The Shemwell Family

Sarah M GreeneAge: 80 years18511931

Name
Sarah M Greene
Given names
Sarah M
Surname
Greene
Married name
Sarah M Shell
Birth January 1851
MarriageShellView this family
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Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 16 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 16 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a son
#1
Filmore L Greene
July 13, 1869 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 18 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 27 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 65 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 66 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 67 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 sonFilmore L Greene
June 6, 1924 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 78 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 July 16, 1931 (Age 80 years)
Family with William Willis “Bill” Greene - View this family
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herself
son
Filmore L Greene
Birth: July 13, 1869 20 18North Carolina, United States
Death: June 6, 1924Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Family with Shell - View this family
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herself
Marriage:
William Willis “Bill” Greene + Nancy Elizabeth Carlton - View this family
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husband’s wife
Marriage: March 28, 1873Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 months
step-daughter
Mary Elizabeth Greene
Birth: May 23, 1873 24 17Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 28, 1931Coshocton, Ohio, United States
14 months
step-daughter
Seclona Louisa Greene
Birth: July 9, 1874 25 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 12, 1922
7 years
step-son
Preston Hill Greene
Birth: August 21, 1881 32 25Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 29, 1963Coshocton, Ohio, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Amelia Anner Greene
Birth: February 28, 1884 35 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 6, 1933Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
step-son
Harvey Herbert Greene
Birth: July 18, 1886 37 30Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 3, 1957Coshocton, Ohio, United States
William Willis “Bill” Greene + Anna M Watson - View this family
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