The Shemwell Family

Sarah GreeneAge: 80 years18471928

Name
Sarah Greene
Given names
Sarah
Surname
Greene
Married name
Sarah Hodges
Birth November 8, 1847 22 21
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 23 months)
Birth of a brotherJohn Greene
October 15, 1851 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJesse Greene
August 29, 1853 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherHiram Greene
July 15, 1855 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterAmanda Greene
February 26, 1859 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 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 13 years)
Birth of a sisterEmma Katherine Greene
April 10, 1863 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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 19 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 19 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 19 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 21 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 30 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 41 years)
Death of a fatherLarkin Greene
June 10, 1895 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 51 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Greene
June 7, 1903 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Greene
June 11, 1909 (Age 61 years)
Death of a sisterEmma Katherine Greene
November 16, 1910 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sisterDelphia Greene
June 13, 1915 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 68 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 70 years)
Death of a sisterAmanda Greene
December 20, 1917 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 69 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 70 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 brotherSolomon Greene
December 2, 1921 (Age 74 years)
Death March 9, 1928 (Age 80 years)
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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
herself
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

Sarah Greene has 91 first cousins recorded

Father's family (91)

Parents William Conley Greene + Nancy L Watson
1Mary E Greene18501886
3Eli Smith Greene18541941
5William Lee Greene18611940
Parents John Riley Greene + Mabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
1Celia Greene18451921
2Elihu Greene18471926
7Harvey R Greene18571940
9Camilla Greene18631944
10John Melvin Greene18651944
12E Lindsay Greene18691946
13Greene18711871
14Richard Lee Greene18731918
Parents Bartlett Greene + Amanda Maude Watson
1Doctor F Greene18501918
Parents Bartlett Greene + Malinda Katherine Hamby
1Jesse Lee Greene18591908
4Julia Ann Greene18701945
5Elizabeth B Greene18751939
6Cynthia May Greene18801930
Parents Larkin Greene + Mary Greene
1Richard C Green18471906
2Solomon Greene18491849
Parents … … + Mary Greene
2Martha W Greene18561900
Parents William Harrison Miller + Mary Greene
1Nancy Jane Miller18591931
2Mary Ann Miller18601918
3William Lee Miller18631957
4Vena Tamer Miller18661927
5John F Miller18701880
6Reuben Miller18721882
Parents Linville Land + Martha Greene
Parents Holden Moody + Martha Greene
1Nancy C Moody18531913
7Sarah Alice Moody18641927
9Lora Emma Moody18761880
Parents Solomon Greene Jr. + Elza Triplett
1Nancy Greene18501920
2Triplett Greene18511928
3Larkin Greene18531910
4Jasper Greene18591870
5Lee Greene18611930
6Louisa Greene18661900
7Grant Greene18691900
8Greenville Greene18711900
Parents Larkin Ragan + Nancy Calista Greene
3Greenlee Ragan18581870
4John Isaac Ragan18621934
Parents Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler + Nancy Calista Greene
1Mary S Winkler18711920
Parents Calvin C Miller + Camilla C Greene
3Nancy J Miller18551870
4Isaac C Miller18561936
5Martha A Miller18591870
6Amos Miller18601880
7Mary Tamer Miller18601919
9Cornelia Miller18681900
13Joseph Miller18721900
15Nicey Miller18761900
16Festus Miller18781900
Parents Smith Patrick Greene + Lucinda Caroline Watson
1Annette Greene18571932
2Julia Ann Greene18581930
3Nancy C Greene18601931
Parents Ferguson Greene + Sarah A Setzer
1Sarah J Greene18671884
Parents John William Ragan + Sarah Adeline Greene
1Jesse Smith Ragan18581929
3Wade Hampton Ragan18631946

Mother's family (0)