Eliza Elizabeth SwaffordAge: 81 years1913–1995
- Name
- Eliza Elizabeth Swafford
- Given names
- Eliza Elizabeth
- Surname
- Swafford
- Married name
- Eliza Elizabeth Burgess
 Birth | June 6, 1913 36 34 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | James Lloyd Selby May 31, 1914 (Age 11 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 2 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a brother | Elbert Perry “Elb” Swafford January 15, 1917 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 4 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Census | January 31, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 16 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 7, 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth Hyder January 31, 1934 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Bailey Cogan Burgess February 18, 1935 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a brother | Samuel Walter Loyd Swafford January 15, 1936 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Perry Walter Burgess August 6, 1939 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a father | Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford August 7, 1939 (Age 26 years) |
| Census | May 1, 1940 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Dean Nelson Burgess November 1, 1944 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a son | Bailey Cogan Burgess April 30, 1945 (Age 31 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Leta Sue Burgess September 26, 1946 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | James Lloyd Burgess November 13, 1948 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a son | James Lloyd Burgess November 13, 1948 (Age 35 years) |
| Census | May 1, 1950 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a mother | Malinda Jemima Selby November 25, 1960 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Perry Donathan Burgess October 20, 1965 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a son | Dean Nelson Burgess June 19, 1966 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a brother | Elbert Perry “Elb” Swafford May 26, 1970 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a brother | Jesse Brown Swafford December 24, 1970 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a husband | Martin Willie Burgess September 15, 1980 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Perry Donathan Burgess February 15, 1988 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Leta Sue Burgess December 18, 1991 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | March 29, 1995 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Burgess Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
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 |
| mother |
Malinda Jemima Selby Birth: June 12, 1878 32 31 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 25, 1960 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: September 7, 1905 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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11 months elder brother |
Samuel Walter Loyd Swafford Birth: August 5, 1906 29 28 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 15, 1936 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Jesse Brown Swafford Birth: November 23, 1909 32 31 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 24, 1970 — Rhea, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years herself |
Eliza Elizabeth Swafford Birth: June 6, 1913 36 34 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 29, 1995 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Elbert Perry “Elb” Swafford Birth: January 15, 1917 40 38 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: May 26, 1970 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Martin Willie Burgess |
| husband |
Martin Willie Burgess Birth: December 1, 1907 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: September 15, 1980 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Eliza Elizabeth Swafford Birth: June 6, 1913 36 34 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 29, 1995 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Bailey Cogan Burgess Birth: February 18, 1935 27 21 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 30, 1945 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Perry Walter Burgess Birth: August 6, 1939 31 26 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 30, 1996 — Cherokee Village, Sharp, Arkansas, United States |
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Dean Nelson Burgess Birth: November 1, 1944 36 31 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1966 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months daughter |
Leta Sue Burgess Birth: September 26, 1946 38 33 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: December 18, 1991 |
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2 years son |
James Lloyd Burgess Birth: November 13, 1948 40 35 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 13, 1948 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Eliza Elizabeth Swafford has 31 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (31)
Parents James Thomas Tollett + Martha Ann Selby
Parents William Thomas Selby + Deliah Jane Hall
Parents William Emmett Kerley + Arva Zena Selby
Parents John Sherman Selby + Mamie Lou “Lula” Wilson
Parents Eli “L” Selby + Nancy Frances “Nannie” Kerley
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford - Household
Pikeville Road Bledsoe, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford - Household
Lee Lane Bledsoe, Tennessee
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