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Hello Johnie & Ronald,
I hope that by now you have found the info that you were looking for. I know that your
message was posted about 5 years ago……….. but I just found it.
I did find a little info that might be of some interest.
I found a; *Jethro Carswell, b. 02-11-1902 & d. 04-26-1998 in Morganton, Burke County,
N.C. He is buried in the Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery in Morganton, N.C. He married
Callie Blanch Clark and they had 9 children. This may not be in the correct order that
they were born in and I only have the dates for one of the children.
The children’s names are;
(1.) Millard Carswell, b.08-04-1927 & d. 09-03-1997 in Lexington, Davidson County,
N.C. /
(2.) Bill Carswell, deceased before 1998 /
(3.) Leonard Carswell /
(4.) Ronald Carswell /
(5.) Donald Carswell /
(6.) Gary Carswell /
(7.) Doris Carswell, she married a Mr. Beach /
(8.) Elizabeth Carswell, she married a Mr. McEwen /
(9.) Hazel Carswell, she married a Mr. Dale.
If you will notice that the above Leonard did have a brother by the name “ Ronald ” and
you said that your son’s name is Ronald. (Was he named after an Uncle – by some chance?)
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This *Jethro Carswell was one of 10 children.
His parents were Sylvanus S. (S.S.) Carswell & Sarah Conley Roper,
Their 10 children were;
(1.) Lissie Carswell, she married Andrew P. Laughridge /
(2.) Jethro Carswell, he married Callie Blanche Clark /
(3.) Zack Carswell, he married Effie Walker /
(4.) Bertha Elizabeth Carswell, she married William Newland Carswell (they had 7 children)
/
(5.) Dorse Carswell, he married Brunie Ellen Carswell (they had 6 children) /
(6.) Lillie Carswell, she married Louie Ran Smith /
(7.) Billie (Bill) Carswell, he married Frankie Carpenter /
(8.) Cleo Carswell, she married Frank Smith /
(9.) Mae Bell Carswell, she married Aaron Vernon Cook /
(10.) Joyce Joy Carswell, she married Leonard Chapman.
If you will notice that the above Jethro’s baby sister (Joyce Joy) married a Leonard.
Jethro may have named his son after his sister’s husband (Just a guess….. but it sounds
GOOD).
Now, you may think that I must be crazy giving you all these names, But, I thought that
maybe one or more of these names you might remember hearing sometime in the past. Like
maybe his Uncle .... or maybe his Aunt..... OR maybe his brother’s name was Ronald (like
the above Leonard).
I know that this is a lot of info, but I hope something here can help us. My home email
address is jcarswell(a)bellsouth.net . I have lots more info about this family…. IF it is
the right Carswell Family.
Please let me know if any of this info helps ya’ll,
Cousin Jim Carswell in Woodstock, Georgia :o)