Pvt Aaron Hugh Swaim

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Pvt Aaron Hugh Swaim

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hall County, Georgia, USA
Death: March 12, 1864 (36-37)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Place of Burial: Memphis National Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Enoch Swaim and Cynthia Ann Swaim
Husband of Elizabeth Caroline Swaim
Father of William Frances Swim; Mary L Swaim Swims Swim; Melissa Jane Dunn; Charles Newton Swaim; Lucendia Caroline Taylor and 2 others
Brother of Lucinda Cain; Theopholis Michael Swaim; Francis Mitchell Swaim; Melissa Jane Swaim; Julie Ann Swaim and 5 others

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About Pvt Aaron Hugh Swaim

Served as a private in Troop D, 1st Alabama Cavalry. Aaron died of typhoid fever at Overton Military Hospital in Memphis during his service as a soldier.

Aaron H. Swims and Elizabeth Caroline Long, daughter of Charles R. and Rutha (Honeycutt) Long, were married in Hall County, Georgia, on 20 Jan 1850.

Aaron was the son of Enoch and Cynthia (Griffes) Swaim.

The surname has several different spellings in records: Swim, Swims, Swain, Swaim.

Aaron and Elizabeth Caroline moved to Winston County, Alabama by 1860.

Shortly after his death, his wife Elizabeth Caroline died (27 Feb 1865).

In Aaron's Union pension file at the National Archives, documents show William R. Long being awarded guardianship of their eight children:

  1. William Francis,
  2. Mary L.,
  3. Malissa Jane,
  4. Charles Newt,
  5. Lucinda Caroline,
  6. Georgiann,
  7. Cordelia J and
  8. Rutha Delila Swims.
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Pvt Aaron Hugh Swaim's Timeline

1827
1827
Hall County, Georgia, USA
1851
September 19, 1851
Union, Union County, Georgia, United States
1852
March 9, 1852
Union County, Georgia, United States
September 19, 1852
Union County, Georgia, United States
1856
June 19, 1856
Union County, Georgia, USA
December 19, 1856
Union County, Georgia, USA
1859
May 25, 1859
Georgia, United States
1861
April 15, 1861
Winston County, Alabama, United States
1864
March 12, 1864
Age 37
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA