1893–1971

Introduction

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.

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Biography

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.

Music

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