There appears to be some conflict in the year she was born, tombstone year of 1893, SSDI states 1892. I have used 1892 from the SSDI as that information was provided by her.
Biography
The early years
Vassie L Patterson was born in Temmessee on the 6th of November 1892/1893 to Harve Patterson and Clemancy Hargis. The siblings would be:
She died on the 5th of April 1976[10] and would be buried in the Patterson Cemetery Russell Hill, Macon County, Tennessee [11]
SWINDLE[2], Mrs. Vassie Pearl - Monday Morning April 5, 1976 at Belair Nursing Home in Columbia. Survived by Husband, Mr. Sam B. Swindle; son Dennis Swindle of Madison; One Granddaughter, Living of Hendersonville; Three Great Grandchildren, Living, Living, & Living of Hendersonville; One Sister, Mrs. Lorene Moss of Lafayette, Tenn.; One Brother, Wesley Patterson of Indiana. The remains are at Madison Funeral Home 219 Old Hickory Blvd. Where funeral services will be conducted Wednesday April 7, 1976 at 10:00 o'clock by Rev. H.C. Vanderpool. Friends will serve as pall bearers. Interment Patterson Cemetery, Macon County. MADISON FUNERAL HOME DIRECTORS 868-9020.
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.2 Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 10, Macon, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1510; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0047; FHL microfilm: 1375523 "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGX3-5YX : accessed 22 January 2022), Vassie L Paterson in household of Harve J Paterson, Civil District 10, Macon, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 47, sheet 8A, family 149, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1510; FHL microfilm 1,375,523.
↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DW-R39M : 22 July 2021), Vassie Patterson Swindle in entry for Dennie Swindle and Omie Hesson, 21 Dec 1934; citing Marriage, Gamaliel, Monroe, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,690,403.
↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6Q-JLF : 4 December 2014), S B Swindle and Vassie L Patterson, 14 Mar 1912; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 296, Macon, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
↑ 5.05.1 Year: 1930; Census Place: District 5, Smith, Tennessee; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0006; FHL microfilm: 2342014 "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP7X-F4G : accessed 22 January 2022), Vassily H Swindle in household of Sam B Swindle, District 05, Smith, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 8A, line 28, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2280; FHL microfilm 2,342,014.
↑ 6.06.16.2 Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 10, Macon, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1754; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 43 "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNRM-MZ7 : 3 February 2021), Vassie L Swindle in entry for Sam B Swindle, 1920.
↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSDH-GQ6 : 1 March 2021), Bassie Patterson in entry for Oscar Leo Swindle, 1 Aug 1928; Death, Macon, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCN-7K9 : accessed 22 January 2022), Vassie L Patterson in household of William Hargis, Civil Districts 8, 10, Macon, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39, sheet 4A, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,586.
↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Smith, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03936; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 80-15 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZB-ZF4 : 11 January 2021), Vassie L Sevindle in household of Sam B Sevindle, Civil District 14, Smith, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 80-15, sheet 13A, line 31, family 243, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3936.
↑ SSDI and application for Vassie Swindle 415-82-1457
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #33802721 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 August 2018), memorial page for Vassie L. Patterson Swindle (6 Nov 1893–5 Apr 1976), Find A Grave Memorial no. 33802721, citing Patterson Cemetery, Russell Hill, Macon County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Del Huggins (contributor v) .
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