Roderick Swetman: famology

Generation: 1

Roderick Swetman was born on 17 Jul 1938 in Poplarville MS (son of Emory Goss Swetman and Ruby Mae Flack); died in Dec 2003 in Corpus-Christi TX.

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Education: 1960, Tulane University, New Orleans LA; BA Mechanical Engineering

Notes:

OBITUARY Roderick Swetman 6/17/1938 - 12/2003

Roderick E. "Rod" Swetman was born June 17,1938 to Ruby Mae and Emory Goss Swetman in Poplarville, Mississippi and grew up in Rayville, Louisiana where he lettered in football and won a NROTC scholarship to Tulane University. At Tulane he belonged to Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and graduated in 1960 with a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Upon graduation he served his country as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps at Marine Corps Supply Center, Barstow California and with the First Marine Air Wing at El Toro, California until 1963.

He came to Corpus Christi and was employed by Celanese Corporation in Bishop until 1972 when he left to become the Project Manager for First City Bank for the conversion of the Driscoll Hotel into an office tower. After the construction, he remained with First City and their successors as Vice president and Building manager until his retirement in 1995.

Rod loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter, fisherman and with his wife, Helen, enjoyed competitive skeet shooting. He was a member of the Corpus Christi Rotary Club where he was a Paul Harris Fellow. He served on the Board of the Children's Heart and Health Institute of South Texas. He was a member of the King's Men and served as Lord High Steward of the Household, member of Corpus Christi Pistol Rifle Club; Sponsor, Ducks Unlimited, Gulfcoast Conservation Assn.

He is survived by his loving wife and partner of 43 years, Helen; two sons, Roderick Clay Swetman of San Antonio, Sean David Swetman of Rockledge, Florida, three grandchildren Theodore Clay (T.C.) Swetman, Alexa Swetman, Mackinziee Swetman and two sisters Mrs. Randall (Barbara) Meyer of Houston and Anell Jones of Ruston, Louisiana.

Visitation will be from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Sunday December 21, 2003 at Seaside Memorial Chapel with a Rosary at 7:00 P.M. Sunday. Funeral services on Monday December 22 at 1:00 P.M. at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church interment to follow at Seaside Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association.

Published in Corpus-Christi Caller-Times on Dec. 22, 2003

Family/Spouse: Helen Seibinski. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Generation: 2

2.	Emory Goss Swetman was born in 1903 in Biloxi MS; died on 5 Nov 1963 in Biloxi MS. Emory married Ruby Mae Flack in 1929 c.. Ruby (daughter of Jesse James Flack and Louella Lenora Lucas) was born in 1912 in Baxterville MS; died on 7 Jan 2001 in Baton Rouge LA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruby Mae Flack was born in 1912 in Baxterville MS (daughter of Jesse James Flack and Louella Lenora Lucas); died on 7 Jan 2001 in Baton Rouge LA.

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Education: LSU Baton Rouge; PhD at Louisiana State University
Married Name: Stringer, Swetman
Residence: 1920, Baxterville MS; In 1920 Census, Flack household w/ Jesse James as head, Saw Boss, Logging Company

Notes:

Ruby F Stringer: school teacher

Children:

Anelle Swetman was born on 9 Jul 1927; died on 17 Sep 2009 in Ruston LA.
Barbara Swetman was born on 26 Dec 1933 in Rowlands MS; died on 4 May 2015 in Houston TX.
1. Roderick Swetman was born on 17 Jul 1938 in Poplarville MS; died in Dec 2003 in Corpus-Christi TX.
James Robert Swetman was born on 1 Mar 1930; died on 30 Nov 1939 in Poplarville MS.

Generation: 3

Jesse James Flack was born on 26 Mar 1886 in Newbern, Dyer TN (son of John Yancey Flack and Margaret Bruce); died on 31 Dec 1969 in Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567.

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Education: 12th grade - home-schooled
Residence: 1907, Newbern, Dyer TN; J.J. was orphaned at age 14 (Margaret Bruce died Abt 1901) and moved in his half-brother's family John Elisha Flack [listed as household member in 1900 Census] until he finished school. By another telling [see "Flack Family History"], J.J. moved into his nephew's house, J.P. Flack who was 20 and married. At 16 years old [according to his son Jim, but 21 according to daughter Ann], J.J. took a "horse, saddle, gun and a bag of money and headed south along the Mississippi River." [Ann Flack Heard's family history]
Residence: 1920, Baxterville MS; In 1920 Census, Flack household w/ Jesse James as head, Saw Boss, Logging Company

Jesse married Louella Lenora Lucas in 1909. Louella (daughter of John Franklin Lucas and Frances Eugenia Mangum) was born in 1891 in Mount Olive, MS; died on 23 Mar 1975 in Pascagoula MS; was buried on 26 Mar 1975 in Jackson County Memorial Park, Pascagoula MS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louella Lenora Lucas was born in 1891 in Mount Olive, MS (daughter of John Franklin Lucas and Frances Eugenia Mangum); died on 23 Mar 1975 in Pascagoula MS; was buried on 26 Mar 1975 in Jackson County Memorial Park, Pascagoula MS.

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Education: 8th Grade Public School
Married Name: Flack
Residence: 1920, Baxterville MS; In 1920 Census, Flack household w/ Jesse James as head, Saw Boss, Logging Company

Notes:

Death Certificate has Louella Lenora's ("Nora") mother as "Caroline Lucas" (provided at her death by son James M. Flack), yet FamilySearch.org has "Frances Eugenia Mangum" as her mother.

According to "Chapters, Ann Heard family history" Frances Mangum (Lucas) died in childbirth with Nora. It's likely aunt Caroline Lucas (1853-1929) helped brother John Franklin Lucas (1882-1825) raise "Nora" and 6 other siblings --earning "grandmother" love from JMF. If true, Caroline was JMF's "great aunt".

Source for Frances E. Mangum:
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9CDZ-KDD : accessed 20 December 2019), entry for Frances Eugenia Mangum; file (2:2:2:MM9R-Q2H), submitted 3 November 2002 by rassr2752696 [identity withheld for privacy].

Children:

Ann Flack was born on 1 Nov 1916 in MS; died on 20 Nov 2014 in Merritt Island FL.
James Monroe Flack, I was born on 29 Aug 1913 in Baxter MS; died on 16 Jun 1989 in Moscow RU (on tour); was cremated in Tryon NC Holy Cross Episcopal Church.
3. Ruby Mae Flack was born in 1912 in Baxterville MS; died on 7 Jan 2001 in Baton Rouge LA.
Jewel Franklin Flack was born in 1910; died on 3 Oct 1945 in Kodiak Air Station, Kodiak Island AK; was buried in Eureka CA.

Generation: 4

12.

John Yancey Flack was born in Nov 1821 in NC (son of Elisha Flack and Anna Boon); died on 18 Oct 1890 in Dyer County TN; was buried in Hurricane Hill Cemetery, Dyer County, Tennessee.

Notes:

John Yancey Flack
BIRTH 4 Oct 1820
Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
DEATH 18 Oct 1890 (aged 70)
Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
BURIAL
Hurricane Hill Cemetery
Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
MEMORIAL ID 175860803

Stone is missing

Served with Co.E 45th Reg. Infantry Rockingham Co NC, Civil War
He enlisted 28 August 1862

JOHN YANCY FLACK
Born 1821 - Died after 1880

John Yancy Flack was born 1821 in Guilford County, N.C. He married Priscilla Apple August 17, 1839 and they were the parents of nine children. John Yancy enlisted in the Civil War in 1862, age 41. He enlisted for three years or the length of the war.

We have several muster sheets showing:

Wounded at Gettysburg August 23, 1862.
In Hospital July 18, 1863.
Wounded in Battle May 5, 1864.
At home sick August 28, 1864.
Captured Strausburg October 19, 1864.
Paroled Prisoner of War May 11, 1865.

Priscilla died October of 1872. John Yancy and family soon moved to Tennessee where the youngest daughter, Martha Lavina Katheryn Flack, married Be Alexander Howell Carrell in March, 1874. She was seventeen at the time. One of their children was Solomon Jocephas Carrell, father of Wilma Elta, Vera Lou, and Thelma Katherine.

Source: Thelma Carrell Jones
https://gardenofpraise.com/photo8.htm

John married Margaret Bruce on 26 May 1874 in Dyer County TN. Margaret (daughter of James Bruce and Nancy Arrene Stanley) was born est 1839 in Sumner Co TN; died about 1901. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Margaret Bruce was born est 1839 in Sumner Co TN (daughter of James Bruce and Nancy Arrene Stanley); died about 1901.

Notes:

ALTERNATE LAST NAME: Bince

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Name: Margaret Bruce
Spouse: J Y Flack
Marriage Date: 25 May 1874
Marriage County: Dyer
Marriage State: Tennessee
Source: Ancestry.com Marriage records courtesy of June Stewart
Jim Flack - 25 Mar 2009 flackgenealogy.com

Children:

Annie Lee Flack was born in Jan 1877; died in Unk.
Mattie Lee Flack was born in 1879; died in Unk.
Odis Flack was born in 1881; died in Unk.
6. Jesse James Flack was born on 26 Mar 1886 in Newbern, Dyer TN; died on 31 Dec 1969 in Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567.

14.

John Franklin Lucas was born on 10 Sep 1846 in MS (son of Robert W. Lucas and Sarah Sims); died on 18 Dec 1925.

Notes:

JOHN FRANKLIN LUCAS
Son of Robert Lucas and wife, Sarah, according to Eugendia Chrestien of 736 San Jule Ct, Apt C, Sunnyvale, CA 94806. As John Franklin a brother to Caroline Lucas that married William H. "Billy" Mangum, a brother to Frances Eugenia. Original source that John F. married Eugenia Mangum: Mrs. Margie Mangum Smith of Route 3, Box 314, Magee, MS 39111, in letter dated 19 Dec 1986.

Source: under "Notes 1"
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9CDZ-KZG : accessed 20 December 2019), entry for John Franklin Lucas; file (2:2:2:MM9R-Q2H), submitted 3 November 2002 by rassr2752696 [identity withheld for privacy].

On abt 18 Jul 1891, John Franklin Lucas's wife Frances died in childbirth with Louella Lenora "Nora" (according the "Chapter's, Ann Heard's family history).
It's likely that Caroline Lucas helped raise her brother's 7 children, to the point that Nora's children considered her their grandmother, apparent when James M. Flack listed Caroline as Nora's mother on her 1975 death certificate. Amazingly, Caroline had 10 children of her own with William H. Mangum. There's no evidence that John Lucas re-married.

John married Frances Eugenia Mangum in 1874. Frances (daughter of Henry Lee Mangum and Nancy Ann May) was born in 1857; died on 18 Jul 1891 in Mount Olive, MS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Frances Eugenia Mangum was born in 1857 (daughter of Henry Lee Mangum and Nancy Ann May); died on 18 Jul 1891 in Mount Olive, MS.

Notes:

Died in childbirth with Louella Lenora abt 18 Jul 1891.
Source: "Chapters, Ann (Flack) Heard's Family History"

Children:

7. Louella Lenora Lucas was born in 1891 in Mount Olive, MS; died on 23 Mar 1975 in Pascagoula MS; was buried on 26 Mar 1975 in Jackson County Memorial Park, Pascagoula MS.
Telatha Ameda Lucas was born in 1882; died in 1956.