Life History

Notes

• 1850 Federal Census, Marshall County, Mississippi, 15 November,Northern Division, scan p 345, Hse/Fam #902
  McSwain, Gabriel W 33 M Farmer  North Carolina [born abt 1817]
  McSwain, Elizabeth L 31 F North Carolina [born abt 1819]
  McSwain, Hamilton A 8 F Laborer North Carolina [born abt 1842]
  McSwain, Caleb O 6 M North Carolina [born abt 1844]
  McSwain, Jane L M 4 F Mississippi [born abt 1846]
  McSwain, Hannah J 2 F Arkansas [born abt 1848]
  
  1860 Federal Census, Columbia County, Arkansas, 18 August, AlabamaTownship, p 5, PO Falcon, Hse #31, Fam #32
  G W McSwain 43 M Farmer $2000 Real Estate $1500 Personal b NorthCarolina [born abt 1817]
  Elizabeth McSwain 40 F North Carolina [born abt 1820]
  Hamilton A McSwain 17 M Mississippi [born abt 1843]
  Caleb O McSwain 15 F Mississippi [born abt 1845]
  Jane L McSwain 14 M Mississippi [born abt 1846]
  Hanah J McSwain 11 M Mississippi [born abt 1849]
  Charles D McSwain 9 M Mississippi [born abt 1851]
  Lusious McSwain 7 months M Arkansas [born abt Jan 1860]
  
  What was then Columbia County is now called Nevada County.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Columbia County, Arkansas, 8 July, AlabamaTownship, p 4, PO Falcon, Hse/Fam #32
  McSwain, Gabriel  53 M Teacher $600 Real Estate $500 Personal b NorthCarolina [born abt 1817]
  McSwain, Elizabeth 50 F North Carolina [born abt 1820]
  McSwain, Charles G 25 M W Mississippi [born abt 1845]
  McSwain, Lucius  10 M W Arkansas [born abt 1860]
  McSwain, Edward 14 M W North Carolina [born abt 1866]
  McSwain, George D 7 M W Arkansas [born abt 1863]
  
  Charles G here should be Charles D, for Douglas.
  
  In 1871, a new county, Nevada County, was formed out of parts ofColumbia and other counties.  So the name of their location changedfrom Columbia County to Nevada (pronounced in Arkansas asNuh-vay-duh).
  
  1880 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas, 29 June, AlabamaTownship, page 34, Hse/Fam #1
  McSwain, G W  W M 63 Husband Farmer NC NC NC
  McSwain, Elisabeth  W F 60 Wife Keeping House NC NC NC
  McSwain, Lucious W M 20 Son Single AR NC NC
  
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  "...A leading figure in the Emmet Church in the early twentiethcentury and one who may have led the way in the construction of thepresent church was Rev. C. D. McSwain. Born in Marshall County,Mississippi, in 1850, McSwain came to Falcon, then in Columbia Countyand now in Nevada County, with his parents G. W. and Elizabeth McSwainin 1859. ... a series of deaths in C. D. McSwain´s family. Othermembers of the McSwain family had moved to Emmet earlier. His brotherCaleb Orr McSwain had died there in 1883, leaving a family. C. D.McSwain´s first wife Lucy Jones had died in 1888 after a brieftwo-year marriage, leaving an infant daughter who lived less thanthree weeks. His father G. W. McSwain died at Emmet in February 1889.A younger brother Lucious H. McSwain also died at Emmet in July 1898,leaving a family. His mother Elizabeth McSwain, then almost eighty,died there in August 1899.
  
  All are buried in the Snell Cemetery. In 1891, McSwain had marriedMrs. Lula Trotter at Monticello, Arkansas. His second wife had adaughter Junie Trotter from her previous marriage. A special life-longrelationship between this step-daughter and step-father developed.McSwain and his second wife also had a son, C. D. McSwain, Jr.[JamesA. Anderson, Centennial History of Arkansas Methodism:  A History ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church, South, In the State of Arkansas,1815-1935 (Benton, Arkansas:  L. B. White Printing Co., 1935), 236.]
  --  "Emmet United Methodist Church, Emmet, Nevada County [Arkansas],"/16/2011,http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/historic-properties/_search_nomination_popup.asp?id=915
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  Gabriel Washburn McSwain
  Birth: 25 Jan 1817 in North Carolina
  Death: 20 Feb 1889
  Burial: Snell Cemetery, Emmet, Nevada Co., AR
  Father: Charles McSwain b: 13 Aug 1786 in North Carolina
  Mother: Lewraner Washburn b: 5 Dec 1794
  Marriage 1 Elizabeth Flow b: 4 Dec 1819 in North Carolina
  Married: 18 Dec 1841
  Children:
  1. Hamilton A. McSwain 1. b: ABT 1842 in North Carolina
  2. Caleb Orr McSwain b: 20 Feb 1844 in North Carolina
  3. Jane L. M. McSwain b: 8 Mar 1846 in Mississippi
  4. Hannah Josephine McSwain b: 30 Aug 1848 in Mississippi
  5. Charles Douglas McSwain Sr. b: 24 Sep 1850 in Mississippi
  6. Lucius H. McSwain b: 13 Jan 1860 in Arkansas
  --  David Holden,http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwh1951&id=I24921

Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Marshall County, Mississippi
  • 15 November, Northern Division, scan p 345, Hse/Fam #902
• 2. Ancestry Researcher Comment on Ancestry.com, 2 April 2007
  • David Holden,
• 3. 1870 Federal Census, Columbia County, Arkansas
  • 8 July, Alabama Township, p 4, PO Falcon Arkansas, Hse/Fam #32
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas
  • 29 June, Alabama Township, page 34, Hse/Fam #1
• 5. "Emmet United Methodist Church, Emmet, Nevada County [Arkansas]"
  • Location:http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/historic-properties/_search_nomination_popup.asp?id=915;
• 6. North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
• 7. 1860 Federal Census, Columbia County, Arkansas
  • 18 August, Alabama Township, p 5, PO Falcon, Hse #31, Fam #32
• 8. 1870 Federal Census, Columbia County, Arkansas
  • 12 July, Alabama Township, PO Falcon, p 19, Hse #144, Fam #147
• 9. 1880 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas
  • 2 June, Emmett Township, District 2, page 2, Hse/Fam #10
• 10. 1900 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas
  • 27 June, Emmet, District 78, page 20A, Lansburg Rd, Hse #341, Fam #344
• 11. 1900 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas
  • 27 June, Emmet, District 78, page 20A, Hse #342, Fam #345
• 12. 1910 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas
  • 16 April, Emmet, District 101, page 1B,  Lansburg Rd, Hse/Fam #14
• 13. Ancestry Trees
  • Gibson Family,