The Shemwell Family

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Birth	February 27, 1878 35 28 Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 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 sister	Crocia Swafford July 1880 (Age 2 years) Tennessee, United States
Birth of a sister	Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford January 27, 1883 (Age 4 years) Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Birth of a brother	John Ulysses Swafford February 25, 1885 (Age 6 years) Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Birth of a sister	Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford February 28, 1888 (Age 10 years) Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Birth of a brother	Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford September 2, 1890 (Age 12 years) Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death of a sister	Martha Jane Swafford April 24, 1893 (Age 15 years) Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Birth of a sister	Anna Ida Swafford September 18, 1893 (Age 15 years) Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 years) Cuba 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 sister	Pernada “Nada” Swafford March 21, 1900 (Age 22 years) Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Marriage	Sarah Emma Lee — View this family about 1901 (Age 22 years)
Death of a brother	John Ulysses Swafford February 7, 1902 (Age 23 years) Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Note: accidental death while attending college
Death of a sister	Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford February 20, 1902 (Age 23 years) Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death of a maternal grandmother	Elizabeth Betsy Brown July 28, 1913 (Age 35 years) Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Note: All living children are noted -b
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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/
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 51 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 mother	Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham December 18, 1934 (Age 56 years) Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death of a father	Samuel Swafford November 27, 1936 (Age 58 years) Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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	December 22, 1943 (Age 65 years) Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Burial	Thomas Y. Swafford Cemetery, Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Thomas Y. Swafford Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham Alice Perditt Swafford Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford Jimmy Swafford Martha Jane Swafford Pernada “Nada” Swafford Thomas Young Swafford Crocia Swafford Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford John Ulysses Swafford Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford Anna Ida Swafford Samuel Swafford Birth: January 12, 1843 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 27, 1936 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Samuel Swafford Alice Perditt Swafford Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford Jimmy Swafford Martha Jane Swafford Pernada “Nada” Swafford Thomas Young Swafford Crocia Swafford Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford John Ulysses Swafford Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford Anna Ida Swafford Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham Birth: March 6, 1849 28 33 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 18, 1934 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
	Marriage: April 14, 1867 —
15 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Aaron Devaney Family with spouse John Hamilton Jr Ida John Hamilton Alice Perditt Swafford Birth: July 24, 1868 25 19 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 4, 1947 — Rhea, Tennessee, United States
17 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford Birth: January 1, 1870 26 20 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: February 20, 1902 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
20 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Jimmy Swafford Birth: September 1, 1871 28 22 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 8, 1874 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
2 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Martha Jane Swafford Birth: September 1, 1873 30 24 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 24, 1893 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Pernada “Nada” Swafford Birth: June 20, 1876 33 27 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 21, 1900 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
20 months himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sarah Emma Lee Thomas Young Swafford Birth: February 27, 1878 35 28 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1943 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
2 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Thomas Harmon Hale Vera Lee Hale Leonard Hale Maxine Hale Delta Hale Samuel Aubrey Hale Ralph Hale Roger Hickman Hale Edgar Cornell Hale Crocia Swafford Birth: July 1880 37 31 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 25, 1983 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Bert Arlando Packer Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford Birth: January 27, 1883 40 33 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 18, 1967 — Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
2 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree John Ulysses Swafford Birth: February 25, 1885 42 35 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: February 7, 1902 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Fortinatus Robnett Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford Birth: February 28, 1888 45 38 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 1, 1991 — Nine Mile, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Grace White Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford Birth: September 2, 1890 47 41 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 12, 1984 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John Lafayette Roberson Anna Ida Swafford Birth: September 18, 1893 50 44 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: October 12, 1981 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States

Family with Sarah Emma Lee - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sarah Emma Lee Thomas Young Swafford Birth: February 27, 1878 35 28 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1943 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Thomas Young Swafford Sarah Emma Lee Birth: August 5, 1883 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 27, 1967
	Marriage: about 1901 —

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Samuel Swafford 1843–1936
mother Parents Johnson Parham Jr Elizabeth Betsy Brown	Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham 1849–1934
elder sister Family Aaron Devaney John Hamilton Jr Ida John Hamilton	Alice Perditt Swafford 1868–1947
elder sister Family (none)	Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford 1870–1902
elder brother Family (none)	Jimmy Swafford 1871–1874
elder sister Family (none)	Martha Jane Swafford 1873–1893
elder sister Family (none)	Pernada “Nada” Swafford 1876–1900
himself Family Sarah Emma Lee	Thomas Young Swafford 1878–1943
younger sister Family Thomas Harmon Hale Vera Lee Hale Leonard Hale Maxine Hale Delta Hale Samuel Aubrey Hale Ralph Hale Roger Hickman Hale Edgar Cornell Hale	Crocia Swafford 1880–1983
younger sister Family Bert Arlando Packer	Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford 1883–1967
younger brother Family (none)	John Ulysses Swafford 1885–1902
younger sister Family James Fortinatus Robnett	Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford 1888–1991
younger brother Family Grace White	Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford 1890–1984
younger sister Family John Lafayette Roberson Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private	Anna Ida Swafford 1893–1981
Family with Sarah Emma Lee
himself Parents Samuel Swafford Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham	Thomas Young Swafford 1878–1943
wife Parents (unknown)	Sarah Emma Lee 1883–1967