Ancestry of
O. Henry
Short Story Writer
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- Grandfather of O. Henry — 3rd Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 6
- Father:
- Marmaduke Swaim
- Mother:
- Sarah Fannon
- Birth Date:
- ABT 1802
- Birth Location:
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 31 Dec 1835
- Death Location:
- Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Spouse Name:
- Abiah Shirley
- Marriage Date:
- May 1831
- Marriage Location:
- prob. Guilford County, North Carolina
- Child:
Mary Jane Virginia Swaim (Ahnentafel No:3 )
- Notes:
Editor of the Greensboro Patriot
William Swaim
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Sources for William Swaim
- 1 North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Index, 1741-2004, Marriage bond for William Swaim and Abiah Shearley.
- 2 The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), 07 SEP 1941, Sect. 3, p. 14, "Mother of O. Henry Woman of Talent".
- 3 The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, North Carolina), 18 MAY 1866, p. 2, "The Life of William Swaim," Chapter First, Chapter Second.
- 4 The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, North Carolina), 25 MAY 1866, p. 2, "The Life of William Swaim," Chapter Third.
- 5 The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, North Carolina), 01 JUN 1866, p. 2, "The Life of William Swaim," Chapter Fourth, Chapter Fifth.
- 6 The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, North Carolina), 08 JUN 1866, p. 2, "The Life of William Swaim," Chapter Sixth, Chapter Seventh.
- 7 The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, North Carolina), 15 JUN 1866, p. 2, "The Life of William Swaim," Chapter Eighth.
- 8 The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, North Carolina), 22 JUN 1866, p. 2, "The Life of William Swaim," Chapter Eighth, Chapter Ninth.
- 9 The People's Press and Wilmington Advertiser (Wilmington, North Carolina), 15 JAN 1836, p. 3, Obituary for William Swaim.
- 10 Greensboro History Museum, William Sidney Porter Papers (Mss. Coll. 11).
- 11 Homans, James E., The Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 8, New York: The Press Association Compilers, Inc. (1918), 371.
- 12 Lang, Mae Elizabeth, The Pioneers from Vickory to Vickery, St. Joseph, Illinois: Typed manuscript (n. d.), https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/25928/, 121.
- 13 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.
- 14 Smith, C. Alphonso, O. Henry Biography, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company (1916), 22, 24.