| UNCLE JOHNNY'S NOTES |
| THIS WAS WRITTEN BY JOHNNY SWAIN,MANY YEARS AGO. . MY GRANDFATHER,EDWIN SWAIN,MARRIED FANNIE RIGGS ABOUT 1844. (I THINK THIS DATE SHOULD BE 1834,FROM THE DATES LISTED ON THE CENSUS RECORDS FOR THE CHILDREN). THEY CAME FROM PURDY,TN. IN 1854 AND SETTLED AT WHAT IS NOW THE SWAIN POST OFFICE(SWAIN,NEWTON CO,AR). THE COUNTY WAS VERY THINLY SETTLED. THERE WAS LOTS OF WILD GAME. THERE WAS ONLY ONE CABIN SOUTH OF THEM FOR 40 MILES. MY SECOND DAUGHTER JEWEL WAS BORN HERE. MY GRANDPARENTS HAD 5 BOYS. LON,JOHN,WASH(REUBIN WASHINGTON),CABOT,JIM,JEFF(WHO DIED IN INFANCY). ALSO 4 DAUGHTERS. SATIRAH,MARGARET,& NANCY. MY FATHER,RUBIN WASHINGTON SWAIN,WAS BORN IN 1852. HE WAS MARRIED TO FANNIE CULBERTSON IN 1873. TO THEM WAS BORN 8 CHILDREN. TWO BOYS JOHN(THE UNCLE JOHNNY WHO WROTE THESE NOTES) & HARLEY. 6 GIRLS----LUNDY,ADELLA,MOLLIE,MATTIE,GERTIE,& BERNICE. MY UNCLE JOHN SWAIN MARRIED SAPHRONA NORTON. THEY HAD 8 CHILDREN. ROBERT,EMMA,CORBET,GRACE,DOLPHUS,DENVER,RALPH,& ORPHA WHO DIED AT AGE 14. UNCLE CABOT SWAIN MARRIED ZINE LAMAR. THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN. CHARLIE,STELLA, & WILL. STELLA DIED AS AN INFANT. MY AUNT SATIRAH MARRIED 5 TIMES & OUTLIVED ALL OF THEM. HER FIRST HUSBAND WAS PRESS HEARSE,WHO WAS KILLED BY HER FATHER(EDWIN SWAIN). THE WAY IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME WAS THAT THEY WERE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE NORTH & AND SOUTH. PRESS HAD TOLD FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS THAT HE WAS GOING TO KILL HIS FATHER IN LAW BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE WAR. ONE DAY GRAND PA SWAIN SAW PRESS COMING UP THE HILL TOWARD HIS HOUSE,CARRING A GUN. GRAND PA SWAIN HAD HEARD ABOUT HIS THREATS,SO HE SHOT HIM BEFORE HE REACHED HIS HOUSE. AUNT SATIRAH & PRESS HAD ONE SON,LON HEARSE. WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLEDBY UNCLE JIM SWAIN IN 1874. THEY WERE PLAYING IN THE YARD & WERE CHASING EACH OTHER AND LON TRIPPED ON A STOB & JIM FELL ON TOP OF HIM. SOME OF THE PEOPLE WANTED TO HANG JIM,BUT AUNT SATIRAH SAID "NO!",THAT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. AUNT SATIRAH HAD MARRIED BILL OWENS,WHO WAS KILLED BY GUERILLAS. THEY HAD ONE GIRL. FRANCIS. THEN SHE MARRIED BILL JONES. THEY HAD 2 CHILDREN. WILEY & ARTHUR. THEN SHE MARRIED WILLIAM WYNNE & LAST LOUIS DANIELS. HER LAST TWO HUSBANDS,FATHER & SON WERE ALL KILLED AT SWAIN,ARKANSAS. AUNT MARGARET MARRIED HENDERSON CHAPMAN. THEY HAD 5 SONS. GEORGE,JACK,TOM,PRUSION &GRANDVILLE. AUNT MARIAH MARRIED JOSEPH NICHOLS. THEY HAD 2 CHILDREN. WILL & EMMA. AUNT NANCY MARRIED ALFORD LEE. THEY HAD 7 CHILDREN. MARY,LILLY,LOUISE.THE BOYS,LON,PERRY,HARLON,& GEORGE. MY FATHER WASHINGTON SWAIN, WAS BORN IN PURDY,TN. MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN ATLANTA,GA. (HE HAS A NOTE ALMOST ILLEGIBLE,BUT I THINK IT SAYS) MY FATHER'S OLDEST BROTHER LON DIED IN CORINTH,MISS DIRING THE CIVL WAR. MY MOTHER'S SIDE. HER FATHER,I THINK IT WAS WILL CULBERTSON WAS MARRIED TO ADYLINE HUSTON. THEY HAD 2 SONS,GUS (BUD) & JIM. 4 GIRLS,MARY(MCPHERSON),FANNIE(MY MOTHER),SALLY(BALLENTINE) & LAURA(BARNARD) . FANNIE HAD 1 HALF SISTER,ALICE (GREENWOOD) MY OLDEST SISTER,LUNDY MARRIED ALVIN STAPLETON. THEY HAD ONE CHILD. THE LAST I HEARD SHE WAS LIVING IN CHOWCHILLA,CA. HER NAME IS BERTHA CARLTON. LUNDY DIED IN 1902. MY SISTER ADELLA NEVER MARRIED. SHE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER. SHE DIED IN 1898. MY SISTER MOLLIE MARRIED JOHN ASHLOCK. THEY HAD 4 CHILDREN. ETHEL,HERMAN (E.H.)ERBIN,EARL, & HAZEL. MY SISTER MATTIE MARRIED CHARLIE CARLTON. THEY HAD 6 CHILDREN. AULSIE,AUDRY,DAISY,RUSSELL,OPAL,ALMA,JEAN. THEY HAD TWINS THAT DIED WHEN INFANTS. MY SISTER GERTIE MARRIED OSBORNE CASEY. THEY HAD 10 CHILDREN. DENNIS,VELMA,ARTHUR,VERGIE,AUDIE,IMOGENE,DALE,GARLAND,MARY JO, & GENEVA. MY SISTER BERNICE MARRIED CHARLEY CARLTON. A COUSIN TO MATTIES HUSBAND. THEY HAD 11 CHILDREN. WILBUR,LODA,MILDRED,RUTH,WILLADEAN,FRANKIE,KIRBY,HAZEL,ALICE,FERN,CHARLENE, & BOBBY JEAN, & HAROLD LLOYD. JOHNNY SWAIN IS GR UNCLE OF MY HUSBAND,& BROTHER OF GERTRUDE SWAIN,MY HUSBAND'S GR MOTHER. THIS IS HIS DIRECT LINE. JK |
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