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• In the burial information for Double Springs Baptist Cemetery, Cleveland County, North Carolina, I find what appears to be Ambrose McSwain, son of Rev Louis Moore McSwain.  The date give there for his birth is December 15, 1856.
  
  This fits the other facts for him and his family.  However, in the 1870 census for York County, South Carolina, where he lived with his father at a pastoral assignment, he is reported as 12 years old.  If his birthday was in December 1856, he should have been 13 in August 1870, when the census was conducted. Other sources estimate the birth from ages in the censuses.  I am using this date in the burial information for Ambrose's birth.  The place of birth is reported by various sources as Rutherford County.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, page 72, Hse/Fam #511
  Lewis McSwain 46 M Farmer
  Mary McSwain 44 F
  Ambrose McSwain 3 b NC (b abt 1857) idiotic
  
  1870 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina, 19 August, Subdivision 103, PO Yorkville, p 79, Hse #561, Fam #552
  McSwain Louis 55 M W Farming b NC (b abt 1815)
  McSwain Mary 50 F W Kpg Hse b SC (b abt 1820)
  McSwain Ambers 12 M W Farm Labor b SC (b abt 1858)
  
  Note that in the 1860 census Ambrose is designated as "idiotic."  Yet it appears to be this same Ambrose who is married and has a child in 1880.  The census records that Ambrose is the head of his own family in the same household with his brother Reuben.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 3 June, Township 7, Sandy Run, District 71, page 5 (Scan 571A), Hse #46, Fam #48
  Ambrose McSwain W M  23 Husband Farmer NC NC NC [b abt 1857]
  E McSwain W F 23 Wife Keeping House Cannot write NC NC NC [b abt 1857]
  H McSwain W M born Jan 1880 Son NC NC NC
  
  1900 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 12 June, Sandy Run, Township 7, District 57, page 8B, Hse #139, Fam #142
  McSwain, Ambros  Head  W M Dec 1856 43 Married 18 years NC NC NC Farmer Owns
  McSwain, Vinie E Wife W F Aug 1856 43 Married 18 years 11 children/5 living NC NC NC
  McSwain, Aaron F  Son W M July 1882 17 Single NC NC NC  At School
  McSwain, James C  Son W M June 1884 15 Single NC NC NC At School
  McSwain, Mary J  Dau W F Mar 1887 13 Single NC NC NC At School
  McSwain, Hannah M  Dau W F June 1889 10 NC NY NC At School
  McSwain, Corrie (?) A  Dau W F Octo 1881 8 NC NY NC At School

Sources

• 1. Rutherford/Cleveland County, NC, Burial Information
  • Name: Name: http://www.rfci.net/wdfloyd/cemm5.html;;
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 14 August, page 72, Hse/Fam #511
• 3. 1870 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina
  • 19 August, Subdivision 103, PO Yorkville, p 79, Hse #561, Fam #552
• 4. 1900 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 12 June, Sandy Run, Township 7, District 57, page 8B, Hse #139, Fam #142
• 5. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 3 June, Township 7, Sandy Run, District 71, page 5 (Scan 571A), Hse #46, Fam #48
• 6. RootsWeb ID: I6287