The Shemwell Family

Mary E GreeneAge: 36 years18501886

Name
Mary E Greene
Given names
Mary E
Surname
Greene
Married name
Mary E Trivett
Birth February 21, 1850 26 25
Birth of a sisterMartha Isabel Greene
March 3, 1852 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherEli Smith Greene
July 1, 1854 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherBennette Ferguson Greene
December 12, 1856 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 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 brotherWilliam Lee Greene
July 3, 1861 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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
Birth of a brotherGeorge Alexander Greene
August 15, 1865 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 16 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 16 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 18 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 maternal grandfatherElihu Watson
about 1870 (Age 19 years)
MarriageFinley Patterson TrivettView this family
about 1871 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Martha Irene Trivett
March 12, 1872 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Clingman Elijah Trivett
March 5, 1875 (Age 25 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherCelia Sherrill
June 30, 1876 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 27 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#3
Nancy Fidella Trivett
August 16, 1879 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Sarah E Trivett
October 19, 1882 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Naomi Emeline Trivett
November 12, 1884 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherNancy L Watson
about 1885 (Age 34 years)
Death December 30, 1886 (Age 36 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1849
14 months
herself
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
5 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
Family with Finley Patterson Trivett - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1871
14 months
daughter
3 years
son
4 years
daughter
Nancy Fidella Trivett
Birth: August 16, 1879 30 29Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 28, 1950North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
3 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
Naomi Emeline Trivett
Birth: November 12, 1884 35 34Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 18, 1978Ashe, North Carolina, United States