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Note: Carew Oliver always went by Oliver. The 1920 census even lists him as Oliver C. His brother Logan Morris, who also went by his middle name, was also listed with the middle name first.
1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 6 February, Prairie Township, 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, Oliver C Son M W 9 AR AR OK Farm Laborer
Oliver's mother died when he was 15. In the 1930 census, Wiley Carew was listed as head of the household, a widower with two sons in the home. The younger daughter Bernice may have been with relatives at census time.
1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 23 April, Prairie Township, 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
McSwain, Oliver C Son M W 19 Single AR AR OK Farm Laborer
1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 4 April, Ethel, District 1-26, page 6A, Belleview Rd, Hse #89, Owns $500
McSwain, Karue [Carew] Head M W 62 Widowed Grade HS-3 b Arkansas same house in 1935 Farmer
McSwain, Oliver Son M W 29 Single Grade 8 b Arkansas same house in 1935 Farm Laborer
McSwain, Moris Son M W 26 Single Grade 8 b Arkansas same house in 1935 Farm Laborer
McSwain, Matt Brother M W 59 Single b Arkansas same house in 1935 Stockman
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Oliver McSwain
Age 30, Birth Year abt 1911
Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Spouse's Name Birdie [Bertie] Dumond
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 23
Spouse's Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Marriage 16 Mar 1941 Arkansas County
Marriage License Date 15 Mar 1941
Oliver suffered from emphysema for years and lived his last while in treatment in Little Rock at the Veteran's Hospital, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Funeral was held at the Belleview Missionary Baptist Church in his home community of Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.
Gravestone of Carew Oliver McSwain
Carew Oliver McSwain
Oct 25, 1910 Sept 30, 1979
Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Photos by Edith McSwain Jenkins 2003 and 2017
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Carew Oliver McSwain
Carew Oliver McSwain, aged 68, died at the Veterans Hospital in little Rock Sept 30 [1979]. He was a farmer, a World War II veteran and a Missionary Baptist.
Survivors are his wife Bertie Dumond McSwain; three sons, George McSwain of Dallas, Texas, Frank and Rickey McSwain of Little Rock; one daughter Edith Marie Jenkins of Nairobi, Kenya; two sisters, Gladys Dempsey and Bernice James, both of St Charles.
Funeral was held at 2:30 pm Oct 2 [1979] at Belleview Baptist Church [Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas] with Rev Creed Rush officiating. Burial was in Mt Pleasant Cemetery [Ethel] by Essex Funeral Home.
-- thought to be from the DeWitt Era-Enterprise newspaper, date uncertain, about 3 October 1979
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