Life History

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• "Bonnie Mitchell -- Bonnie was my grandmother, she died in 1929 in Newberry, S.C. with TB, her and my grandfather William Boyd McSwain lived on Robinson Street in Gaffney, S.C."
  --  Larry McSwain, Comment on an Ancestry Tree, 15 October 2014
  
  "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 Dean McSwain, Comment on an Ancestry genealogy, 22 October 2014
  
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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 Dean McSwain, personal Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 5 December 2014
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  1910 Federal Census, Rutherford County, North Carolina, 6 April, High Shoal Township, District 138, Page 15B, Hse #188, Fam #251
  Mitchell, Hiram C Head M W 53 Married 33 yrs GA GA GA [b abt 1857]
  Mitchell, Clercie C Wife F W 46 Married 33 yrs 14 Children [sic!]/4 Living TN SC TN [b abt 1864]
  Mitchell, James Son M W 26 NC GA TN [b abt 1884]
  Mitchell, John Son M W 19 Cotton Mill NC GA TN [b abt 1891]
  Mitchell, Hester L Dau F W 18 Cotton Mill NC GA TN [b abt 1892]
  Mitchell, Bonnie Dau F W 7 NC GA TN [b abt 1903]
  
  In the 1930 census, after Bonnie's death, William is enumerated in his widowed mother's household with his three young sons.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 2 April, Gaffney Ward 1, District 11-19, page 1A, 305 E Robinson St, Hse/Fam #3
  McSwain, Mandy Head Rents $15 No Radio F W 49 Widow First married at age 18 SC SC SC Cotton Mill Weaver [b abt 1881]
  McSwain, William B Son M W 29 Widowed Married at age 20 SC SC SC Cotton Mill Spinning [b abt 1901]
  McSwain, William B Son [of Wm B above, grandson of Mandy] M W 7 Single SC SC SC [b abt 1923]
  McSwain, Robert O Son [of Wm B above] M W 5 Single SC SC SC [b abt 1925]
  McSwain, Jack O Son [of Wm B above] M W 3yrs6mos Single SC SC SC [b abt Sept 1926]
  
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  Bonnie Mitchell McSwain was only in my McSwain line because she was married to William Boyd, but I thought she looked like a little Indian girl in the one pic.  Most people who see it usually agree.  Her mother's maiden name was Sizemore and her ancestors were said to have been with the Cherokee.
  
  I actually have a piece of the log cabin that David McSwain lived in, I've got it under my house, the cabin was called the Buck McSwain place, it was down the Mt Sinai Church Rd. down past the church.  My wife and I were down that way doing research and the man that tore down the cabin had the logs from it under a shed, he sawed me off a piece several feet long.
  
  I also have a copy of the book David McSwain from the Isle of Skye that Eleanor Davis McSwain wrote, she has the same name as my wife only my wife spells Eleanor (Elenora), even the same maiden name though.  We paid Eleanor a visit one year, she lived down in Macon, Ga.
  --  Larry Dean McSwain, personal Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 26 August 2015
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  Bonnie Mitchell McSwain
  Birth Oct. 10, 1902
  Death Aug. 9, 1929 Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA
  Spouse William Boyd McSwain (1900 - 1945)
  Burial Oakland Cemetery, Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  Created by Keith & Linda Robertson Dec 18, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #63042984, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63042984&ref=acom&ftm=1

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. 1910 Federal Census, Rutherford County, North Carolina
  • 6 April, High Shoal Township, District 138, Page 15B, Hse #188, Fam #251
• 3. Ancestry Comments
• 4. Larry Dean McSwain, personal communication
• 5. North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004
• 6. 1930 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 2 April, Gaffney Ward 1, District 11-19, page 1A, 305 E Robinson St, Hse/Fam #3
• 7. 1940 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 16 April, Hamrick Mill, District 11-19 Page 15A, Hse #267 rents $4
• 8. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 9. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 10. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 11. Cemeteries of South Carolina
• 12. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
• 13. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998