The Shemwell Family

Vern Otis GreeneAge: 67 years18981966

Name
Vern Otis Greene
Given names
Vern Otis
Surname
Greene
Birth May 3, 1898 32 26
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898
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
Birth of a brotherBernard Greene
about 1899 (Age 7 months)

Death of a brotherBernard Greene
about 1899 (Age 7 months)

Birth of a brotherJoseph Turner Greene
February 14, 1901 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherEarl Russell Greene
December 10, 1903 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherVilas Roscoe Greene
March 10, 1908 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterDora Ethel Greene
October 7, 1911 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterHattie Hazel Greene
April 27, 1914 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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/
Death of a sisterNora E Greene
July 31, 1919 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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 brotherOliver L Canie Greene
April 8, 1935 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 motherJulia Emma Welch
October 20, 1948 (Age 50 years)

Death of a fatherGeorge Alexander Greene
June 6, 1951 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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
Death of a brotherJoseph Turner Greene
October 12, 1965 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 February 23, 1966 (Age 67 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1888
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
Oliver L Canie Greene
Birth: November 24, 1889 24 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 8, 1935Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
Nora E Greene
Birth: July 22, 1892 26 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 31, 1919North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
Arthur Austin Greene
Birth: May 1, 1895 29 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 6, 1972Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
himself
Vern Otis Greene
Birth: May 3, 1898 32 26Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 23, 1966Watauga, North Carolina, United States
20 months
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
Joseph Turner Greene
Birth: February 14, 1901 35 29Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 12, 1965Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Earl Russell Greene
Birth: December 10, 1903 38 32Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 25, 1975Pinellas, Florida, United States
4 years
younger brother
Vilas Roscoe Greene
Birth: March 10, 1908 42 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 31, 1977Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger sister
Dora Ethel Greene
Birth: October 7, 1911 46 40Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 24, 1977Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Hattie Hazel Greene
Birth: April 27, 1914 48 42Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 3, 1981Watauga, North Carolina, United States