The Shemwell Family

Finley Elihu GreeneAge: 83 years19071990

Name
Finley Elihu Greene
Given names
Finley Elihu
Surname
Greene
Birth June 19, 1907 38 35
Birth of a brotherVonnie May Greene
May 12, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterInez Lucinda Greene
September 15, 1914 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 10 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death of a paternal grandfatherElihu Greene
July 3, 1926 (Age 19 years)
Cause: Arteriosclerosis
Birth of a daughter
#1
Sarah Grace “Ruth” Greene
January 16, 1927 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Lucinda Gragg
November 11, 1931 (Age 24 years)
Cause: No doctor - Old Age?
Civil marriageMildred L BrunskillView this family
August 3, 1932 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Ronald Finley Greene
November 22, 1932 (Age 25 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherFinley Patterson Trivett
February 24, 1937 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Nikky Jo Greene
April 30, 1939 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a fatherRoby Greene
October 14, 1958 (Age 51 years)
Cause: Acute Heart Failure
Death of a motherMartha Irene Trivett
August 26, 1965 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a sisterInez Lucinda Greene
July 27, 1976 (Age 69 years)
Death of a wifeMargie Viola Greene
August 26, 1982 (Age 75 years)
Death of a brotherVirgil Sylvester Greene
February 18, 1985 (Age 77 years)
Burial of a brotherVirgil Sylvester Greene
February 23, 1985 (Age 77 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Blue Ridge Memorial Park
Death of a wifeMildred L Brunskill
August 29, 1985 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sisterLella Elizabeth Greene
October 19, 1987 (Age 80 years)
Death September 7, 1990 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sanford Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 31, 1888Watauga, North Carolina, United States
15 months
elder brother
Greenville Maston Greene
Birth: July 13, 1889 20 17Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 23, 1893Watauga, North Carolina, United States
21 months
elder brother
Orville Austin Greene
Birth: April 8, 1891 21 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 1, 1907Watauga, North Carolina, United States
23 months
elder brother
6 years
elder sister
Lella Elizabeth Greene
Birth: February 26, 1899 29 26Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 19, 1987Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
8 years
himself
3 years
younger brother
Vonnie May Greene
Birth: May 12, 1910 41 38Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 8, 2000Connelly Springs, Burke, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger sister
Inez Lucinda Greene
Birth: September 15, 1914 45 42Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 27, 1976Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Family with Mildred L Brunskill - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: August 3, 1932Hazel Park, Oakland, Michigan, United States
4 months
son
Ronald Finley Greene
Birth: November 22, 1932 25 21Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: February 25, 2011Riverside, California, United States
6 years
son
Nikky Jo Greene
Birth: April 30, 1939 31 28Michigan, United States
Death: October 13, 1998Livingston, Michigan, United States
Family with Margie Viola Greene - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Sarah Grace “Ruth” Greene
Birth: January 16, 1927 19 22Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 20, 2016Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
Dewey Vermont Hamby + Margie Viola Greene - View this family
wife’s husband
Dewey Vermont Hamby
Birth: May 18, 1899Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 19, 1963Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States
wife
Marriage: December 1, 1920Watauga, North Carolina, United States
20 months
step-son
Dallas Hardin Hamby
Birth: July 20, 1922 23 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 15, 1992Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
2 years
step-son
Mack Rexford Hamby
Birth: July 28, 1924 25 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 9, 2002Forsyth, North Carolina, United States