The Shemwell Family

Rebecca Lucinda MillerAge: 79 years18701950

Name
Rebecca Lucinda Miller
Given names
Rebecca Lucinda
Surname
Miller
Married name
Rebecca Lucinda Greene
Birth May 8, 1870 40 34
Birth of a sisterElizabeth “Betsey” Miller
July 5, 1871 (Age 13 months)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Miller
about 1872 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a brotherGreene Benjamin Miller
December 15, 1873 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterNicey Miller
about 1876 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherFestus Miller
about 1878 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 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 brotherAmos Miller
before 1880 (Age 9 years)

Birth of a sisterMary Margaret “Maggie” Miller
September 19, 1880 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Amos Franklin Greene
November 25, 1886 (Age 16 years)
MarriageBennette Ferguson GreeneView this family
June 29, 1887 (Age 17 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherDeacon Solomon Greene
December 24, 1888 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Linville Harrison Greene
June 30, 1889 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Nancy Ann Greene
February 18, 1891 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Millard Filmore Greene
December 6, 1892 (Age 22 years)
Death of a fatherCalvin C Miller
May 21, 1893 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Andrew William Greene
June 2, 1894 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 sisterCornelia Miller
before 1900 (Age 29 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Miller
before 1900 (Age 29 years)
Death of a sisterNicey Miller
before 1900 (Age 29 years)
Death of a brotherFestus Miller
before 1900 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#6
William Lawrence Greene
March 10, 1900 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Jennie Pearl Greene
December 15, 1903 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 motherCamilla C Greene
February 23, 1917 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 46 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 47 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/
Marriage of a childAndrew William GreeneEliza Esther GreeneView this family
February 8, 1919 (Age 48 years)
Death of a sisterMary Tamer Miller
August 12, 1919 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Earl Grey Greene
February 21, 1920 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
William Hooper Greene
September 14, 1921 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Creola Vicie Greene
January 14, 1924 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Claude B Greene
August 31, 1925 (Age 55 years)
Death of a grandsonClaude B Greene
January 2, 1926 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Velma Lea Greene
October 1, 1926 (Age 56 years)
Death of a brotherSolomon Columbus Miller
October 13, 1926 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Wilma Evelyn Greene
November 8, 1926 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Vernita Greene
February 22, 1928 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 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 brotherMarcus Demaris Miller
June 14, 1931 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Cecil Clenard Greene
June 3, 1932 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Ben Lindsay Greene
January 30, 1933 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Nettie Lorena Greene
January 10, 1934 (Age 63 years)

Death of a sisterElizabeth “Betsey” Miller
February 22, 1936 (Age 65 years)
Death of a brotherIsaac C Miller
June 4, 1936 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Calvin Miller
October 9, 1936 (Age 66 years)
Death of a granddaughterCreola Vicie Greene
August 13, 1940 (Age 70 years)
Death of a granddaughterVelma Lea Greene
August 13, 1940 (Age 70 years)
Death of a granddaughterVernita Greene
August 13, 1940 (Age 70 years)
Death of a sonAndrew William Greene
August 13, 1940 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Harrison Miller
July 9, 1941 (Age 71 years)
Death of a husbandBennette Ferguson Greene
January 30, 1944 (Age 73 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Linda Kay Greene
April 29, 1945 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 brotherGreene Benjamin Miller
November 11, 1948 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sonMillard Filmore Greene
June 21, 1949 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 79 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 75 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 March 30, 1950 (Age 79 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1851
17 months
elder brother
Thomas Calvin Miller
Birth: May 26, 1852 22 17Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 9, 1936Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder brother
Marcus Demaris Miller
Birth: June 24, 1854 24 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 14, 1931Watauga, North Carolina, United States
14 months
elder sister
Nancy J Miller
Birth: August 27, 1855 25 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1870
16 months
elder brother
Isaac C Miller
Birth: December 16, 1856 26 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 4, 1936Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
Martha A Miller
Birth: about 1859 29 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1870
2 years
elder brother
Amos Miller
Birth: about 1860 30 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1880
9 months
elder sister
Mary Tamer Miller
Birth: September 16, 1860 30 25Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 12, 1919Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 years
elder brother
William Harrison Miller
Birth: January 20, 1865 35 29Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 9, 1941Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 years
elder sister
Cornelia Miller
Birth: July 26, 1868 38 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900Watauga, North Carolina, United States
elder brother
Solomon Columbus Miller
Birth: July 26, 1868 38 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 13, 1926Watauga, North Carolina, United States
21 months
herself
14 months
younger sister
Elizabeth “Betsey” Miller
Birth: July 5, 1871 41 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 22, 1936Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
18 months
younger brother
Joseph Miller
Birth: about 1872 42 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900Watauga, North Carolina, United States
23 months
younger brother
Greene Benjamin Miller
Birth: December 15, 1873 43 38Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 11, 1948Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Nicey Miller
Birth: about 1876 46 40Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Festus Miller
Birth: about 1878 48 42Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Margaret “Maggie” Miller
Birth: September 19, 1880 50 45Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 20, 1961Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Family with Bennette Ferguson Greene - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: June 29, 1887
-7 months
son
Amos Franklin Greene
Birth: November 25, 1886 29 16Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 27, 1971Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
son
Linville Harrison Greene
Birth: June 30, 1889 32 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 8, 1978Watauga, North Carolina, United States
20 months
daughter
Nancy Ann Greene
Birth: February 18, 1891 34 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 7, 1952Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
22 months
son
Millard Filmore Greene
Birth: December 6, 1892 35 22Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 21, 1949Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
18 months
son
6 years
son
4 years
daughter
Jennie Pearl Greene
Birth: December 15, 1903 47 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 25, 2002Watauga, North Carolina, United States