The Shemwell Family

Emma Katherine GreeneAge: 47 years18631910

Name
Emma Katherine Greene
Given names
Emma Katherine
Surname
Greene
Married name
Emma Katherine Greene
Birth April 10, 1863 38 37
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 brotherSolomon Greene
October 9, 1867 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 3 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 3 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 5 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageEli Smith GreeneView this family
about 1879 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Julia Lucinda Greene
March 23, 1880 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#2
S Culby Greene
January 4, 1882 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ada H Greene
April 19, 1884 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Amanda Blanche Greene
October 21, 1886 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Lillian B Greene
July 21, 1888 (Age 25 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherDeacon Solomon Greene
December 24, 1888 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Bynum T Greene
July 23, 1891 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#7
John Odell Greene
January 30, 1895 (Age 31 years)
Death of a fatherLarkin Greene
June 10, 1895 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 sisterRebecca Greene
June 7, 1899 (Age 36 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Greene
June 7, 1903 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Helen Doll Greene
August 26, 1903 (Age 40 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Greene
June 11, 1909 (Age 46 years)
Death November 16, 1910 (Age 47 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 11, 1843Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
13 months
elder sister
Rebecca Greene
Birth: October 20, 1844 19 18Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 7, 1899Watauga, North Carolina, United States
16 months
elder sister
Nancy Greene
Birth: February 12, 1846 20 20Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 7, 1903Watauga, North Carolina, United States
21 months
elder sister
Sarah Greene
Birth: November 8, 1847 22 21Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 9, 1928Watauga, North Carolina, United States
23 months
elder sister
Delphia Greene
Birth: October 16, 1849 24 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 13, 1915Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder brother
John Greene
Birth: October 15, 1851 26 25Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 11, 1909Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
22 months
elder brother
Jesse Greene
Birth: August 29, 1853 28 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 8, 1930Kings Mountain, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States
23 months
elder brother
Hiram Greene
Birth: July 15, 1855 30 29Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 5, 1929Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder sister
Amanda Greene
Birth: February 26, 1859 33 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 20, 1917Hudson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
23 months
elder brother
General Lafayette Greene
Birth: January 21, 1861 35 35Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 6, 1944Eubank, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States
2 years
herself
5 years
younger brother
Solomon Greene
Birth: October 9, 1867 42 41Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 2, 1921Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
Family with Eli Smith Greene - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1879
15 months
daughter
Julia Lucinda Greene
Birth: March 23, 1880 25 16Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 3, 1971Los Angeles, California, United States
21 months
son
S Culby Greene
Birth: January 4, 1882 27 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death:
2 years
daughter
Ada H Greene
Birth: April 19, 1884 29 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 3, 1954Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States
3 years
daughter
Amanda Blanche Greene
Birth: October 21, 1886 32 23Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 28, 1957Newberg, Yamhill, Oregon, United States
21 months
daughter
Lillian B Greene
Birth: July 21, 1888 34 25Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 27, 1965Dallas, Polk, Oregon, United States
3 years
son
Bynum T Greene
Birth: July 23, 1891 37 28Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 11, 1961Montana, United States
4 years
son
John Odell Greene
Birth: January 30, 1895 40 31Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 10, 1969McAllister, Madison, Montana, United States
9 years
daughter
Helen Doll Greene
Birth: August 26, 1903 49 40Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 30, 1988Morehead City, Carteret, North Carolina, United States
Eli Smith Greene + Cynthia Jane Harrison - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Cynthia Jane Harrison
Birth: November 23, 1876Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 16, 1952Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: December 24, 1916Watauga, North Carolina, United States
14 months
step-son
William Greene
Birth: February 8, 1918 63 41Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 10, 1919Watauga, North Carolina, United States