Life History

Notes

• On the shared gravestone for William, Sarah and their son Albert,there is a series date, saying "1895 to 1904."
  
  Sarah appears in the 1900 census as a widow with her children,including Albert, who is 20 years old.  The date of 1895, then, mustbe the death of William.  The date of the birth of their last child,William W, was about May 1896.  This must mean that William died latein 1895, during Sarah's pregnancy with William W.
  
  It is not clear from the notation on the their joint grave markerwhether the last date 1904 is meant to apply to both Sarah and Albert. I have not been able to find Sarah in any records after the 1900census.  I foudn the marriage record for Albert to Lida Cochran in1904.  By 1910, Lida has remarried.  It apepars that Albeert died soonafter their marriage.  Thus I have taken the last date of 1904 as bothSarah's and Albert's death date of 1904.  They may have died in anepidemic.
  
  In 1900 widow Sarah is running the farm.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 20 June, PrairieTownship, District 7, page 15A, Hse #254, Fam #261
  McSwain, Sarah  Head W  F  Jan 1856  44  AR MS TN Farmer
  McSwain, Edna  Dau  W  F  Oct 1877  22  AR NC TN
  McSwain, Albert  Son W  M  Nov 1879  20 AR NC TN Farm Laborer
  McSwain, George  Son W  M  Aug 1884  15 AR NC TN
  McSwain, Belle  Dau  W  F  June 1889  11 AR NC TN
  McSwain, Bertha  Dau  W  F  June 1893  6 AR NC TN
  McSwain, William  Son W  M  May 1896  4 AR NC TN
  
  Note that the father of the children is now said to have been born inTennessee, not North Carolina.  But int he 1870 census of the McSwainfamily in Tennessee, he was reported born in North Carolina.
  
  Sarah's two youngest children, Bertha and William W, were taken in byJohn and Mary Henderson.  In the 1910 census, they are enumerated inthe Henderson household with the relationsihp of Ward.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 2 May, North PrairieTownship, District 12, page 6B, Hse/Fam #116
  Henderson, J M Head M W 51 Married 30 years IL TN TN Farmer Rents
  Henderson, Mary Wife F W 58 Married 30 years 5 children/4 living MissLA AL No Occupation
  Henderson, Nina Dau F W 26 Single AR AR MS School Teacher
  Henderson, May Dau F W 23 Single AR AR MS School Teacher
  Henderson, Murray Son M W 16 Single AR AR MS Farm Laborer
  McSwain, Bertha Ward F W 16 Single AR NC AR No Occupation
  McSwain, Will Ward M W 3 Single AR NC MS Farm Laborer

Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 20 June, Prairie Township, District 7, page 15A, Hse #254, Fam #261
• 2. Gravestone of W W and Sarah and son Albert McSwain, Mt PleasantCemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • Household #109
• 4. RootsWeb ID: I1424 -- Sarah Ann Isabella Lowe; by Jerry Gallagher
  • http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jerryg&id=I
• 5. RootsWeb ID: I1424 -- Sarah Ann Isabella Lowe; by Jerry Gallagher
• 6. 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 20 April, District 18, Sheet 3A, Prairie Township, Ethel & Point Rd,
• 7. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • Prairie Township, page 16, Household #109
• 8. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
• 9. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 10. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
• 11. RootsWeb ID: I1425 -- William W McSwain
• 12. 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 14 May, North Prairie, District 12, page 12A, St Charles, Hse/Fam #215
• 13. 1930 Federal Census, Pulaski County, Arkansas
  • 14 April, Big Rock, District 8, page 23B, 1870 Garner St, Hse #527,
• 14. 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 2 May, North Prairie Township, District 12, page 6B, Hse/Fam #116
• 15. U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918