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• John Leonard McSwain
  Birth 30 Mar 1861 in Cleveland, NC
  Death 6 Aug 1927 in DePew, Cleveland, NC
  Burial 7 Aug 1927 Double Springs Bapt Cem, Cleveland, NC
  Parents David Achella McSwain 1830-1861
  Delphia Street Harrell 1835-1912
  Marriage 16 Aug 1885 to Elizabeth Jane Brooks
  --  Hamricks of Ireland, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9887369/person/-728295915
  
  1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 7 June, Township 7, District 71, page 9, Hse/Family #88
  N S Harrill W M  58 Widowed Farmer NC Unknown NC [b abt 1822]
  D P Harrill W F 51 Sister Single Keeping House  NC NC NC [b abt 1829]
  D S McSwain  W F 45  Sister Widowed NC NC NC [b abt 1835] [Delphia Street Harrill McSwain, wife of David Achella McSwain]
  J L McSwain  W M 19  Nephew Single Laborer NC NC NC [b abt 1861]
  
  John Leonard McSwain, 1908 - 1947
  John Leonard McSwain was born in 1908 in North Carolina to John Leonard McSwain and Elizabeth Jane McSwain (born Brooks).
  Father John was born on March 30 1861 in Cleveland, NC
  Mother Elizabeth was born on August 23 1866 in Cleveland, NC
  John had 8 siblings:
  David McSwain
  Ella Neal (born McSwain) and
  6 other siblings
  Married Reba Aurela McSwain (born Moore) in 1931 at age 23 in North Carolina
  Reba was born May 18 1911 in Rutherford, NC
  They had 2 children.
  John passed away in 1947 at age 39 in North Carolina
  He was buried in North Carolina
  --  My Heritage Trees, http://www.myheritage.com/names/john_mcswain
  
  Death Index 1925-28 Cleveland County, North Carolina
  McSwain, John Lenord  8-20-27
  Father McSwain, David
  Township 7, Book 10, page 347

Sources

• 1. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 7 June, Township 7, Sandy Run, District 71, page 9, Hse/Family #88
• 2. My Heritage Trees
• 3. Ancestry Trees
• 4. Death Index 1925-28 Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • Book 10, page 347
• 5. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998
• 6. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014