The Shemwell Family

Robert E Lee SwaffordAge: 56 years18711928

Name
Robert E Lee Swafford
Given names
Robert E Lee
Surname
Swafford
Birth December 5, 1871
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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
MarriageMartha Ann TollettView this family
January 16, 1910 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Charles Sam Swafford
January 4, 1911 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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/
Census January 29, 1920 (Age 48 years)
Death March 8, 1928 (Age 56 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Swafford Chapel Cemetery
Family with Martha Ann Tollett - View this family
himself
Robert E Lee Swafford
Birth: December 5, 1871Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 8, 1928Cold Springs, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
wife
Martha Ann Tollett
Birth: November 8, 1874 26 20Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 7, 1959Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: January 16, 1910Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
1 year
son
Charles Sam Swafford
Birth: January 4, 1911 39 36Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 22, 1987Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

No family available

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Lee Swafford - Household

Pikesville Road Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Swafford, Robert LheadMW48MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Swafford, MarthawifeFW45MTNTNTN
Swafford, Sammie CharlessonMW9STNTNTN