Elbert Perry “Elb” SwaffordAge: 53 years1917–1970
- Name
- Elbert Perry “Elb” Swafford
- Given names
- Elbert Perry
- Surname
- Swafford
- Nickname
- Elb
 Birth | January 15, 1917 40 38 |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: 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 11 months)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 3 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 12 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 13 years) |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth Hyder January 31, 1934 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a brother | Samuel Walter Loyd Swafford January 15, 1936 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a father | Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford August 7, 1939 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | May 9, 1940 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Elsie Swafford February 10, 1943 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 |
| Census | April 7, 1950 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 mother | Malinda Jemima Selby November 25, 1960 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 | May 26, 1970 (Age 53 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Swafford Chapel Cemetery |
 Last change | January 24, 2020 – 17:13:34 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
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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 |
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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 elder brother |
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 elder brother |
Jesse B 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 elder sister |
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 himself |
Elbert Perry “Elb” Swafford Birth: January 15, 1917 40 38 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: May 26, 1970 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Fannie Margaret Neal |
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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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Fannie Margaret Neal Birth: March 15, 1917 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: August 19, 2002 — Winter Garden, Orange, Florida, United States |
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Elsie Swafford Birth: February 10, 1943 26 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: May 20, 2013 |
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Elbert Perry “Elb” Swafford has 19 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (19)
Parents James Thomas Tollett + Martha A Selby
Parents William Emmett Kerley + Arva Zena Selby
Parents John Sherman Selby + Mamie Lou “Lula” Wilson
Parents L Selby + Nancy Frances “Nannie” Kerley
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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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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Brown Swafford - Household
East Valley Road Bledsoe, Tennessee
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