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James Willis Swanson

Male 1930 - 1998  (67 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Willis Swanson was born 11 Jan 1930, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of James Thomas Swanson and Lumma Royal Adkins); died 2 Jan 1998, Danville City, Virginia; was buried , Eggleston Cemetery, Henry County, Virginia.

    James married Alice M. Eggleston 18 Jan 1950, Henry County, Virginia. Alice (daughter of William Henry Eggleston and Ruby Christine Richardson) was born 4 Apr 1930, Henry County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Thomas Swanson was born 8 Oct 1893, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia (son of Henry Prentiss Swanson and 'Dollie', Rebecca Gill); died 16 Nov 1970, Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.

    James married Lumma Royal Adkins 1917, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Lumma (daughter of William Alexander Adkins and Fannie F. Cousins) was born 25 Aug 1898, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 11 Oct 1972, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Adkins - Swanson Cemetery Worlds, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Lumma Royal Adkins was born 25 Aug 1898, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia (daughter of William Alexander Adkins and Fannie F. Cousins); died 11 Oct 1972, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Adkins - Swanson Cemetery Worlds, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Name:
    d/o William A. and Fannie Adkins

    Children:
    1. 1. James Willis Swanson was born 11 Jan 1930, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 2 Jan 1998, Danville City, Virginia; was buried , Eggleston Cemetery, Henry County, Virginia.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry Prentiss Swanson was born 10 Jul 1851, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of Samuel Addison Swanson and Sarah Eliza Witcher); died 19 Apr 1927, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia ; was buried , Swanson Family Cemetery Callands, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    1910 Census Va. Callands HeritageQuest Series 624, Roll
    1641, Pg 53 line 48-51 Henry P. Swanson 57 (M2) 13 years
    married, Nannie E. wife 52, (M1) 13 years married, Mary E.
    Daughter 19, single, Eva T. dau 18 single. If they were
    married 13 years in 1910 the year of marriage would be 1897
    and the daughters listed as children would be from his
    first marriage. It is not known who his first wife was as
    of 2011.

    !NAME:Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, Eggleston, Mary
    Frances Reynolds

    Henry married 'Dollie', Rebecca Gill. 'Dollie', was born 1 May 1862, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 16 Oct 1893, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; was buried , Worlds, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  'Dollie', Rebecca Gill was born 1 May 1862, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 16 Oct 1893, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; was buried , Worlds, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Daughter of John Henry Charles Gill and Rebecca Wilkerson

    Children:
    1. Samuel Henry Swanson was born 23 Mar 1889, Virginia; died 3 Sep 1968, Lynchburg, Virginia; was buried , Spring Hill Cemetery Lynchburg, Virginia.
    2. Mary E. Swanson was born 28 Jun 1891, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 26 Dec 1945, Lynchburg, Virginia.
    3. Eva T. Swanson was born 8 Nov 1892, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 14 Dec 1985; was buried , Highland Burial Park Danville, Danville City, Virginia.
    4. 2. James Thomas Swanson was born 8 Oct 1893, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 16 Nov 1970, Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.

  3. 6.  William Alexander Adkins was born 23 Nov 1869, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 22 Mar 1949, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; was buried , Worlds, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.

    William married Fannie F. Cousins. Fannie was born Jan 1880; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Fannie F. Cousins was born Jan 1880; died Yes, date unknown.
    Children:
    1. 3. Lumma Royal Adkins was born 25 Aug 1898, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 11 Oct 1972, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Adkins - Swanson Cemetery Worlds, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    2. Willis Cousins Adkins was born 25 Jan 1901, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 25 Sep 1962, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Highland Burial Park Danville, Danville City, Virginia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Samuel Addison SwansonSamuel Addison Swanson was born 15 Apr 1809, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 5 Mar 1885, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia ; was buried , Swanson Family Cemetery Callands, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Samuel A. Swanson is buried on the Charles E. Marlowe Farm at 469 Dear Haven Drive, Callands, Virginia 24530

    Samuel married Sarah Eliza Witcher Bef 1832, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Sarah (daughter of Capt. Vincent Oliver Witcher and Nancy Newbill) was born 11 Dec 1810, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 19 Feb 1880, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia; was buried , Swanson Family Cemetery Callands, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Sarah Eliza WitcherSarah Eliza Witcher was born 11 Dec 1810, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (daughter of Capt. Vincent Oliver Witcher and Nancy Newbill); died 19 Feb 1880, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia; was buried , Swanson Family Cemetery Callands, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Daughter of Vincent Oliver Witcher, (1789-1877) and Nancy Newbill (1786-1869)

    Died:
    Records indicate DOD as 1834, but the headstone reads that she was 69 years, 2 weeks old, so I have changed the DOD to show when she would have died if her age on the stone is correct. - Mary Frances Eggleston

    Children:
    1. Valeria A. C. KN6F-5C1 Swanson was born 5 Jul 1832, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 17 Dec 1899, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Swanson Family Cemetery Callands, Virginia.
    2. Vincent William 'V.W.' Swanson was born 16 Dec 1834, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 2 Jun 1881, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried , Charles Marlowe Farm Cemetery, Barn Road, Callands.
    3. William Thomas Swanson was born 25 Jan 1855, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 4 Aug 1927, Danville, Virginia ; was buried , Swanson Family Cemetery Callands, Pittsylvania County, Virginia,.
    4. 4. Henry Prentiss Swanson was born 10 Jul 1851, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 19 Apr 1927, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia ; was buried , Swanson Family Cemetery Callands, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.