Lee Oliver Swain

Male 1873 - 1967  (94 years)


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  • Name Lee Oliver Swain 
    Born 1 Mar 1873  Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Nov 1967  Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 4 Nov 1967  Crest Lawn Cemetery - Atlanta, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9021  Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Sep 2020 

    Father Charles Jahue Swain,   b. Sep 1835, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1916, Titusville, Brevard County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane Crow,   b. 25 Jan 1843, Tipton County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1933, Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Family ID F3996  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Corrine Moore,   b. 11 Nov 1878, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1967, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 6 May 1896 
    Children 
    +1. Henry Oliver Swain,   b. 8 Sep 1897, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1983, Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +2. Martha Lee Swain,   b. 27 Jun 1903, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1991, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +3. Marianna Swain,   b. 6 May 1908, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 2004, Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     4. Roland Swain,   b. 18 Oct 1910, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1910, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +5. Wayne Farris Swain, Sr.,   b. 30 Apr 1912, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1992, Lithonia, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F4116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Mar 1873 - Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Nov 1967 - Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 4 Nov 1967 - Crest Lawn Cemetery - Atlanta, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    1880 United States Census - District 10, Dyer County, Tennessee - 21 Jun 1880
    1880 United States Census - District 10, Dyer County, Tennessee - 21 Jun 1880
    1880 Census page, contains the family of Charles J. Swain, family #222

    Family includes: Charles J. Swayne (45), Mary J. Swayne (38), Hester E. Swayne (16), J. H. Ferguson (16), J. W. Swayne (14), Charles H. Swayne (12), Thos. M. Swayne (10), Oliver Lee Swayne (7), and Mary T. Swayne (10/12)
    U.S. World War I Draft Card - Lee Oliver Swain
    U.S. World War I Draft Card - Lee Oliver Swain
    Name: Lee Oliver Swain
    Race: White
    Birth Date: 1 Mar 1873
    Street Address: R F D No. 5 Box 113
    Residence Place: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA
    L. O. Swain, 67, Quits After 49 Years on Rails
    L. O. Swain, 67, Quits After 49 Years on Rails
    Published in The Atlanta Constitution on October 28, 1939
    Lee Oliver Swain, Charles Henry Swain, and Mary Theodosia Swain Wright visit brother James William Swain
    Lee Oliver Swain, Charles Henry Swain, and Mary Theodosia Swain Wright visit brother James William Swain
    Published in The Tallahassee Democrat on November 20, 1940
    Obituary of Lee Oliver Swain
    Obituary of Lee Oliver Swain
    Published in The Atlanta Constitution on November 3, 1967

    Headstones
    Crypt of Lee Oliver Swain
    Crypt of Lee Oliver Swain
    Crest Lawn Cemetery - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Plot: Section 19

  • Notes 
    • Obituary:

      Lee O. Swain, 94, of 1810 Annie St. NW, a retired engineer with the Southern Railway System, died Thursday in a Marietta hospital.

      Mr. Swain, a native of Dyersburg, Tenn., had been a resident of Atlanta since 1896. He retired from Southern in 1939 after 45 years with the railroad. He was a member of the Nelms Masonic Lodge No. 323 in Smyrna.

      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hay-Gantt's chapel in Marietta with the Rev. Claude E. Smithmeier officiating. Burial will be in Crest Lawn Cemetery, Atlanta.

      Survivors include his wife of 71 years, the former Mary (Mamie) Moore; two sons, H. O. Swain, Smyrna, and Wayne F. Swain Sr., Atlanta; two daughters, Mrs. J. H. Huddleston, Atlanta, and Mrs. Marianna Dennis, Auburn, Ala.; a sister, Mrs. Mary T. Wright, Tampa, Fla., and a brother, Willis Swain, Atlanta.

      (Published in The Atlanta Constitution on November 3, 1967)