The Shemwell Family

Eliza Florence SwaffordAge: 46 years18741921

Name
Eliza Florence Swafford
Given names
Eliza Florence
Surname
Swafford
Birth July 1, 1874 50 37
Birth of a brotherWalter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford
December 24, 1876 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a motherElizabeth Emeline Roberson
December 29, 1880 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Death of a fatherSamuel E Swafford
July 31, 1905 (Age 31 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 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 43 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/
Death March 14, 1921 (Age 46 years)
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Mary R Swafford
Birth: March 4, 1859 35 22Tennessee, United States
Death: December 1, 1923Melvine, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
15 years
herself
Eliza Florence Swafford
Birth: July 1, 1874 50 37Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 14, 1921Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford - Household

Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Swafford, Walter NheadMW33M4TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Swafford, MalindawifeFW32M422TNTNTN
Swafford, Samuel LsonMW3STNTNTN
Swafford, Jesse BsonMW4mSTNTNTN
Swafford, Mary Relder sisterFW51STNTNTN
Swafford, Eliza Felder sisterFW31STNTNTN