Life History
27th Oct 1844 |
Born in North Carolina.1,2,3 (most likely) |
Oct 1847 |
Born.4 (less likely) |
about 1875 |
Married Phillip K MCSWAIN in North Carolina.40,6 |
Aug 1876 |
Birth of daughter Maggie E MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.5,10,11,12,13 |
22nd Jun 1878 |
Birth of daughter Ada Loora MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.5,14,15,16,17,18,19 |
17th Nov 1879 |
Birth of son Joseph Edward MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.20,21,22,5,23,24,13 |
after Jun 1880 |
Birth of daughter Tissie MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.5 |
9th Sep 1882 |
Birth of son Robert Perry MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.28,29,22 |
23rd Jun 1886 |
Birth of son Benjamin Dean MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.30,31,32,33,34,35,36 |
Feb 1888 |
Birth of daughter Lillie N MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.22,6 |
Mar 1891 |
Birth of daughter Leona E MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.22,6,13,37 |
16th Mar 1899 |
Death of daughter Tissie MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.25,26,27 |
25th Feb 1917 |
Death of Phillip K MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.38,39 |
15th Dec 1918 |
Died in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.3 |
after 15th Dec 1918 |
Buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.3 |
Notes
- We do not know Martha Elizabeth's last name. I have searched manyrecords of McSwains in North Carolina. This family appeared to berelated to other McSwains in Rutherford (Cleveland) County, but Icannot make a clear match to the many McSwain historical records andgenealogies available.
It at first appeared from the birth states of members of this familyand their spouses that Martha Elizabeth and Phillip were married justbefore moving to Arkansas. After finding Phillip and his siblingswith their mother in Tennessee, this did not seem likely, because noneof them had spouses in the household. Lavinia and Wiley were also inTennessee in 1870, though in a different county. After findingmembers of the family in Prairie Township of Arkansas in 1870, itappeared that the Padgetts and McSwains got together in Arkansas.Phillip's cousin Judith had already married Martha Elizabeth's brotherEdwin in North Carolina, and then they all wound up in Ethel,Arkansas.
Phillip and Elizabeth must have married right after the McSwainsarrived in the Ethel area, or they married and moved together toArkansas. Their first child was born about 1876, being reported asage 4 in the 1880 Arkansas County census. So there it seems to beabout 1875-6 when the family moved from Tennessee to Arkansas.
Martha Elizabeth's age in the census is off from the date reported byher gravestone, which has a date of birth of 27 October 184. In theAugust 1870 census Martha E Padget [sic] was reported as 20 years old. This would mean on her birthday in October that year she would havebeen 21, making a birth year of 1849. This is a 4-year difference,but not unheard of.
Phillip's brother William married an Arkansas-born woman, so it makessense that he also married after the family arrived in Arkansas,probably about 1877, according to the age of their first child, age 2in the 1880 census. This is consistent with the idea that the familyall moved together.
The 1880 Arkansas County, Arkansas, census spells the name Elisabeth.
Elisabeth MCSWAIN Wife M Female W 32 NC Housekeeping SC NC
1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 19 June, PrairieTownship, District 7, page 13B, Hse #221, Fam #293
Martha McSwain Wife W F Oct 1847 52 Married 25 years HousekeepingNC NC NC
In October 2007, I got an email form another McSwain researcher inGermany who provided the rest of the details to finish tying thisfamily together. David Holden informed me that Lavinia Padgett's lastname was also McSwain, and that Martha Elizabeth was her daughter. Inthe process I learned why I had been unable to make the connectionbefore.
The parents of Lavinia Nancy McSwain are William McSwain and MaryNancy Bridges. Other genealogies I had found up to this point hadWilliam's wife as Judith Hamrick. The dates of children and marriageto Judith make a full picture now to indicate that Judith was thesecond wife. The other genealogies also thus lacked the children ofWilliam with Mary Nancy. Lavinia was one of those.
This also better explains why Lavinia and her daughter Jane are livingwith Phillip and Martha Elizabeth after the death of Wiley. Martha isher daughter and thus Phillip's mother-in-law. This partly explainsthe puzzling entry in the 1900 census that Lavinia is Phillip's motherand Jane his sister, which led to lots of run-arounds and dead-ends!
Date of marriage estimated based on birth date of first child, Joseph,born Nov 18 1879
Sources
- 1. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 4 September, p 316, Hse/Fam #597
- 2. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- Household #221
- 3. Gravestone of Martha McSwain, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
- 4. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 19 June, Prairie Township, District 7, page 13B, Hse #221, Fam #293
- 5. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 10 June, Prairie Township, page 16D, Hse #105, Fam #108
- 6. 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 22 April, Prairie Township, District 13, page 4A, Hse/Fam #58
- 7. RootsWeb -- McSwain-Padgett-Moore-Green
- http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwh1951&id=I44201
- 8. David Holden, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, October 2007
- 9. 1870 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee
- 23 August, District 9, page 18, Hse #122, Fam #123
- 10. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 5 June, Prairie Township, District 7, p 11A, Hse #181, Fam #186
- 11. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 20 April, Prairie Township, District 7, p 6B, Ethel & Chute Rd, Hse
- 12. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 4 February, Prairie Township, District 13, Ethel & Chute Rd, p 7A, Hse
- 13. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
- 14. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 4 Feb, Prairie Township, District 16, Ethel and Chute Rd, Page 7A, Hse
- 15. 1930 Federal Census, Bolivar County, Mississippi
- 16 April, Beat 3, District 23, page 11B, Hse/Fam #315
- 16. RootsWeb ID: I3216 -- Thomas F Butler
- Location:http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sarahc_ingram&id=I3216;;
- 17. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 16 June, Prairie Township, District 7, Page 11, Hse #192, Family #195
- 18. 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 20 April, Prairie Township, District 13, Page 3A, Hse/Fam #35
- 19. W H Butler Family Notes, by children of W M Butler, private paper
- 20. Gravestone of Joseph E and Allie A McSwain, Mt Pleasant Cemetery,Ethel, Arkansas
- 21. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 21 April, District 25, page 6B, Prairie Township, Ethel & Chute Rd,
- 22. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 19 June, Prairie Township, District 7, Page 13B, Hse #218, Fam #293
- 23. 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 20 April, Prairie Township, District 13, page 3A, Hse/Fam #36
- 24. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950
- Volume 58, Certificate #6
- 25. Kevin McSwain, email communication with Orville Boyd Jenkins, January2007
- 26. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- Hse #221
- 27. SSDI Broderbund Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4
- 28. Gravestone of Robert P and Annie Padgett McSwain, Mt PleasantCemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
- 29. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 3 February, South Prairie Township, District 16, page 6B, Ethel &
- 30. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 19 June, Prairie Township, District 7, page 13B, Hse #218, Fam #223
- 31. U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- 32. 1920 Federal Census, Pulaski County, Arkansas
- 1 January, Big Rock Township, Little Rock Ward 4, District 129, page
- 33. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
- 34. SSDI Broderbund Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6
- 35. Bobby Butler, McSwain family notes on census, compiled 1995
- 36. Gravestone of Bennie D McSwain, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
- 37. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 3 February, South Prairie Township, District 16, page 6B, Ethel-St
- 38. Gravestone of P K McSwain, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
- 39. Genealogy.com Discussion Forum, Kevin McSwain, 2001
- Name: Name: http://genforum.genealogy.com/mcswain/messages/351.html;;
- 40. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- Household #105