The Shemwell Family

Preston Hill GreeneAge: 82 years18811963

Name
Preston Hill Greene
Given names
Preston Hill
Surname
Greene
Birth August 21, 1881 32 25
Birth of a sisterAmelia Anner Greene
February 28, 1884 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherHarvey Herbert Greene
July 18, 1886 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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 paternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 27 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageLunda V GreeneView this family
April 21, 1917 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 35 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 36 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 wifeLunda V Greene
March 27, 1922 (Age 40 years)
Death of a sisterSeclona Louisa Greene
October 12, 1922 (Age 41 years)

Death of a half-brotherFilmore L Greene
June 6, 1924 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 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 sisterMary Elizabeth Greene
October 28, 1931 (Age 50 years)
Death of a sisterAmelia Anner Greene
June 6, 1933 (Age 51 years)
Death of a motherNancy Elizabeth Carlton
August 2, 1937 (Age 55 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Willis “Bill” Greene
November 13, 1938 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 68 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 half-sisterVictoria Clarinda Greene
November 15, 1956 (Age 75 years)
Death of a brotherHarvey Herbert Greene
August 3, 1957 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 64 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 September 29, 1963 (Age 82 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 28, 1873Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 months
elder sister
Mary Elizabeth Greene
Birth: May 23, 1873 24 17Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 28, 1931Coshocton, Ohio, United States
14 months
elder sister
Seclona Louisa Greene
Birth: July 9, 1874 25 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 12, 1922
7 years
himself
Preston Hill Greene
Birth: August 21, 1881 32 25Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 29, 1963Coshocton, Ohio, United States
3 years
younger sister
Amelia Anner Greene
Birth: February 28, 1884 35 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 6, 1933Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Harvey Herbert Greene
Birth: July 18, 1886 37 30Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 3, 1957Coshocton, Ohio, United States
Father’s family with Sarah M Greene - View this family
father
step-mother
half-brother
Filmore L Greene
Birth: July 13, 1869 20 18North Carolina, United States
Death: June 6, 1924Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Father’s family with Anna M Watson - View this family
father
step-mother
half-sister
Family with Lunda V Greene - View this family
himself
Preston Hill Greene
Birth: August 21, 1881 32 25Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 29, 1963Coshocton, Ohio, United States
wife
Lunda V Greene
Birth: July 1899 33 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 27, 1922Coshocton, Ohio, United States
Marriage: April 21, 1917Watauga, North Carolina, United States