Lora married Charles Fountain Faulkner on 7 March 1908 in Shelby County, Tennessee. Their first child, William Melvin, was born in Tennessee. They soon moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where their daughter, Francis, was born in St. Louis in 1909.
The family continued to grow following a move to Illinois, with Phil, Carl, Clarence Charles, Dorothy, Ernest, and Abe born between 1918 and 1930. Charles and Laura remained living in Chicago throughout their lives.
Lora Swafford Faulkner died on 31 January 1964 in Burnham, Cook County, Illinois, at the age of 75.
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Williamson County, Illinois, Birth Record Vol. 1, p. 295, Lorra E. Swafford, 20 July 1888.
Note: Name is spelled as Lorra in record; she used Lora throughout her life. Also, most of the children born to William R. and Nancy Swafford, including Lora, used a variety of birth dates/years throughout their life; dates vary on documents.
Shelby County, Tennessee, Marriage Licenses 1 Jan-30 Apr 1908, marriage license with return, Faulkner–Swafford, 7 Mar 1908. Also, Shelby County, Tennessee, Marriage Licenses and Bonds, B1:530, marriage bond, Faulkner–Swafford, 7 Mar 1908.
Death certificate. State of Illinois, Cook County, death certificate, no. 0554 (1964), Lora Faulkner; Faulkner-Hull Family Papers, privately held by Kimberli Faulkner Hull.
Compiled and written by Kimberli Faulkner Hull, Find A Grave member 49572158
Lora married Charles Fountain Faulkner on 7 March 1908 in Shelby County, Tennessee. Their first child, William Melvin, was born in Tennessee. They soon moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where their daughter, Francis, was born in St. Louis in 1909.
The family continued to grow following a move to Illinois, with Phil, Carl, Clarence Charles, Dorothy, Ernest, and Abe born between 1918 and 1930. Charles and Laura remained living in Chicago throughout their lives.
Lora Swafford Faulkner died on 31 January 1964 in Burnham, Cook County, Illinois, at the age of 75.
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Williamson County, Illinois, Birth Record Vol. 1, p. 295, Lorra E. Swafford, 20 July 1888.
Note: Name is spelled as Lorra in record; she used Lora throughout her life. Also, most of the children born to William R. and Nancy Swafford, including Lora, used a variety of birth dates/years throughout their life; dates vary on documents.
Shelby County, Tennessee, Marriage Licenses 1 Jan-30 Apr 1908, marriage license with return, Faulkner–Swafford, 7 Mar 1908. Also, Shelby County, Tennessee, Marriage Licenses and Bonds, B1:530, marriage bond, Faulkner–Swafford, 7 Mar 1908.
Death certificate. State of Illinois, Cook County, death certificate, no. 0554 (1964), Lora Faulkner; Faulkner-Hull Family Papers, privately held by Kimberli Faulkner Hull.
Compiled and written by Kimberli Faulkner Hull, Find A Grave member 49572158