The Shemwell Family

Solomon GreeneAge: 54 years18671921

Name
Solomon Greene
Given names
Solomon
Surname
Greene
Birth October 9, 1867 42 41
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
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
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 14 months)

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 10 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 21 years)
Death of a fatherLarkin Greene
June 10, 1895 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 31 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Greene
June 7, 1903 (Age 35 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Greene
June 11, 1909 (Age 41 years)
Death of a sisterEmma Katherine Greene
November 16, 1910 (Age 43 years)
Death of a sisterDelphia Greene
June 13, 1915 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 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 50 years)
Death of a sisterAmanda Greene
December 20, 1917 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 49 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 50 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 December 2, 1921 (Age 54 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
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
elder sister
Amanda Greene
Birth: February 26, 1859 33 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 20, 1917Hudson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
23 months
elder brother
General Lafayette Greene
Birth: January 21, 1861 35 35Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 6, 1944Eubank, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder sister
5 years
himself
Solomon Greene
Birth: October 9, 1867 42 41Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 2, 1921Sullivan, Tennessee, United States