The Shemwell Family

Nancy GreeneAge: 57 years18461903

Name
Nancy Greene
Given names
Nancy
Surname
Greene
Married name
Nancy Gragg
Birth February 12, 1846 20 20
Birth of a sisterSarah Greene
November 8, 1847 (Age 20 months)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a sisterDelphia Greene
October 16, 1849 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Greene
October 15, 1851 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherJesse Greene
August 29, 1853 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherHiram Greene
July 15, 1855 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterAmanda Greene
February 26, 1859 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 10 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a brotherGeneral Lafayette Greene
January 21, 1861 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterEmma Katherine Greene
April 10, 1863 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 years)

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
MarriageJohn Allen GraggView this family
about 1866 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a brotherSolomon Greene
October 9, 1867 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 20 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 20 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 22 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 31 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 paternal grandfatherDeacon Solomon Greene
December 24, 1888 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherLarkin Greene
June 10, 1895 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 52 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 53 years)
Death June 7, 1903 (Age 57 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
herself
Nancy Greene
Birth: February 12, 1846 20 20Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 7, 1903Watauga, North Carolina, United States
21 months
younger sister
Sarah Greene
Birth: November 8, 1847 22 21Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 9, 1928Watauga, North Carolina, United States
23 months
younger sister
Delphia Greene
Birth: October 16, 1849 24 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 13, 1915Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
John Greene
Birth: October 15, 1851 26 25Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 11, 1909Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
22 months
younger brother
Jesse Greene
Birth: August 29, 1853 28 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 8, 1930Kings Mountain, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States
23 months
younger brother
Hiram Greene
Birth: July 15, 1855 30 29Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 5, 1929Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger sister
Amanda Greene
Birth: February 26, 1859 33 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 20, 1917Hudson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
23 months
younger brother
General Lafayette Greene
Birth: January 21, 1861 35 35Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 6, 1944Eubank, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
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 John Allen Gragg - View this family
husband
John Allen Gragg
Birth: June 13, 1848 37 30Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 17, 1924Watauga, North Carolina, United States
herself
Nancy Greene
Birth: February 12, 1846 20 20Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 7, 1903Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1866
John Allen Gragg + Dora Belle Hagaman - View this family
husband
John Allen Gragg
Birth: June 13, 1848 37 30Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 17, 1924Watauga, North Carolina, United States
husband’s wife
Dora Belle Hagaman
Birth: December 25, 1873Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 27, 1957Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1903