The Shemwell Family

Crocia SwaffordAge: 103 years18801983

Name
Crocia Swafford
Given names
Crocia
Surname
Swafford
Married name
Crocia Hale
Birth July 1880 37 31
Birth of a sisterSarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford
January 27, 1883 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Ulysses Swafford
February 25, 1885 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterAda Emmaline “Addie” Swafford
February 28, 1888 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherSamuel Daily “Dale” Swafford
September 2, 1890 (Age 10 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Jane Swafford
April 24, 1893 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterAnna Ida Swafford
September 18, 1893 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
Death of a sisterPernada “Nada” Swafford
March 21, 1900 (Age 19 years)
MarriageThomas Harmon HaleView this family
1901 (Age 20 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Ulysses Swafford
February 7, 1902 (Age 21 years)
Note: accidental death while attending college
Death of a sisterNancy E “Nannie” Swafford
February 20, 1902 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Vera Lee Hale
March 31, 1903 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Leonard Hale
December 14, 1905 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Maxine Hale
August 31, 1907 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Delta Hale
1910 (Age 29 years)
Death of a daughterDelta Hale
1910 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Samuel Aubrey Hale
June 18, 1912 (Age 31 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Betsy Brown
July 28, 1913 (Age 33 years)
Note: All living children are noted -b
Birth of a son
#6
Ralph Hale
1914 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Roger Hickman Hale
December 16, 1916 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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
#8
Edgar Cornell Hale
March 20, 1919 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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
Death of a motherCora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham
December 18, 1934 (Age 54 years)
Death of a fatherSamuel Swafford
November 27, 1936 (Age 56 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Young Swafford
December 22, 1943 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 sisterAlice Perditt Swafford
August 4, 1947 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 69 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 husbandThomas Harmon Hale
June 17, 1957 (Age 76 years)
Death of a sonSamuel Aubrey Hale
October 15, 1964 (Age 84 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford
April 18, 1967 (Age 86 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 sisterAnna Ida Swafford
October 12, 1981 (Age 101 years)
Death October 25, 1983 (Age 103 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 14, 1867
15 months
elder sister
Alice Perditt Swafford
Birth: July 24, 1868 25 19Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 4, 1947Rhea, Tennessee, United States
17 months
elder sister
Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford
Birth: January 1, 1870 26 20Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 20, 1902Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
20 months
elder brother
Jimmy Swafford
Birth: September 1, 1871 28 22Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 8, 1874Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Martha Jane Swafford
Birth: September 1, 1873 30 24Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 24, 1893Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
Pernada “Nada” Swafford
Birth: June 20, 1876 33 27Tennessee, United States
Death: March 21, 1900Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
20 months
elder brother
Thomas Young Swafford
Birth: February 27, 1878 35 28Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 22, 1943Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
2 years
herself
3 years
younger sister
Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford
Birth: January 27, 1883 40 33Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 18, 1967Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
2 years
younger brother
John Ulysses Swafford
Birth: February 25, 1885 42 35Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 7, 1902Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford
Birth: February 28, 1888 45 38Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 1, 1991Nine Mile, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford
Birth: September 2, 1890 47 41Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 12, 1984Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Anna Ida Swafford
Birth: September 18, 1893 50 44Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 12, 1981Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Family with Thomas Harmon Hale - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1901Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
Vera Lee Hale
Birth: March 31, 1903 22 22Litton, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 7, 1998Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
Leonard Hale
Birth: December 14, 1905 25 25Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 14, 1989Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
21 months
daughter
Maxine Hale
Birth: August 31, 1907 26 27Litton, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 22, 1998Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Delta Hale
Birth: 1910 29 29Tennessee, United States
Death: 1910Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
Samuel Aubrey Hale
Birth: June 18, 1912 31 31Tennessee, United States
Death: October 15, 1964Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
Ralph Hale
Birth: 1914 33 33Tennessee, United States
Death: February 29, 1992
3 years
son
Roger Hickman Hale
Birth: December 16, 1916 36 36Litton, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 30, 2000Anna Maria, Manatee, Florida, United States
2 years
son
Edgar Cornell Hale
Birth: March 20, 1919 38 38Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 27, 1999McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States