somewhere in my records, probably in the 1840s.  He then married my g.g.g.grandmother Sarah L Throckmorton.
  
  Charles's father was David McSwain, I think his mother was Catherine Robertson.
  --  Larry McSwain, personal Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 5 December 2014
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  "The first wife of William Boyd McSwain was Bonnie Mitchell, daughter of Hiram and Francis Clercie Sizemore Mitchell, she had the 3 boy's by William (William Boyd JR, Jack and Robert) my step-grandmother Mary Kiser had Betty and Carolyn who I really through the years haven't got to know.  Bonnie died in 1929 in Newberry, S.C. with TB, William and Bonnie's residence at that time was East Robinson st. Gaffney, S.C."
  --  Larry McSwain, Comment on an Ancestry genealogy, 22 October 2014
  
  Genealogies report that Mary's full name was Mary Kiser.  She had been married before marrying William Boyd McSwain.  Her first married name was Jack.  Hiowver, Mary's granddaughter reports that Maybelle was not a middle name of Mary, but her twin sister who was stillborn.  She also reports that the information in these genealogies that Mary was first married to someone named Jack is incorrect.  Boyd McSwain, whom we report here, was her first husband.
  
  "Incorrect information is she was previously married to Jack no last name given.  Mary had a twin, Maybelle who was still born but Mary survived.  Mary Kiser married William Boyd McSwain (known as Boyd).  This was her first marriage his second.  They had two daughters Betty (my mother) and Daisey Carolyn.  Boyd died from pneumonia and complications from Diabetes.  Mary later married Arthur Echols Early, no children between the two but he had several from his first marriage.  After his death she married Maurice Eggers, they had no children and there were none from his first marriage.  Mary’s daughter Betty is living but Daisey Carolyn is deceased."
  --  Susan Howard, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 18 November 2019
  
  Mary was reported in the 1940 census as Boyd McSwain's wife.  She and Boyd, as well as Boyd's oldest son Boyd, were working in the local Cotton Mill.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 16 April, Hamrick Mill, District 11-19 Page 15A, Hse #267 rents $4
  McSwain, Boyd Head M W 39 Married Grade C4 b SC same place in 1935 Cotton Mill Spinner [b abt 1901]
  McSwain, Mary F W 26 Wife Married Grade H4 b SC same place in 1935 Cotton Mill Battery Filler [b abt 1914]
  McSwain, Boyd Son M W 18 Single Grade 7 b SC same place in 1935 Cotton Mill Doffer [b abt 1922]
  McSwain, Bobby Son M W 16 Single Grade H1 b SC same place in 1935 [b abt 1924]
  McSwain, Jack Son M W 13 Single Grade 6 b SC same place in 1935 [b abt 1927]
  McSwain, Betty F W 6 Dau Grade 0 b SC same place in 1935 [b abt 1934]
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  McSwain, Carolyn F W 2 Dau Grade 0 b SC [b abt 1938]
  McSwain, Amanda F W 61 Mother Widow Grade 3 b SC same place in 1935 [b abt 1879]
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
  Mary K Eggers
  Birth Date 4 May 1913
  1812 Cherokee Ave, Gaffney, SC, 29340
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Mary Eggers
  Born 4 May 1913
  Died Nov 1986
  Last Residence Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina 29340
  SSN 249-01-4735 issued South Carolina (Before 1951)
  
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  Mary M Eggers
  Birth 4 May 1913
  Death 17 Nov 1986 (aged 73)
  Burial Mountain View Cemetery, Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  
  Parents:
  Robert P Kiser 1882-1933
  Lula Owensby Kiser 1879-1975
  
  Spouses:
  William Boyd McSwain 1900-1945 (m. 1932)
  Arthur Echols Earley 1891-1963 (m. 1953)
  Maurice E Eggers 1903-1981 (m. 1966)
  
  Siblings:
  Maybell Kiser 1913-1913
  Julia Kiser 1914-1914
  Robert W Kiser 1916-1981
  Joel Pittman Kiser 1920-2003
  Benjamin F Kiser 1923-2016
  
  Created by Marlow 7 Dec 2006
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 16934102, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16934102
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Sources

• 1. 1940 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 16 April, Hamrick Mill, District 11-19 Page 15A, Hse #267 rents $4
• 2. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 3. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. Larry Dean McSwain, personal communication
• 6. Ancestry Comments
• 7. 1940 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 16 April, Hamrick Mill, District 11-19 Page 15B, Hse #267 rents $4
• 8. South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965