Martha C. Hinshaw

                                                 ┌── Thomas Hinshaw
                                                 │    1797-1869 
                       ┌── John W. Hinshaw ──────┤
                       │   c1825-?               │
                       │                         └── Elizabeth -
                       │                              1809-1849 
Martha C. Hinshaw ─────┤
B: 1868                │                         ┌── Bennette Tankersley
D: 1903                │                         │
                       └── Nancy C. Tankersley ──┤
                           c1840-?               │
                                                 └── Elizabeth (Tankersley)
M: Horatio A. Anderson

M: Robert Lee Swaim

Martha C. Hinshaw     [ID 02697] Click here to switch to Ahnentafel view: Ahnentafel View

Born Apr 10 18681,2,3 [about 18654], Alabama1,2,3.  

She married Horatio A. Anderson, Dec - 1889, Jackson County, Alabama.5  

Note that sister Serena had previously married Horatio A. Anderson (in 1888).5  

She then married Robert Lee Swaim, Jun 25 1890, Jackson County, Alabama.1,5  Robert, son of Moses Swaim, Jr. & Elizabeth Vandiver, was born Jun - 1867, Alabama.1,2,6  Robert was the brother of Martha's father's first wife, Susan Ann Swaim.1  

Children:1,2,6

Franklin Harvey Swaim, born Jun 1891; died 1979; married Meta Zehiah Ingles (children: Mattie Mae and Mary Nell Swaim).
Robert Christopher Swaim, born Nov 8 1894 (Oct 1894); died Sep 1978; married Aug 12 1918, Beatrice Lawin (children: Sarah Grace, Howard Lee, Doris Elaine, Robert Wesley and James Lews Swaim). 7
William Moses Swaim, born Mar 1897; died Jun 1978; married Verna Hendricks (children: Mary Catherine, William, Paul and Betty Joe Swaim).
James Swaim, born Dec 1899; died Dec 1977; married Letha Henderson (children: Edwin and Jack Swaim).
Samuel Davis/David Swaim, born Jul 16 1902, Arlington, Texas; died May 1977, Arizona; married Oct 10 1924, Hazel Georgia Pirtle (child: Vera Lucille Swaim). 7

Martha and family were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 4 1900), Tarrant County, Texas:2

Swaim, Robt L., head-of-household, age 32, born June 1867 in Alabama; parents born in Alabama; married 11 years; occupation: farmer; rented farm.
Swaim, Martha, wife, age 32, born Apr 1868 in Alabama; parents born in Alabama; married 11 years; 4 children, 4 living; cannot read or write.
Swaim, Frank H., son, age 8, born June 1891 in Texas; parents born in Alabama.
Swaim, Robt C., son, age 5, born Oct 1894 in Texas; parents born in Alabama.
Swaim, William M., son, age 3, born Mar 1897 in Texas; parents born in Alabama.
Swaim, James, son, age 5 months, born Dec 1899 in Texas; parents born in Alabama.
Living next door in 1900 was Solomon (age 55) & Lisa (age 60) Swaim,8 probably Robert's brother and sister-in-law.9  

Martha C. Hinshaw died Mar 17 1903, Johnson Station, Tarrant County, Texas; buried Johnson Station Cemetery, South Cooper Street, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas.1,3,10  Buried in the same cemetery is cousin Warren Peter Hinshaw and his wife.3  

Martha's death was noted in the "Arlington Weekly Journal" on Thursday, March 19, 1903:10

Mrs. Robert Swaim of Johnson Station died Tuesday night and was buried there at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Widower Robert and family were shown in the 1910 census (May 5 1910), Tarrant County, Texas:6

Swaim, Robert L., head-of-household, age 42, born in Alabama; father born in North Carolina; mother born in Alabama; widower; 5 living children; occupation: farmer, general farm; owned farm (free).
Swaim, Harvey F., son, age 19, born in Alabama; parents born in Alabama; first marriage, married 1 year; occupation: farm laborer, home farm.
Swaim, Robt L. Jr., son, age 15, born in Texas; parents born in Alabama; occupation: farm laborer, home farm.
Swaim, William, son, age 13, born in Texas; parents born in Alabama; occupation: farm laborer, home farm.
Swaim, James, son, age 10, born in Texas; parents born in Alabama; occupation: farm laborer, home farm.
Swaim, Samuel D., son, age 7, born in Texas; parents born in Alabama.
Swaim, Meta, daughter-in-law, age 19, born in Alabama; parents born in Alabama; first marriage, married 1 year.


Sources

  1. Contribution from Gene Stephens () citing:
    "The Swaim-Tysen Family of Staten Island, New York, New Jersey and Southern States", by Joseph P. Mullane, Lloyd B. Swaim & Marjorie D. Johnson;
    manuscript in the collection of the Scottsboro Public Library, Scottsboro, Alabama.
  2. 1900 census, Precinct 2, Tarrant County, Texas; roll T623-1671, ED 110, page 3B, line #80, dwelling #61, family #61.
  3. Johnson Station Cemetery burials; USGenWeb Archives:
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~txtarran/cemetery/johnsons.htm.
  4. 1880 census, Jackson County, Alabama; Beat 18, ED 97, page 14D, line #22, dwelling #62, family #64.
  5. Dodd, Jordan R. "Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920". Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999.
  6. 1910 census, Precinct 2, Tarrant County, Texas; roll T624-1590, ED 157, page 255A, line #33, dwelling #211, family #211.
  7. "Social Security Death Index" (as it is commonly called), derived from the Social Security Administration "Death Master File". See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm
  8. 1900 census, Precinct 2, Tarrant County, Texas; roll T623-1671, ED 110, page 3B, line #78, dwelling #60, family #60.
  9. Speculation.
  10. Tarrant County, Texas obituaries; USGenWeb Archives:
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~txtarran/obits/obits03a.htm.


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