The Shemwell Family

Amanda GreeneAge: 58 years18591917

Name
Amanda Greene
Given names
Amanda
Surname
Greene
Married name
Amanda Gragg
Birth February 26, 1859 33 33
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

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 22 months)
Birth of a sisterEmma Katherine Greene
April 10, 1863 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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
Birth of a brotherSolomon Greene
October 9, 1867 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 7 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 7 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 9 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
MarriageRichard Greene GraggView this family
February 9, 1877 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 18 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 29 years)
Death of a fatherLarkin Greene
June 10, 1895 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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 40 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Greene
June 7, 1903 (Age 44 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Greene
June 11, 1909 (Age 50 years)
Death of a sisterEmma Katherine Greene
November 16, 1910 (Age 51 years)
Death of a sisterDelphia Greene
June 13, 1915 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 56 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 motherLucinda Melissa Trivett
November 12, 1917 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 57 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
Death December 20, 1917 (Age 58 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
herself
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 Richard Greene Gragg - View this family
husband
Richard Greene Gragg
Birth: January 4, 1855 43 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 11, 1929Watauga, North Carolina, United States
herself
Amanda Greene
Birth: February 26, 1859 33 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 20, 1917Hudson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: February 9, 1877Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Richard Greene Gragg + Mary A Lookabill - View this family
husband
Richard Greene Gragg
Birth: January 4, 1855 43 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 11, 1929Watauga, North Carolina, United States
husband’s wife
Mary A Lookabill
Birth: May 29, 1855Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 3, 1875Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: March 25, 1873