Elizabeth Emeline RobersonAge: 44 years1836–1880
- Name
- Elizabeth Emeline Roberson
- Given names
- Elizabeth Emeline
- Surname
- Roberson
- Married name
- Elizabeth Emeline Swafford
 Birth | September 8, 1836 |
 Marriage | Samuel E Swafford — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary R Swafford March 4, 1859 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 20 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 24 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 30 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 30 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 32 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Eliza Florence Swafford July 1, 1874 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford December 24, 1876 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 41 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Death | December 29, 1880 (Age 44 years) |
| Family with Samuel E Swafford |
| husband |
Samuel E Swafford Birth: November 17, 1823 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: July 31, 1905 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Elizabeth Emeline Roberson Birth: September 8, 1836 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 29, 1880 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Mary R Swafford Birth: March 4, 1859 35 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 1, 1923 — Melvine, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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15 years daughter |
Eliza Florence Swafford Birth: July 1, 1874 50 37 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 14, 1921 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years son |
Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford Birth: December 24, 1876 53 40 — Spring City, Rhea, Tennessee, United States Death: August 7, 1939 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |