Wiley Carew MCSWAIN Living MCSWAIN Bernice Edward WILLIAMS Gladys Lucille MCSWAIN Carew Oliver MCSWAIN Logan Morris MCSWAIN Roger Fulton MCSWAIN Bernice June MCSWAIN Susan Frances LOWREY Mini tree diagram

Louis Wirt MCSWAIN1,2,5

also known as Wirt L MCSWAIN3

17th Sep 19051,2,3,4,5 - 11th Jul 19751,7,4

Life History

17th Sep 1905

Born in the home, Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.1,2,3,4,5

1910

Resident in Prairie, Arkansas, Arkansas.3

1920

Resident in Prairie, Arkansas, Arkansas.2

24th Oct 1939

Married Bernice Edward WILLIAMS in Arkansas County, Arkansas.8

11th Jul 1975

Died in St Vincent Infirmary, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas.1,7,4

Other facts

 

Name2: spelled this way by his father in Wiley's WWII DraftRegistration/Lewis McSwain.6

 

Birth of son Living MCSWAIN

Notes

  • Louis was barber in St Charles, Arkansas.
    --  Edith Marie McSwain Jenkins

    His barber chair is now on display in the historical museum there.

    In the 1910 census, Louis is listed as Wirt L.

    1910 Federal Census, Faulkner County, Arkansas, Provo, UT, USA: TheGenerations Network, Inc., 2006, 20 April, Prairie Township, District13, page 3A, Hse/Fam #37,
    McSwain, Carew Head M W 31 Married (no years) AR NC NC Farm Laborer,working out
    McSwain, Susie L Wife F W 24 Married 7yrs OK IN AR
    McSwain, Wirt L  Son M W 4 AR AR OK
    McSwain, Gladys  Dau F W 1 OK IN AR

    1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 6 February, PrairieTownship, St Charles Road, District 16, page 8A, Hse #142, Fam #149
    McSwain, Wiley C  Head M W 42 AR NC NC Farmer
    McSwain, Susie F  Wife F W 34 OK IN AR
    McSwain, Louis W  Son M W 14 AR AR OK Farm Laborer

    1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 23 April, PrairieTownship, District 25, page 7B, Ethel and Chute Rd, Hse #131, Fam #132
    McSwain, Wiley C Head Owns M W 52 Widowed AR NC NC Farmer
    McSwain, Louis W Son M W 23 Single AR AR OK Barber, Public Shop

    Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
    Vol 2, Certificate 00347, page 0835
    Marriage of Louis McSwain to Bernice Williams
    License was issued 19 September 1939 in Arkansas County
    Wedding ceremony was conducted 24 October 1939

    Louis' place of residence at the time of death was St. Charles,Arkansas County, Arkansas, according to the Social Security DeathIndex.  Louis' son Roger informs me that his father died in the StVincent Infirmary, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.  Causes ofdeath were pneumonia, chronic obstructive lung disease and colitis.

    Social Security Death Index
    Louis McSwain
    Born: 17 Sep 1905
    Died: Jul 1975
    Last Residence Saint Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas 72140
    SSN 430-60-3989 issued Arkansas (1951)

Sources

  • 1. Bertie Lois Dumond McSwain, Family Information, handwritten 27February, 1979
  • 2. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
    • 6 February, Prairie Township, St Charles Road, District 16, page 8A,
  • 3. 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
    • 20 April, Prairie Township, District 13, page 3A, Hse/Fam #37
  • 4. SSDI Broderbund Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6
  • 5. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
    • 23 April, Prairie Township, District 25, page 7B, Ethel and Chute Rd,
  • 6. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
  • 7. Roger Louis McSwain, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, November 2007
  • 8. Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
    • Vol 2, Certificate 00347, page 0835

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