The Shemwell Family

Joseph Lee MichaelAge: 81 years18851966

Name
Joseph Lee Michael
Given names
Joseph Lee
Surname
Michael
Birth March 28, 1885 31 33
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy L Watson
about 1885
Birth of a brotherCharles Walter Michael
April 3, 1887 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a sisterAnnie Sarah Michael
July 29, 1889 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Conley Greene
about 1889 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Watson
May 11, 1890 (Age 5 years)
Death of a sisterAnnie Sarah Michael
January 3, 1891 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterCarrie Belle Michael
July 21, 1892 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherCarl Edgar Michael
July 21, 1892 (Age 7 years)
Death of a brotherCarl Edgar Michael
July 28, 1892 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Martin Michael
February 26, 1895 (Age 9 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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
Death of a sisterNancy L Michael
about 1902 (Age 16 years)

Death of a brotherWilliam Filmore Michael
September 10, 1909 (Age 24 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 44 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 motherMartha Isabel Greene
February 24, 1932 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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 fatherLarkin Joseph Michael
June 8, 1948 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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 May 29, 1966 (Age 81 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: December 10, 1870Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 months
elder sister
Nancy L Michael
Birth: March 1871 17 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: about 1902
14 months
elder brother
William Filmore Michael
Birth: May 2, 1872 18 20Warren, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 10, 1909
2 years
elder brother
Greene Riley Michael
Birth: October 1, 1874 20 22Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 28, 1967Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 years
elder sister
Mary Etta Michael
Birth: April 18, 1878 24 26
Death: January 18, 1974Avery, North Carolina, United States
22 months
elder sister
Thursa Cornelia Michael
Birth: February 29, 1880 26 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 15, 1970Ashe, North Carolina, United States
5 years
himself
Joseph Lee Michael
Birth: March 28, 1885 31 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 29, 1966Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Charles Walter Michael
Birth: April 3, 1887 33 35
Death: September 21, 1984Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
Annie Sarah Michael
Birth: July 29, 1889 35 37Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 3, 1891Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Carrie Belle Michael
Birth: July 21, 1892 38 40Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 9, 1979Watauga, North Carolina, United States
younger brother
Carl Edgar Michael
Birth: July 21, 1892 38 40Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 28, 1892Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
James Martin Michael
Birth: February 26, 1895 41 42
Death: July 7, 1968Watauga, North Carolina, United States

Joseph Lee Michael has 41 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (41)

Parents Finley Patterson Trivett + Mary E Greene
4Sarah E Trivett18821909
Parents Eli Smith Greene + Emma Katherine Greene
3Ada H Greene18841954
5Lillian B Greene18881965
6Bynum T Greene18911961
7John Odell Greene18951969
8Helen Doll Greene19031988
Parents Eli Smith Greene + Cynthia Jane Harrison
1William Greene19181919
Parents Bennette Ferguson Greene + Rebecca Lucinda Miller
3Nancy Ann Greene18911952
Parents William Lee Greene + Ellen Brown
1Linville S Greene18821883
3Sarah S Greene18871941
6Canzatia E Greene18951986
Parents William Lee Greene + Rhoda Elizabeth Church
Parents George Alexander Greene + Julia Emma Welch
1William Greene18871887
3Nora E Greene18921919
5Vern Otis Greene18981966
6Bernard Greene18991899
10Dora Ethel Greene19111977
11Hattie Hazel Greene19141981