Virginia Lee SwaffordAge: 72 years1916–1988
- Name
- Virginia Lee Swafford
- Given names
- Virginia Lee
- Surname
- Swafford
 Birth | March 6, 1916 24 22 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Birth of a brother | Thomas James Swafford Jr April 28, 1918 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 months)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 21 months)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 brother | Thomas James Swafford Jr April 20, 1919 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Catherine Roberson Swafford December 1, 1919 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Tollett James Swafford December 27, 1923 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Temperance Parham September 26, 1926 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 13 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 14 years) |
| Death of a father | Thomas James Roberson Swafford October 11, 1932 (Age 16 years) |
 Marriage | Wade Harris Farmer — View this family October 8, 1938 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Thomas Andrew “Tom” Farmer July 5, 1940 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 33 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Virginia Wade “Giny” Farmer April 23, 1955 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a brother | Tollett James Swafford April 25, 1968 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 husband | Wade Harris Farmer April 17, 1983 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eulah Mae Tollett December 16, 1986 (Age 70 years) |
 Death | April 28, 1988 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Smyrna Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas James Roberson Swafford Birth: January 27, 1892 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: October 11, 1932 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Eulah Mae Tollett Birth: March 5, 1894 46 40 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 16, 1986 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: June 5, 1915 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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9 months herself |
Virginia Lee Swafford Birth: March 6, 1916 24 22 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 28, 1988 — Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Thomas James Swafford Jr Birth: April 28, 1918 26 24 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 20, 1919 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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19 months younger sister |
Catherine Roberson Swafford Birth: December 1, 1919 27 25 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: May 4, 2002 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Tollett James Swafford Birth: December 27, 1923 31 29 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 25, 1968 — Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Wade Harris Farmer |
| husband |
Wade Harris Farmer Birth: January 2, 1911 — Cold Spring, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 17, 1983 — Cold Spring, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Virginia Lee Swafford Birth: March 6, 1916 24 22 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 28, 1988 — Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: October 8, 1938 — Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months son |
Thomas Andrew “Tom” Farmer Birth: July 5, 1940 29 24 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: September 18, 2016 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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15 years daughter |
Virginia Wade “Giny” Farmer Birth: April 23, 1955 44 39 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 2, 2020 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
Virginia Lee Swafford has 15 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (15)
Parents Robert E Lee Swafford + Martha Ann Tollett
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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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas James Roberson Swafford - Household
Sequochia Ave Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee
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