Charles Sam SwaffordAge: 76 years1911–1987
- Name
- Charles Sam Swafford
- Given names
- Charles Sam
- Surname
- Swafford
 Birth | January 4, 1911 39 36 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 9 years) |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Temperance Parham September 26, 1926 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a father | Robert E Lee Swafford March 8, 1928 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 18 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 14, 1930 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Bob Samuel Swafford February 16, 1943 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 9, 1950 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 mother | Martha Ann Tollett January 7, 1959 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 of a wife | Josephine Billingsly June 14, 1978 (Age 67 years) |
 Death | July 22, 1987 (Age 76 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Iron Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Robert E Lee Swafford Birth: December 5, 1871 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 8, 1928 — Cold Springs, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Martha Ann Tollett Birth: November 8, 1874 26 20 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 7, 1959 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: January 16, 1910 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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1 year himself |
Charles Sam Swafford Birth: January 4, 1911 39 36 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: July 22, 1987 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Josephine Billingsly |
| himself |
Charles Sam Swafford Birth: January 4, 1911 39 36 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: July 22, 1987 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Josephine Billingsly Birth: December 25, 1916 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 14, 1978 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| son |
Bob Samuel Swafford Birth: February 16, 1943 32 26 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 7, 2024 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Charles Sam Swafford has 18 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (18)
Parents Lee Tollett + Mintie Belle Little
Parents William Maynard “Will” Tollett + Mamie Clara Moore
Parents Isaac James Brown + Nancy L “Nannie” Tollett
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Parents Siglar Phillip Little + Lena Risas Tollett
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Parents Thomas James Roberson Swafford + Eulah Mae Tollett
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Lee Swafford - Household
Pikesville Road Bledsoe, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - James Emmett Tollett - Household
Gollett Lane Bledsoe, Tennessee
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