Swain Grave

Rusk Co. Cemeteries of TX

from "71 Rusk Co Cemeteries" by Mary F. Dunn

submitted by Gloria B. Mayfield, Rusk Co Coordinator

Located on a hill of Farm Road 840, where an oiled road turns towards Roquemore Community. This stone was copied about 1965, but is now reported missing.

Swain, Nancy M. Sept 7, 1828 ( Should be 1823) died Sept 16 1889 " Sweet is the stream that angels pour. She is not lost but gone before."

Note: Nancy's maioden name was Nelson. She was a daughter of John and Elizabeth Mansfield Nelson, from Bedford County, Tenn. Nancy first married James Little, and after his death she married William S. Swain