The Shemwell Family

Thomas James Roberson SwaffordAge: 40 years18921932

Name
Thomas James Roberson Swafford
Given names
Thomas James Roberson
Surname
Swafford
Birth January 27, 1892
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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
MarriageEulah Mae TollettView this family
June 5, 1915 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Virginia Lee Swafford
March 6, 1916 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#2
Thomas James Swafford Jr
April 28, 1918 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 24 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 25 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/
Death of a sonThomas James Swafford Jr
April 20, 1919 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Catherine Roberson Swafford
December 1, 1919 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Tollett James Swafford
December 27, 1923 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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 4, 1930 (Age 38 years)
Death October 11, 1932 (Age 40 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Swafford Chapel Cemetery
Family with Eulah Mae Tollett - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: June 5, 1915Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
9 months
daughter
Virginia Lee Swafford
Birth: March 6, 1916 24 22Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 28, 1988Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Thomas James Swafford Jr
Birth: April 28, 1918 26 24Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 20, 1919Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
19 months
daughter
Catherine Roberson Swafford
Birth: December 1, 1919 27 25Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 4, 2002Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
4 years
son
Tollett James Swafford
Birth: December 27, 1923 31 29Tennessee, United States
Death: April 25, 1968Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas James Roberson Swafford - Household

Sequochia Ave Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Swafford, Thomas JheadMW38M23TNTNTNProprietorRestaurant
Swafford, Eulah MwifeFW36M21TNTNTN
Swafford, Virginia LdaughterFW14STNTNTN
Swafford, Katherine RdaughterFW10STNTNTN
Swafford, Tollett EsonMW6STNTNTN