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  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 S.C., 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 boys 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
  
  South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1960
  O B McSwain
  Birth Date 1872 Stanly County, North Carolina
  Married White Male, Occupation Cotton Mill Weaver
  Death 13 Feb 1915 Cherokee Falls, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  Cause of Death Apoplexy, due to Arteriosclerosis
  Age at Death 43
  Father Thomas A McSwain born Stanly County, North Carolina
  Mother Alan [sic] Carpenter born Stanly County, North Carolina
  Informant W S McSwain of Atlanta, Georgia
  Burial 14 February 1915 Cannon [sic] Cemetery, Gaffney, South Carolina
  Volume 5, Certificate #00237
  Filed 14 February 1915
  
  Osborne Benjamin "Ben" McSwain
  Birth Dec. 31, 1872 Stanly County, North Carolina
  Death Feb. 13, 1915
  Info from SC Death Certificate #2376
  Birth Place Stanly Co., NC
  Father Thomas A McSwain
  Birth Place Stanly Co., NC
  Mother Alaie?? Carpenter
  Birth Place Stanly Co., NC
  Informant N S McSwain from Alanta Ga
  Spouse Amanda Childers McSwain (1879 - 1952)
  Burial Canaan United Methodist Church Cemetery, Smyrna, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  Created by HBC Sep 11, 2008
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #29727227, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29727227&ref=acom&ftm=1

Sources

• 1. South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. Larry Dean McSwain, personal communication
• 4. 1930 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 2 April, Gaffney Ward 1, District 11-19, page 1A, 305 E Robinson St, Hse/Fam #3
• 5. 1940 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 16 April, Hamrick Mill, District 11-19 Page 15A, Hse #267 rents $4