Ancestry of
O. Henry
Short Story Writer
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- Mother of O. Henry — 2nd Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 3
- Father:
- William Swaim
- Mother:
- Abiah Shirley
- Birth Date:
- 12 Feb 1833
- Birth Location:
- Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 26 Sep 1865
- Death Location:
- Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
- Spouse Name:
- Algernon Sidney Porter
- Marriage Date:
- 15 Apr 1858
- Marriage Location:
- Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
- Children:
Shirley Worth "Shell" Porter
William Sydney Porter (Ahnentafel No:1 )
David Weir Porter
- Notes:
The tombstone for Mary Swaim gives her birth year incorrectly as 1825. That was the year of her husband Algernon Porter's birth.
Mary Jane Virginia Swaim
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Sources for Mary Jane Virginia Swaim
- 1 Family Tree for Family of Sidney Porter and Ruth Coffin Worth, (original in the possession of Kathy Russell-Regan, descendant of Sidney's brother Romanta, OCT 2021).
- 2 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/08/2020).
- 3 North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, FHL No. 102170506, Image 850, Marriage record for Algernon S Porter and Mary V Swaim.
- 4 The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), 07 SEP 1941, Sect. 3, p. 14, "Mother of O. Henry Woman of Talent".
- 5 The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, North Carolina), 22 JUN 1866, p. 2, "The Life of William Swaim," Chapter Ninth.
- 6 Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940, FHL No 7578226, Image 146, Marriage of son Shirley W Porter and Mollie E Vanstory.
- 7 Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Marriage record for son Shirley W Porter and Mollie E Vanstory.
- 8 Greensboro History Museum, William Sidney Porter Papers (Mss. Coll. 11).
- 9 Homans, James E., The Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 8, New York: The Press Association Compilers, Inc. (1918), 371.
- 10 Lang, Mae Elizabeth, The Pioneers from Vickory to Vickery, St. Joseph, Illinois: Typed manuscript (n. d.), https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/25928/, 121.
- 11 Page, Arthur W., ed., The World's Work, Volume 33, Nov., 1916 to April, 1917: A History of Our Time, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company (1916-1917), 55.
- 12 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 206.
- 13 Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 52.
- 14 Smith, C. Alphonso, O. Henry Biography, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company (1916), 25-26.