Walter Nichols “Big Walter” SwaffordAge: 62 years1876–1939
- Name
- Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford
- Given names
- Walter Nichols
- Surname
- Swafford
- Nickname
- Big Walter
 Birth | December 24, 1876 53 40 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 months)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Death of a mother | Elizabeth Emeline Roberson December 29, 1880 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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 father | Samuel E Swafford July 31, 1905 (Age 28 years) |
 Marriage | Malinda Jemima Selby — View this family September 7, 1905 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Samuel Walter Loyd Swafford August 5, 1906 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Jesse Brown Swafford November 23, 1909 (Age 32 years) |
 Census | April 20, 1910 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Eliza Elizabeth Swafford June 6, 1913 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 39 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a son #4 | Elbert Perry “Elb” Swafford January 15, 1917 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 40 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 41 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/ |
| Census | January 31, 1920 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a sister | Eliza Florence Swafford March 14, 1921 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary R Swafford December 1, 1923 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Wilma Irene Swafford November 9, 1926 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 52 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 7, 1930 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Bailey Cogan Burgess February 18, 1935 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Walter Lether Swafford July 20, 1935 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a son | Samuel Walter Loyd Swafford January 15, 1936 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Perry Walter Burgess August 6, 1939 (Age 62 years) |
 Death | August 7, 1939 (Age 62 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Swafford Chapel Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel E Swafford Birth: November 17, 1823 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: July 31, 1905 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Emeline Roberson Birth: September 8, 1836 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 29, 1880 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder sister |
Mary R Swafford Birth: March 4, 1859 35 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 1, 1923 — Melvine, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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15 years elder sister |
Eliza Florence Swafford Birth: July 1, 1874 50 37 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 14, 1921 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years himself |
Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford Birth: December 24, 1876 53 40 — Spring City, Rhea, Tennessee, United States Death: August 7, 1939 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Malinda Jemima Selby |
| himself |
Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford Birth: December 24, 1876 53 40 — Spring City, Rhea, Tennessee, United States Death: August 7, 1939 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Malinda Jemima Selby Birth: June 12, 1878 32 31 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 25, 1960 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: September 7, 1905 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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11 months son |
Samuel Walter Loyd Swafford Birth: August 5, 1906 29 28 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 15, 1936 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years son |
Jesse Brown Swafford Birth: November 23, 1909 32 31 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 24, 1970 — Rhea, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Eliza Elizabeth Swafford Birth: June 6, 1913 36 34 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 29, 1995 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years son |
Elbert Perry “Elb” Swafford Birth: January 15, 1917 40 38 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: May 26, 1970 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford - Household
Bledsoe, Tennessee
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford - Household
Pikeville Road Bledsoe, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford - Household
Lee Lane Bledsoe, Tennessee
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