CENSUS: The family of Isaac and Susannah Washburn is found in Yancey Co NC
1850 census dw 585 fam 615. Ages for children are derived from birth year in
that census.1840 Yancey Co NC page 286 line 18
Issac Washburn, 2 males 1835-40, 1 male 1810-1820, 1 female 1835-1840
1 female 1810-18201850 Yancey Co NC page 424 dw 585/615
1860 Yancey Co NC page 927 (464a) 22 Aug 1860
Grassey Creek PO dw 1267/1267
Surname Hoppis: Swiss/German "HABBES'.
CENSUS: 1880 MITCHELL CO NC TWP 3 GRASSY CREEK DW 126/126
JESSE IDENTIFIED AS A TEACHER. A D.M. WASHBURN AGE 24 LIVING WITH
HIM.
CENSUS: 1860 YANCEY CO NC PAGE 927 DW 1267/1267
Grassy Creek: Grassy Creek Baptist Church
!CENSUS: 1860 MCDOWELL CO NC PAGE 338 DW 253/253
1870 MCDOWELL CO NC PAGE 652 DW 80/80
1880 MCDOWELL CO NC PAGE 388 DW 72/73The father of M.L. Snipes is not known. He carried the same surname as his
mother. - Paul Swofford.From Betty Snipes to HDE July 1994:
Merritt L. Snipes is a kind of a mystery. But I did get his army rank:
Merit Snipes Sgt.
Company A
58th North CArolina InfantryConfederacy
Mary Ann Washbourn moved with her sons to Colorado in 1905. She died there in
1924.CENSUS: 1900 Mitchell co NC sheet 8 line 60 says that Mary Ann had 10
children. Only 9 are known as of 26 Jan 1990.
CENSUS: 1860 MCDOWELL CO NC PAGE 338 DW 253, NO NAME GIVEN FOR THIS SON.
1870 MCDOWELL CO NC PAGE 652 DW 80, NAME GIVEN AS JOHN N.
CENSUS: MCDOWELL CO NC 1870 PAGE 652 DW 80
CENSUS: 1900 MITCHELL CO NC SHEET 8 LINE 60
CENSUS: 1900 MITCHELL CO NC SHEET 8 LINE 60
Never married.
CENSUS: 1900 MITCHELL CO NC SHEET 8 LINE 60
Never married.
Marcus and Ruth Snipes Swofford had thirteen children.
Marcus was the youngest child in his family - letter of 13 Dec 1989 to HE.
Swofford Family documents page 234 says that Marcus and Ruth had fourteen
children.Marcus and Ruth lived at Swofford Gap on the Blue Ridge on the Mitchell
McDowell Co line after 1880.CENSUS: 1910 Soundex, NC Mitchell Co NC sheet 137, ED # 143
1880 page 388 dw 68/69 Marcus, Ruth, and Ira (9/12)IGI shows an infant born to Marcus and Armilda Swofford, born 1894, no name.
Ordinance dates:
S: 10 Apr 1980 LAIGI shows additional seal date, husb to wife: 22 Dec 1965 MT
Additional ordinance dates:
B: 22 Oct 1991 LANGE
E: 27 Nov 1992 LANGE
SP: 29 Jan 1992 LANGE
Ruth and Marcus Swofford had 13 children.
Ruth Snipes was the 1st of 10 children of Dr. Merritt Linzey Snipes and Mary
Ann Washburn.The tombstone of Ruth Snipes Swofford in the Grassy Creek Cemetery is inscribed
with date of death Jun 5, 1926. However, her death certificate, filed with the
Register of deeds in Mitchell Co, Bakersville, NC, correctly lists date of
death Jul 5, 1926.CENSUS: 1860 MCDOWELL CO NC PAGE 338 DW 253 SHOWS NAME OF DAUGHTER BETTIA,
AGE 3. ALSO SON 10/12 YEARS OLD.From Paul Swofford: "Name was Rutha Snipes until after marriage.
Then became
Ruth Armilda. There was no name BETTIA.Additional ordinance dates:
B: 23 Nov 1963
E: 10 Jan 1964
SP: 22 Dec 1965
This child, name or sex unknown, died as an infant.
FROM MARK SWOFFORD BIBLE. - PAUL SWOFFORD.
George Lafayette "Fate" SWOFFORD
George and Vestie Swofford had a total of 16 children, and about 50 grandchildren.
Letter from Doyle Swofford to Harold Ethington dated 13 Dec 1989:
"For more Swofford information you may try writing to the compiler of this
material (1975):
Ray C. Swofford
1159 Lehman
Houston
TX 77018
(713) 681-1803Mr. Swofford (Ray) is NOT a Washburn descendant.
For the children who migrated to Cherokee and Spartanburg Counties, S.C.,
more complete data may be available from
J.M.A. Swofford
Chesnee, SC
(page 235)The man in Houston is the national clearing house for all Swofford data. "
Fate Swofford was the 4th of 14 children of Marcus (Mark) Swofford and Ruth
Armilda Snipes.CENSUS: 1910 MCDOWELL CO NC SHEET 12B MAY 11, 12 LINES 94-96
Vestie McBee is the 1st Grandchild of Jesse and Sarah Sparks.
Vestie McBee used the date of birth Jun 15, 1893 during her lifetime, and that
date is well known amoung all of her children. However, in the 1900 US Census
for Mitchell Co NC Grassy Creek Twp, house # 207, the family of William A. and
Pricie McBee and 4 children is enumerated, with an effective date of Jun 1,
1900. The actual enumeration occurred on Jun 23, 1900. Vestie McBee is
listed as female, age 6 years, date of birth Jun 1894. This census report is
the only known record in which the parents of Vestie McBee have attested to her
date of birth.From Paul Swofford: The name VESTIE may have been derived at some tome from
some other name. But my mother's name was VESTIE, period!"
Jerry Swofford died at age 16, did not marry, did not have any children.
George Washington MIles, son of Robert and Eunice, was born May 2 1854 in Ray
County Missouri. IN 1882 George moved to Bacca County, Colorado.
George and
his brother John A. Miles lived on a ranch. At that time Bacca County was
known as Ouray. IN the cnesus of 1880 we find a George W. Miles who was born
in 1830 living in Ouray County Colorado. This may have been a relative of our
George Washington Miles.George was breaking a team of horses one day when they became frightened and
broke away from him. They were running wildly as fast as they could towards an
open doorin the barn. He reasoned if he could close the opposite dfoor he
would successfully stop their flight. He ran around the barn and managed to
get the door closed, but the frightened team ran right over the door that he
was unable to hold. Underneath the door, George suffered a severely bruised
body. He rested in bed several days, and upon his believed recuperation, got
up to walk around, and dropped dead. He died from internal bleeding on March
16, 1910, at the age of 55. George was a member of the Masonas and Modern
Woodmen and Industrial Club.
On November 28, 1889 George Washington Miles married Emma McKay of Attica
Kansas. Emma was born January 16, 1865 in Grundy County Illinois.
The
marriage took place at the home of her parents in Attica Kansas with the
Reverand William Hayes officiating. The Attica Advocate dated December 6 1889
mentions that the bride even remembered the newspaper staff by bringing some
wedding cake by their office. George and Emma left on the evening train for a
visit in Kansas, before returning to their home in Bacca County Colorado.George and Emma had a daughter November 4, 1890, but she died on the same
day. May was born November 18, 1891. Eunice was born September 12, 1893. In
1896, George and Emma became concerned because there were no schools in Bacca
County for their daughters. They decided to move to Garden City, Kansas that
year so that the girls would be able to get an education. George and John A,
his brother went into the partnershp of the Miles Brother's Lumber Company.
It was a most successful business. At the time of George's death his net worth
was about $13,000.- Philicia McKee
Per Jane Shaw, Emma A. McKay born in Independence, Montgomery, KS.
Another tragedy occureed due ot the good nature of Emma. Emma had agreed to
store a gun for her neighbor, whose husband was a dentist and had a problem
with alcohol. Their neighbor feared that in a drunken state her husband would
some night come home and shoot something or someone. On September 20, 1915,
daughter Nell discovered the gun when she was looking for a key in the buffet
drawer. Nell knew nothing about operating a gun, and when she picked it up
asking her mother what it was, it simultaneously discharged lodging a bullet in
Emma's head, killing her instantly.