The Shemwell Family

Rhoda Elizabeth ChurchAge: 78 years18781957

Name
Rhoda Elizabeth Church
Given names
Rhoda Elizabeth
Surname
Church
Married name
Rhoda Elizabeth Greene
Birth October 8, 1878
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
MarriageWilliam Lee GreeneView this family
May 28, 1910 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Pansie Geneva Greene
March 7, 1911 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#2
William Lankford Greene
November 8, 1912 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Larnie Franklin Greene
August 10, 1916 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 50 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 husbandWilliam Lee Greene
May 5, 1940 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 71 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 67 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 January 18, 1957 (Age 78 years)
Family with William Lee Greene - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 28, 1910Watauga, North Carolina, United States
9 months
daughter
Pansie Geneva Greene
Birth: March 7, 1911 49 32Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 6, 1966Gaston, North Carolina, United States
20 months
son
William Lankford Greene
Birth: November 8, 1912 51 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 30, 1987Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 years
son
Larnie Franklin Greene
Birth: August 10, 1916 55 37Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 28, 1998
William Lee Greene + Ellen Brown - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1880
2 years
step-son
Linville S Greene
Birth: April 2, 1882 20 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 23, 1883
3 years
step-son
Richard Mansfield Greene
Birth: October 8, 1884 23 22Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 20, 1945Jefferson, Montana, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Sarah S Greene
Birth: February 22, 1887 25 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 21, 1941Ashe, North Carolina, United States
3 years
step-son
Arthur Armfield Greene
Birth: April 15, 1890 28 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 20, 1974Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
step-son
Wilson Daniel Greene
Birth: February 14, 1893 31 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 5, 1976Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Canzatia E Greene
Birth: July 19, 1895 34 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: about 1986Jefferson, Tennessee, United States

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