The Shemwell Family

Filmore L GreeneAge: 54 years18691924

Name
Filmore L Greene
Given names
Filmore L
Surname
Greene
Birth July 13, 1869 20 18
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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
Birth of a half-sisterVictoria Clarinda Greene
May 2, 1870 (Age 9 months)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Willis “Bill” GreeneNancy Elizabeth CarltonView this family
March 28, 1873 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMary Elizabeth Greene
May 23, 1873 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a half-sisterSeclona Louisa Greene
July 9, 1874 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a half-brotherPreston Hill Greene
August 21, 1881 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAmelia Anner Greene
February 28, 1884 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHarvey Herbert Greene
July 18, 1886 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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 40 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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 half-sisterSeclona Louisa Greene
October 12, 1922 (Age 53 years)

Death June 6, 1924 (Age 54 years)
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Filmore L Greene
Birth: July 13, 1869 20 18North Carolina, United States
Death: June 6, 1924Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Father’s family with Nancy Elizabeth Carlton - View this family
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Marriage: March 28, 1873Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 months
half-sister
Mary Elizabeth Greene
Birth: May 23, 1873 24 17Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 28, 1931Coshocton, Ohio, United States
14 months
half-sister
Seclona Louisa Greene
Birth: July 9, 1874 25 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 12, 1922
7 years
half-brother
Preston Hill Greene
Birth: August 21, 1881 32 25Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 29, 1963Coshocton, Ohio, United States
3 years
half-sister
Amelia Anner Greene
Birth: February 28, 1884 35 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 6, 1933Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
half-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 Anna M Watson - View this family
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