Mary R SwaffordAge: 64 years1859–1923
- Name
- Mary R Swafford
- Given names
- Mary R
- Surname
- Swafford
 Birth | March 4, 1859 35 22 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: 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 2 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 7 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 7 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 9 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 sister | Eliza Florence Swafford July 1, 1874 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford December 24, 1876 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 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 mother | Elizabeth Emeline Roberson December 29, 1880 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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 father | Samuel E Swafford July 31, 1905 (Age 46 years) |
 Census | April 20, 1910 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 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 57 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 58 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 of a sister | Eliza Florence Swafford March 14, 1921 (Age 62 years) |
 Death | December 1, 1923 (Age 64 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel E Swafford Birth: November 17, 1823 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: July 31, 1905 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Emeline Roberson Birth: September 8, 1836 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 29, 1880 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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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 younger sister |
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 younger brother |
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 |
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford - Household
Bledsoe, Tennessee
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