Isabel Anderson

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CENSUS RECORDS

1930 Census
Name: Isabell Anderson
Birth Year: abt 1919
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter (Child)
Home in 1930: Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina
Street address: Nauthalia Street
House Number in Cities or Towns: 8
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Alden S Anderson 42
Isabell S Anderson 39
Isabell Anderson 11
Anna Laura Anderson 10
Alden S Anderson 3 years 4 months

Birth:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Isabel A. McSwain
SSN: 579-24-6817
Last Residence: 24401 Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia
BORN: 30 Sep 1918
Died: 30 Dec 1989
State (Year) SSN issued: District of Columbia (Before 1951)

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MCS&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=48&GScntry=4&GSsr=121&GRid=29652436&

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia
Name: Isabel Anderson McSwain
Death Date: 30 Dec 1989
Death Place: Newport News,

Isabel married Thomas Clyde McSwain. Thomas was born 01 Jan 1915, Cleveland Co. NC; died 24 Apr 2010, Augusta Co., VA; was buried , Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA. [Group Sheet]

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OBITUARY

News Leader, Staunton VA; 9 Oct 2010

Col. Thomas Clyde McSwain Jr. (retired, U.S. Air Force,) 64, of Shepherdstown, died Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010, at his residence, surrounded by his family, while under the care of Hospice.

Born Dec. 29, 1945, in Lexington, Va., he was the son of the late Thomas Clyde McSwain Sr. and Isabel Sterrett Anderson McSwain.

Col. McSwain entered the Air Force through Officer Training School in 1969 after graduating from the University of Virginia with a bachelor of science degree in commerce. He served during his first two assignments as a commissary officer at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, and Anderson AFB, Guam. While on Guam, he became the chief of services with a follow-on assignment at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, as chief of services. Col. McSwain then attended the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, and graduated with a master of science degree in logistics management.

In May 1989, Col. McSwain was assigned to Headquarters, Tactical Air Command as the director of housing and services. Soon thereafter, as a member of the U.S. Central Air Forces' Rear Battle Staff during Desert Storm, he was the driving force behind food service, lodging, mortuary, laundry and exchange support for more than 55,000 Air Force people at 25 sites in five countries across the Arabian Peninsula.

He retired May 31, 1996, as the director of services, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. Col. McSwain is a graduate of Air War College and Air Command and Staff College. His military decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters and the Air Force Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster.

He was president of Locust Hill Graveyard Foundation, treasurer with the Jamestown Society and a member of Washington Assembly. He also was a fourth great-nephew of Meriwether Lewis.

He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Shepherdstown.

He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Jane Crane McSwain; two daughters and their spouses, Kristin McSwain and Natalie Rivkin McSwain of Boston and Kimberly Check and Robert Paul Check of Poquoson, Va.; three grandchildren, Robert McCandlish Check, Thomas Jay Check and Anderson James Rivkin McSwain; one sister, Susan McSwain Lee of Chesapeake, Va.; five nieces and nephews; and three great-nieces and nephews.

Memorial services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Shepherdstown, with the Rev. G.T. Schramm officiating. Military graveside services will be conducted at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church, PO Box 308, Shepherdstown, WV 25443.

Online condolences may be offered at www.brownfuneralhomeswv.com.



Buried:
Grave location, obituary, and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59840015

Thomas married Jane Crane. [Group Sheet]