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I received E-mail in July 2005 from Cathy Swindell containing information on the descendants of Joel Swindell
Dear Family Etherton! I ran across your page today as I was "surfing"; my husband is a descendant of: Joel Swindell -> William (Willie) Henry Swindell -> Wesley Dale Swindell -> to DL Swindell (his father)(I believe they are "70" on your tree). Danny (my husband) is from Texas originally but moved to NC 10 years ago NC where I was born and raised. Tracing my family has always been a hobby of mine, since I was a child, and Danny became interested in learning his roots as well. We had gotten to a certain point and had reached a dead end; your page has helped at least reach a starting point again! My husband's line comes from the first wife, Maude Rollin of Missouri. Altogether, Willie and Maude had 6 children: Wesley Dale, Henry Fuston, Mattie, Dewey Seal (died at age 1), Pauline, and Walter Leroy. His second wife was Dorothy (Dottie) Dell Fisher and they bore Estelle, Lorene, Fannie Rozenna (still living in Texas), and Lewis. As far as we know, there were no children from the last 3 wives...as a "skeleton", William married a daughter and after her death, married his mother-in-law. From Fannie's recollection, he was quite the ladies' man! William Henry (Willie) Swindell is buried in Leaksville, Mississippi; died 1 August 1947. He was married 5 times but the last wife finally outlived him! I have a very good family photo of William and Maude with Wesley Dale and Mattie, if you'd be interested in a better copy than the one I have attached. My father-in-law passed the picture on to Danny before he died a few years ago; last year we showed it to Fannie who was able to tell us who they were. You have done a great job on the website; I'll be happy to share anything I find on the Swindells if you are interested.
Type: e-mail
Date: 2005-07-01
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