The Shemwell Family

Ellis Elton SweattAge: 76 years19081984

Name
Ellis Elton Sweatt
Given names
Ellis Elton
Surname
Sweatt
Birth May 2, 1908
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 son
#1
Ellis Glenn Sweatt
June 9, 1928 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 3, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Morris Erwin Sweatt
September 11, 1930 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Gordon Ray Sweatt
July 31, 1933 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Emma Sue Sweatt
February 22, 1937 (Age 28 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 20, 1950 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Ellis Glenn Sweatt Jr
February 6, 1951 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 grandsonEllis Glenn Sweatt Jr
August 21, 1956 (Age 48 years)
Death of a sonEllis Glenn Sweatt
July 26, 1959 (Age 51 years)
Death of a wifeAlta Olene Slaughter
April 5, 1961 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 7, 1984 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: East View Cemetery
Family with Alta Olene Slaughter - View this family
himself
wife
son
Ellis Glenn Sweatt
Birth: June 9, 1928 20 18Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 26, 1959Rome, Floyd, Georgia, United States
2 years
son
Morris Erwin Sweatt
Birth: September 11, 1930 22 20Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 19, 1989Cobb, Georgia, United States
3 years
son
Gordon Ray Sweatt
Birth: July 31, 1933 25 23Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 22, 2018Lindale, Floyd, Georgia, United States
4 years
daughter
Emma Sue Sweatt
Birth: February 22, 1937 28 27Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 29, 2023Rome, Floyd, Georgia, United States
daughter
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daughter
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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ellis Elton Sweatt - Household

Rochester Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Sweatt, EllisheadMW21M19KYKYKYLaborerFarm
Sweatt, AltawifeFW20M18KYKYKY
Sweatt, GlennsonMW2SKYKYKY