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SWAIM, Thomas Hendricks

SWAIM, Thomas Hendricks

Male 1848 - 1893  (44 years)

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  1. 1.  SWAIM, Thomas HendricksSWAIM, Thomas Hendricks was born on 28 May 1848; died on 5 Jan 1893; was buried in Weakley, Tennessee, USA.

    Notes:

    S - Goodspeed Weakley County, TN Page Rights Reserved c 1996 - 2000 Jane N. Powell http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnobion/weakley/s.htm Thomas H. Swaim, M. D., and farmer of the Tenth District, is a son of Jeremiah W. and Melissa J. (Bobbitt) Swaim. He was born in Weakley County, Tenn., in 1849, and was one of nine children, six of whom are living. The father was of Irish descent, born in Greensboro, N. C., May 20, 1809. He came to Tennessee when about nine years of age and was a merchant and farmer by occupation, owning at one time nearly 2,000 acres of land. He was married in 1830 and flat-boated for nearly fifteen years. He died in 1880. Mrs. Swaim was born near Raleigh, N. C., March 1, 1817, and moved to Maury County, Tenn., in 1830. She died November 2, 1884. Our subject secured a practical business, education, and in 1876 entered the medical department of the Vanderbilt University at Nashville, and graduated in 1877. After practicing some six months in a hospital, he returned home and has practiced his profession with the best of success to the present time. May 28, 1884, he married Mrs. Carrie (Brasfield) Boswell, by whom he has two children: Grover Cleveland and Thomas Hendricks. Dr. Swaim resides on a good farm of 200 acres, well improved and cultivated. Besides this he owns 700 acres in the Eighth District, 163 acres in another portion in the Tenth District and considerable property in Dresden and Union City. Mrs. Swaim was born in Weakley County, January 28, 1856. Her father, George R. Brasfield, died in 1881, and her mother in 1864. Dr. Swaim is a Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for Horace Greeley. He is Grand Master of the Masonic fraternity and his wife is an influential member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

    Buried:
    Mt. Zion Cemetery

    Thomas married BRASFIELD, Caroline Tamesia on 28 May 1884 in Weakley, Tennessee, USA. Caroline (daughter of BRASFIELD, George Robert and ROGERS, Mary J) was born on 28 Jan 1856 in Weakley, Tennessee, USA; died in 1932; was buried in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. SWAIM, Oscar Lee  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1886.
    2. 3. SWAIM, Henry Boy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1885.
    3. 4. SWAIM, John Carlisle  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Nov 1888 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA; died on 19 Oct 1977 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    4. 5. SWAIM, Grover Cleveland  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1891.
    5. 6. SWAIM, Thomas Hendricks  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1892; died about 1942.
    6. 7. SWAIM, Tamesia  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Nov 1888 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA.
    7. 8. SWAIM, Roscoe Vernon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Nov 1889 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA; died in in Vermont, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  SWAIM, Oscar LeeSWAIM, Oscar Lee Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born about 1886.

  2. 3.  SWAIM, Henry BoySWAIM, Henry Boy Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born about 1885.

  3. 4.  SWAIM, John CarlisleSWAIM, John Carlisle Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 13 Nov 1888 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA; died on 19 Oct 1977 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    John married BROOKS, Anne about 1930. Anne (daughter of BROOKS, William and UNKNOWN, Annie) was born on 6 Jan 1910 in New York, USA; died on 7 May 1987 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. SWAIM, John Carlisle  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jul 1934 in New York, USA; died on 24 Aug 1982 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 10. SWAIM, Phillip Brasfield  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Aug 1937 in New York City, New York, USA; died on 12 Nov 2001 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut.

  4. 5.  SWAIM, Grover ClevelandSWAIM, Grover Cleveland Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born about 1891.

  5. 6.  SWAIM, Thomas HendricksSWAIM, Thomas Hendricks Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born about 1892; died about 1942.

    Family/Spouse: UNKNOWN, Estelle. Estelle was born about 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  SWAIM, TamesiaSWAIM, Tamesia Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 13 Nov 1888 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA.

  7. 8.  SWAIM, Roscoe VernonSWAIM, Roscoe Vernon Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 10 Nov 1889 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA; died in in Vermont, USA.

    Family/Spouse: MCCABE, Katherine M.. Katherine was born on 1 Jan 1888 in Illinois, USA; died on 27 Nov 1970 in Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 9.  SWAIM, John CarlisleSWAIM, John Carlisle Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 30 Jul 1934 in New York, USA; died on 24 Aug 1982 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 48

    John married SCHAFFER, Ann E on 11 Apr 1959 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, and was divorced on 16 Oct 1968 in Connecticut, USA. Ann was born on 23 Sep 1936 in Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Aug 2008 in Darien, Fairfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 10.  SWAIM, Phillip BrasfieldSWAIM, Phillip Brasfield Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 19 Aug 1937 in New York City, New York, USA; died on 12 Nov 2001 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 64 Years

    Phillip married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Phillip married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 11.  LivingLiving Descendancy chart to this point (9.John3, 4.John2, 1.Thomas1)



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