The Shemwell Family

Mansfield F GreeneAge: 79 years18861965

Name
Mansfield F Greene
Given names
Mansfield F
Surname
Greene
Birth May 19, 1886 29 25
Birth of a sisterGertie Emmeline Greene
September 21, 1888 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterChanie Roxie Greene
July 18, 1890 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherBoyd William Greene
October 12, 1892 (Age 6 years)
Death of a sisterSallie Truda Greene
October 12, 1892 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherJudson Moore Greene
February 22, 1895 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherMancie Leander Greene
July 25, 1897 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a sisterMartha Pearl “Mattie” Greene
April 30, 1906 (Age 19 years)
Death of a motherMartha Lea Greene
April 30, 1906 (Age 19 years)
Death of a brotherPort E Green
October 4, 1906 (Age 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 23 years)
MarriageEffie Mae WagnerView this family
May 7, 1910 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Oren Wakefield Greene
May 8, 1911 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
David Berl Greene
November 18, 1912 (Age 26 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Olin McKnight Greene
October 6, 1915 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#4
Holly Valeria Greene
December 19, 1917 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 30 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 31 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/
Birth of a son
#5
Macon Partee Greene
April 4, 1920 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Richard Curtis Greene
May 15, 1923 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Sarah Arlene Greene
July 8, 1927 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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 maternal grandmotherSarah Lucinda Gragg
November 11, 1931 (Age 45 years)
Cause: No doctor - Old Age?
Death of a daughterSarah Arlene Greene
January 26, 1932 (Age 45 years)
Death of a fatherHarvey R Greene
February 15, 1940 (Age 53 years)
Death of a sonOren Wakefield Greene
May 9, 1941 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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
Death of a sisterGertie Emmeline Greene
December 10, 1949 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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 brotherMancie Leander Greene
August 16, 1955 (Age 69 years)
Death of a sisterChanie Roxie Greene
June 8, 1962 (Age 76 years)
Death of a wifeEffie Mae Wagner
September 28, 1964 (Age 78 years)
Death of a brotherBoyd William Greene
October 18, 1964 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 59 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 June 8, 1965 (Age 79 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1880
14 months
elder sister
Sallie Truda Greene
Birth: February 25, 1881 24 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 12, 1892Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
Port E Green
Birth: April 2, 1884 27 22Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 4, 1906Menallen, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
2 years
himself
2 years
younger sister
22 months
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
Mancie Leander Greene
Birth: July 25, 1897 40 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 16, 1955Watauga, North Carolina, United States
9 years
younger sister
Martha Pearl “Mattie” Greene
Birth: April 30, 1906 49 45Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 4, 1993Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Family with Effie Mae Wagner - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: May 7, 1910Watauga, North Carolina, United States
1 year
son
Oren Wakefield Greene
Birth: May 8, 1911 24 16Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 9, 1941North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
18 months
son
David Berl Greene
Birth: November 18, 1912 26 18Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 26, 1984Forest Hill, Harford, Maryland, United States
3 years
son
Olin McKnight Greene
Birth: October 6, 1915 29 21Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 28, 1977North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
Holly Valeria Greene
Birth: December 19, 1917 31 23Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 4, 2008Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
2 years
son
Macon Partee Greene
Birth: April 4, 1920 33 25Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 11, 1979South Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, United States
3 years
son
Richard Curtis Greene
Birth: May 15, 1923 36 28Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 8, 2005Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
4 years
daughter
Sarah Arlene Greene
Birth: July 8, 1927 41 32Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 26, 1932Elk, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States