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Jess Swetnam was born to George Henry Swetnam and Jane (Jennie) Reed Swetnam in Jack County, Texas on April 26, 1886. On December 27, 1908, he married Lettie May Thompson in Texas. To this union five children were born:

• Lora Sylvia Swetnam was born in Jack County, Texas on January 10, 1910 and died in Fresno, Fresno Co., California on April 18, 1986.
• J.C. Swetnam was born in Jack County, Texas on August 30, 1913 and he died August 31,1986 in Clovis, Fresno Co., California.
• Reda May Swetnam was born August 27, 1915 in Vernon, Wilbarger Co., Texas and she died July 10, 1992 in Wheeler County, Texas.
• Bertha Ela Swetnam was born in Vernon, Wilbarger Co., Texas on May 19, 1924.
• Jack Herschel Swetnam was born September 17, 1926 in Vernon, Wilbarger Co., Texas.

Jess and Lettie

Jess died in Wheeler, Wheeler Co., Texas on December 8, 1974 and Lettie May Thompson Swetnam died in Mobeetie, Wheeler Co., Texas on November 6, 1943. They are buried in the Wheeler Cemetery. Also, buried there is their daughter, Reda May Swetnam Turner.

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Updated: August 10, 1997