Samuel SwaffordAge: 93 years1843–1936
- Name
- Samuel Swafford
- Given names
- Samuel
- Surname
- Swafford
 Birth | January 12, 1843 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
 Marriage | Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham — View this family April 14, 1867 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 23 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 23 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Alice Perditt Swafford July 24, 1868 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 25 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford January 1, 1870 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Jimmy Swafford September 1, 1871 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Martha Jane Swafford September 1, 1873 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a son | Jimmy Swafford January 8, 1874 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Pernada “Nada” Swafford June 20, 1876 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Thomas Young Swafford February 27, 1878 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 34 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Crocia Swafford July 1880 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford January 27, 1883 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | John Ulysses Swafford February 25, 1885 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford February 28, 1888 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a son #11 | Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford September 2, 1890 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Hamilton Jr — Alice Perditt Swafford — View this family October 20, 1890 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Ida John Hamilton August 15, 1891 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Martha Jane Swafford April 24, 1893 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #12 | Anna Ida Swafford September 18, 1893 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 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 daughter | Pernada “Nada” Swafford March 21, 1900 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Young Swafford — Sarah Emma Lee — View this family about 1901 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Harmon Hale — Crocia Swafford — View this family 1901 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a son | John Ulysses Swafford February 7, 1902 (Age 59 years) Note: accidental death while attending college |
| Death of a daughter | Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford February 20, 1902 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Vera Lee Hale March 31, 1903 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Aaron Devaney — Alice Perditt Swafford — View this family March 20, 1904 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Leonard Hale December 14, 1905 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Maxine Hale August 31, 1907 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Bert Arlando Packer — Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford — View this family December 24, 1907 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Delta Hale 1910 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Delta Hale 1910 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Samuel Aubrey Hale June 18, 1912 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Ralph Hale 1914 (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford — Grace White — View this family December 26, 1914 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Roger Hickman Hale December 16, 1916 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 72 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | James Fortinatus Robnett — Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford — View this family August 25, 1918 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 73 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 74 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 grandson #9 | Edgar Cornell Hale March 20, 1919 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 86 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 wife | Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham December 18, 1934 (Age 91 years) |
 Death | November 27, 1936 (Age 93 years) |
| Family with Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham |
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Samuel Swafford Birth: January 12, 1843 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 27, 1936 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham Birth: March 6, 1849 28 33 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 18, 1934 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 14, 1867 — |
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15 months daughter |
Alice Perditt Swafford Birth: July 24, 1868 25 19 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 4, 1947 — Rhea, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months daughter |
Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford Birth: January 1, 1870 26 20 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: February 20, 1902 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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20 months son |
Jimmy Swafford Birth: September 1, 1871 28 22 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 8, 1874 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Martha Jane Swafford Birth: September 1, 1873 30 24 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 24, 1893 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Pernada “Nada” Swafford Birth: June 20, 1876 33 27 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 21, 1900 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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20 months son |
Thomas Young Swafford Birth: February 27, 1878 35 28 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1943 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Crocia Swafford Birth: July 1880 37 31 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 25, 1983 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford Birth: January 27, 1883 40 33 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 18, 1967 — Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States |
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2 years son |
John Ulysses Swafford Birth: February 25, 1885 42 35 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: February 7, 1902 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford Birth: February 28, 1888 45 38 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 1, 1991 — Nine Mile, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years son |
Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford Birth: September 2, 1890 47 41 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 12, 1984 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Anna Ida Swafford Birth: September 18, 1893 50 44 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: October 12, 1981 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |