Amanda Elizabeth “Mandy” SwaffordAge: 81 years1868–1950
- Name
- Amanda Elizabeth “Mandy” Swafford
- Given names
- Amanda Elizabeth
- Surname
- Swafford
- Married name
- Amanda Elizabeth Tollett
- Nickname
- Mandy
 Birth | March 25, 1868 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 9 months)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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 9 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Major Craven Tollett — View this family April 19, 1883 (Age 15 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Nancy Jane Tollett November 19, 1887 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Ada Mae Tollett April 25, 1895 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Jesse Lafayette “Fate” Parham — Nancy Jane Tollett — View this family August 8, 1905 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Myrble Lois Parham August 8, 1906 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Crecia Mae Parham October 13, 1908 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Maude Parham February 26, 1911 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Leanard Craven Parham January 13, 1913 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Ligue Johnson Parham May 11, 1915 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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/ |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | William Sunday “Bill” Parham September 6, 1919 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Amanda Frances Parham October 13, 1922 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Joseph Taylor “Joe” Parham March 25, 1925 (Age 57 years) twin: Rex Tollett Parham
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| Birth of a grandson #9 | Rex Tollett Parham March 25, 1925 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 61 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 81 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 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 | January 19, 1950 (Age 81 years) |
| Family with Major Craven Tollett |
| husband |
Major Craven Tollett Birth: October 15, 1860 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 1, 1951 — Litton, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Amanda Elizabeth “Mandy” Swafford Birth: March 25, 1868 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 19, 1950 — Litton, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 19, 1883 — |
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5 years daughter |
Nancy Jane Tollett Birth: November 19, 1887 27 19 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: May 22, 1971 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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7 years daughter |
Ada Mae Tollett Birth: April 25, 1895 34 27 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: September 15, 1966 — Hampton, Carter, Tennessee, United States |