The Shemwell Family

Amanda Lena “Manda” SwaffordAge: 71 years18961967

Name
Amanda Lena “Manda” Swafford
Given names
Amanda Lena
Surname
Swafford
Married name
Amanda Lena Henry
Nickname
Manda
Birth March 25, 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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
Leither Hollis Henry
December 14, 1919 (Age 23 years)
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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
Birth of a son
#2
Earnest Leffel Henry
January 5, 1930 (Age 33 years)
Census April 11, 1930 (Age 34 years)
Census May 3, 1940 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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
Death of a sonEarnest Leffel Henry
October 8, 1948 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 July 13, 1967 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Parham Cemetery
Family with Bert “Bertie” Henry - View this family
husband
herself
son
Leither Hollis Henry
Birth: December 14, 1919 29 23Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 28, 1997Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
son
Earnest Leffel Henry
Birth: January 5, 1930 39 33Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 8, 1948Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Bert “Bertie” Henry - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Henry, BertieheadMW29MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Henry, Manda LwifeFW23MTNTNTN
Henry, Leither HsonMW0STNTNTN