The Shemwell Family

Fannie Margaret NealAge: 85 years19172002

Name
Fannie Margaret Neal
Given names
Fannie Margaret
Surname
Neal
Married name
Fannie Margaret Swafford
Birth March 15, 1917
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 9 months)

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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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 May 9, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Elsie Swafford
February 10, 1943 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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
Census April 7, 1950 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 husbandElbert Perry “Elb” Swafford
May 26, 1970 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 August 19, 2002 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Swafford Chapel Cemetery
Family with Elbert Perry “Elb” Swafford - View this family
husband
Elbert Perry “Elb” Swafford
Birth: January 15, 1917 40 38Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 26, 1970Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
herself
Fannie Margaret Neal
Birth: March 15, 1917Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 19, 2002Winter Garden, Orange, Florida, United States
son
Private
daughter
Elsie Swafford
Birth: February 10, 1943 26 25Tennessee, United States
Death: May 20, 2013
daughter
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daughter
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daughter
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son
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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Brown Swafford - Household

East Valley Road Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Swafford, J BheadMW30STNSame houseFarmerFarmer
Swafford, MalindamotherFW62WdTNSame house
Swafford, Elbert Pyounger brotherMW23MTNSame houseFarmerFarmer
Swafford, Fannysister in lawFW23MTNRBledsoleTN