Born: July 26, 1893, Murray County, Georgia.
Died: December 13, 1971, Oteen, North Carolina.
Buried: Saint Paul United Methodist Church Cemetery, Anderson County, South Carolina.

Fred was the son of James Samuel Swilling and Frances Clayton Ayers, and husband of Willie Mae Jones.
A Methodist, he taught singing schools part time.
In World War I, he was a sergeant in Company B, 16th Machine Gun Battalion.