Sarah Adeline GreeneAge: 77 years1842–1920
- Name
- Sarah Adeline Greene
- Given names
- Sarah Adeline
- Surname
- Greene
- Married name
- Sarah Adeline Ragan
 Birth | April 27, 1842 41 40 |
 Death of a mother | Nancy Mary Hodges about 1844 (Age 20 months) |
| Marriage of a parent | Deacon Solomon Greene — Mary Ann Sherrill — View this family January 2, 1845 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Thursa M Greene September 28, 1845 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Thomas Rufus Greene January 2, 1847 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Wesley Sherrill Greene November 9, 1848 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a half-sister | Margaret Ann Greene September 2, 1850 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Adelaide Selina Greene April 21, 1852 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Celia Greene about 1854 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Celia Greene about 1854 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Infant Daughter Greene about 1855 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Infant Daughter Greene about 1855 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Isaac “Flatty” Greene February 18, 1855 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary “Polly” Booth June 8, 1855 (Age 13 years) |
 Marriage | John William Ragan — View this family about 1857 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Lydia Cornelia Greene April 17, 1857 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Jesse Smith Ragan March 2, 1858 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Nancy Malinda Ragan March 27, 1861 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Wade Hampton Ragan March 2, 1863 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 24 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 24 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 26 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Death of a sister | Mary Greene May 13, 1877 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 35 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a sister | Martha Greene January 2, 1880 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a father | Deacon Solomon Greene December 24, 1888 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Conley Greene about 1889 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Wade Hampton Ragan — Mary Payne — View this family 1890 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a brother | Ferguson Greene about 1890 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | George Henry Ragan March 14, 1891 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Stewart Ronda Ragan May 3, 1893 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a brother | Larkin Greene June 10, 1895 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Adelaide Selina Greene April 7, 1896 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Mary Bess “Bess” Ragan June 13, 1897 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 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 granddaughter #4 | Ada Elizabeth Ragan December 29, 1898 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a husband | John William Ragan November 2, 1899 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Thursa M Greene November 29, 1899 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | May Belle Ragan April 6, 1900 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a brother | Bartlett Greene about 1900 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Calista Greene October 17, 1900 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Charles Abraham Lincoln “Link” Ragan September 21, 1905 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Lillian Ragan March 10, 1908 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a brother | Solomon Greene Jr. March 26, 1910 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | David D Ragan November 30, 1910 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a brother | David Isaac Greene March 16, 1912 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Jonathan Howard Ragan September 14, 1912 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | May Belle Ragan March 10, 1914 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a brother | Smith Patrick Greene January 11, 1915 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Riley Greene January 13, 1915 (Age 72 years) |
| Burial of a brother | John Riley Greene January 14, 1915 (Age 72 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: John Riley Greene Cemetery |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | Vernon Shelton Ragan January 16, 1915 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 73 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a sister | Camilla C Greene February 23, 1917 (Age 74 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Ruby Delray Ragan March 23, 1917 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Margaret Ann Greene May 11, 1918 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 74 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 75 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 grandson #12 | James Butler Ragan June 8, 1919 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Lillian Ragan March 15, 1920 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | April 25, 1920 (Age 77 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Deacon Solomon Greene Birth: April 10, 1801 24 24 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: December 24, 1888 — Deep Gap, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Mary Hodges Birth: December 17, 1801 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1844 — Deep Gap, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: about 1822 — |
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23 months elder brother |
William Conley Greene Birth: November 17, 1823 22 21 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1889 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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16 months elder brother |
Larkin Greene Birth: March 23, 1825 23 23 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: June 10, 1895 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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16 months elder brother |
John Riley Greene Birth: July 27, 1826 25 24 — Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: January 13, 1915 — Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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18 months elder brother |
Bartlett Greene Birth: January 24, 1828 26 26 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1900 |
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13 months elder sister |
Mary Greene Birth: February 22, 1829 27 27 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: May 13, 1877 — Wichita, Texas, United States |
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13 months elder sister |
Martha Greene Birth: April 4, 1830 28 28 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: January 2, 1880 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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22 months elder brother |
Solomon Greene Jr. Birth: January 25, 1832 30 30 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 26, 1910 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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17 months elder sister |
Nancy Calista Greene Birth: June 14, 1833 32 31 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 17, 1900 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Camilla C Greene Birth: May 13, 1835 34 33 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: February 23, 1917 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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22 months elder brother |
Smith Patrick Greene Birth: March 10, 1837 35 35 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: January 11, 1915 — Pine Swamp, Ashe, North Carolina, United States |
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15 months elder brother |
Ferguson Greene Birth: June 10, 1838 37 36 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1890 |
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22 months elder brother |
David Isaac Greene Birth: April 3, 1840 38 38 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 16, 1912 |
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2 years herself |
Sarah Adeline Greene Birth: April 27, 1842 41 40 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 25, 1920 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| Father’s family with Mary Ann Sherrill |
| father |
Deacon Solomon Greene Birth: April 10, 1801 24 24 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: December 24, 1888 — Deep Gap, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| step-mother |
Mary Ann Sherrill Birth: April 27, 1812 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: January 19, 1900 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: January 2, 1845 — |
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9 months half-sister |
Thursa M Greene Birth: September 28, 1845 44 33 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: November 29, 1899 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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15 months half-brother |
Thomas Rufus Greene Birth: January 2, 1847 45 34 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: November 21, 1926 — Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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22 months half-brother |
Wesley Sherrill Greene Birth: November 9, 1848 47 36 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: July 23, 1931 — Kings Creek, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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22 months half-sister |
Margaret Ann Greene Birth: September 2, 1850 49 38 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: May 11, 1918 — Center, Hendricks, Indiana, United States |
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20 months half-sister |
Adelaide Selina Greene Birth: April 21, 1852 51 39 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 7, 1896 — Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Celia Greene Birth: about 1854 52 41 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1854 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Infant Daughter Greene Birth: about 1855 53 42 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1855 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Lydia Cornelia Greene Birth: April 17, 1857 56 44 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: May 21, 1941 — Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with John William Ragan |
| husband |
John William Ragan Birth: March 3, 1834 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: November 2, 1899 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Sarah Adeline Greene Birth: April 27, 1842 41 40 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 25, 1920 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: about 1857 — |
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14 months son |
Jesse Smith Ragan Birth: March 2, 1858 23 15 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 28, 1929 — North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Nancy Malinda Ragan Birth: March 27, 1861 27 18 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 11, 1951 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months son |
Wade Hampton Ragan Birth: March 2, 1863 28 20 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 30, 1946 — Bald Mountain, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |