Name Lewis Moore McSwain
Event Date 20 Jul 1941
Event Place Blacksburg, Cherokee, South Carolina
Gender Male
Race White
Age 90y 11m 27d
Birth Date 17 May 1851
Birthplace N.C.
Marital Status Widowed
Spouse's Name Sarah Ann Roberts
Father's Name Lewis H. McSwain
Father's Birthplace N.C.
Mother's Name Mary Hamrick
Mother's Birthplace N.C.
Occupation Farmer
Address King Creek #1
Burial Place Antioch
Burial Date 21 Jul 1941

LEWIS MOORE McSWAIN IS CLAIMED BY DEATH
90 Year Old Cherokee Town ship Resident Dies; Final Rite's Held.
Blacksburg, July 23
Lewis Moore McSwain, 90 year-old retired farmer of King Creek, route 1, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. G. Carroll, who lives in the Antioch community near here, Monday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock after an illness extending over two years.
Mr. McSwain was a native and life-long resident of this section. He had been a member of the Antioch Baptist church since he was 16 years old.
Mr. McSwain was a son of the late Rev. Lewis H. McSwain and the late Mrs. Mary Hamrick McSwain. both of Cleveland county.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from Antioch church. The pastor, the Rev. W. A. Hoffman, was the officiating minister. Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery with the Shuford-Hatcher Company, morticians, in charge.
Grandsons served as pallbearers.
Mr. McSwain is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Carroll, and four sons, Oliver McSwain of Cherryville, N. C; G. P. McSwain of Blacksburg; Lewis McSwain of York, and H. K. McSwain of Shelby, N. C. He is also survived by 40 grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.

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FRIENDS CELEBRATE McSWAIN'S BIRTHDAY
Kings Creek Citizen, 87 Years of Age, Honored on His Anniversary.
Kings Creek, June 24.
Friends and relatives of L. M. MeSwain gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Carroll Sunday to celebrate Mr. McSwain's 87th birthday. A large crowd attended. A boutiful dinner was spread on the table in the front yard under the shade trees.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Oliver McSwain and family; Victor McSwain and son, Hubert McSwain and son, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Porter and daughter, Misses Mildred Simpson, Ruby Lee and Mozelle Dedmon; Charles Hugh, and John Black and Winfred McSwain, of Cherryville, N. C; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Carroll and family; Mrs. Mary Williams, of Mooresboro, N. C. ; Mrs. Marvin Hembree and son, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Julin; Miss Amy Fall's, of Slater; and Mrs. Frank McSwain family, of Gaffney: Mr. and and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Warren Moss and family, Ben Carroll, Mrs. Vada Stewart and family and Perry and William Piece, of Blacksburg; Mr. and Mrs. Gus Randall and son and wife, of Kings Mountain, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Ira Dixon and son: Mr. and Mrs. Will McSwain and Mrs. L. H. McSwain family; Sidney and J. M. and Miss Mary Hix, Mr. Mr. and Hix, and Mrs. William Carroll and family, of Bethany community; Mr. and Mrs. Murray Pruitt and son, of Grover, N. C; Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Falls and family, Jocie Lee Franklin, Mrs. Fred Byars and two children, of Mt. View community; Miss Alma McSwain and Arthur Neal, of Spartanburg; Rufus Randall and Rufus Gladden, Brinton Carroll and son, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. McSwain and family, Mr. and Mrs. Paul McSwain and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Turner and family, Vernon Carroll and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Carroll and son, Lee Pruette and Ola Mae Carroll, Mrs. Zenie Morrow and family, Lucille and Annie Ree Turner, of the Antioch community; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Compton and daughter, Robert Love and Sara and Margaret Love, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Stewart and daughter, of Hamburg community; and Clarence Hopper, of Buffalo.

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