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Eugene Arthur “Gene” Swink Sr.

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Eugene Arthur “Gene” Swink Sr.

Birth
Burke County, North Carolina, USA
Death
5 Mar 1966 (aged 56)
Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Catawba County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.5790382, Longitude: -81.3336275
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Great-grandson of David Swink, Nancy Wright Swink, Henry Swink, Mary 'Polly' Ramsey Swink, Jacob Lail Sr., Amanda Morgan Lail, Nicholas Samuel Huffman, and Margaret 'Peggy' Dagenhart Huffman
Grandson of Richard and Elizabeth Swink, James Lail, and Frances 'Fanny' Huffman Lail

Eugene Arthur, commonly known as 'Gene', was the fifth child of William Kelley and Sophronia Swink.

The 1910 Upper Fork Burke Census indicates that Eugene A. was 3 months old, and living with his parents and four other siblings on a rented farm. Date of census was 18 April. Next neighbors were Jock J. Carswell, and Thomas D. Bumgarner.

In 1920 Eugene was ten years old, and lived with his parents, siblings, and great-aunt on a farm in Upper Fork Township, Burke.
Eugene was twenty years old when he married Belle C. Carswell (daughter of Joseph B. Carswell, and Eliza Jane Stamey Carswell), on
16 March 1929, in Cleveland, N.C.

The 1930 Burke Upper Fork Census shows that Gene now 21 years old, lived with his wife Belle (22), step-daughter Lottie (3), and two month old daughter Catherine, on a rented farm. Gene's occupation is recorded as being a farmer.

In 1940, Gene, his wife Belle, his step-son Hazel J. (14), step-daughter Lottie (13), daughters Catherine (10), and Louellen (8), sons Richard (5), and Charlie (3),as well as baby daughter Ethel J. (5 months), are living in a rented property in Bandy Township, Catawba County.
Gene's occupation is listed as 'laborer in a saw mill'.
Next neighbors are George P. Ledford, and Thomas L. Rudisill.

Gene was employed at C.G. Fox Lumber, and his last place of residence was in Catawba County.

Information by Lydia A.
Great-grandson of David Swink, Nancy Wright Swink, Henry Swink, Mary 'Polly' Ramsey Swink, Jacob Lail Sr., Amanda Morgan Lail, Nicholas Samuel Huffman, and Margaret 'Peggy' Dagenhart Huffman
Grandson of Richard and Elizabeth Swink, James Lail, and Frances 'Fanny' Huffman Lail

Eugene Arthur, commonly known as 'Gene', was the fifth child of William Kelley and Sophronia Swink.

The 1910 Upper Fork Burke Census indicates that Eugene A. was 3 months old, and living with his parents and four other siblings on a rented farm. Date of census was 18 April. Next neighbors were Jock J. Carswell, and Thomas D. Bumgarner.

In 1920 Eugene was ten years old, and lived with his parents, siblings, and great-aunt on a farm in Upper Fork Township, Burke.
Eugene was twenty years old when he married Belle C. Carswell (daughter of Joseph B. Carswell, and Eliza Jane Stamey Carswell), on
16 March 1929, in Cleveland, N.C.

The 1930 Burke Upper Fork Census shows that Gene now 21 years old, lived with his wife Belle (22), step-daughter Lottie (3), and two month old daughter Catherine, on a rented farm. Gene's occupation is recorded as being a farmer.

In 1940, Gene, his wife Belle, his step-son Hazel J. (14), step-daughter Lottie (13), daughters Catherine (10), and Louellen (8), sons Richard (5), and Charlie (3),as well as baby daughter Ethel J. (5 months), are living in a rented property in Bandy Township, Catawba County.
Gene's occupation is listed as 'laborer in a saw mill'.
Next neighbors are George P. Ledford, and Thomas L. Rudisill.

Gene was employed at C.G. Fox Lumber, and his last place of residence was in Catawba County.

Information by Lydia A.


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  • Maintained by: Lydia A. Relative Great-niece/nephew
  • Originally Created by: Carolyn Licurgo
  • Added: Feb 24, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105769292/eugene_arthur-swink: accessed ), memorial page for Eugene Arthur “Gene” Swink Sr. (8 Jan 1910–5 Mar 1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 105769292, citing Macedonia Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery, Catawba County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Lydia A. (contributor 49067635).