The Shemwell Family

General Chapman GreeneAge: 93 years18511945

Name
General Chapman Greene
Given names
General Chapman
Surname
Greene
Birth September 12, 1851 23 20
Birth of a brotherJames Edward Greene
March 26, 1855 (Age 3 years)
Death of a motherAmanda Maude Watson
about 1857 (Age 5 years)
Marriage of a parentBartlett GreeneMalinda Katherine HambyView this family
May 17, 1858 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJesse Lee Greene
May 1859 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 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 9 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 half-sisterMillie Frankie “Mollie” Greene
about 1867 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 15 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 15 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a half-brotherWiley Solomon Greene
December 22, 1868 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 17 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
Birth of a half-sisterJulia Ann Greene
March 24, 1870 (Age 18 years)
MarriageNancy M A HambyView this family
about 1871 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a half-sisterElizabeth B Greene
April 19, 1875 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 26 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-sisterCynthia May Greene
April 1880 (Age 28 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherDeacon Solomon Greene
December 24, 1888 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 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 fatherBartlett Greene
about 1900 (Age 48 years)

Death of a half-brotherJesse Lee Greene
January 24, 1908 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 64 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 brotherDoctor F Greene
May 22, 1918 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 65 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 66 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 wifeNancy M A Hamby
July 4, 1926 (Age 74 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 of a half-sisterMillie Frankie “Mollie” Greene
October 1, 1930 (Age 79 years)
Death of a half-sisterCynthia May Greene
October 1, 1930 (Age 79 years)
Death of a half-brotherWiley Solomon Greene
May 10, 1935 (Age 83 years)
Death of a half-sisterElizabeth B Greene
June 9, 1939 (Age 87 years)
Death of a brotherJames Edward Greene
January 29, 1940 (Age 88 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 90 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
Death August 2, 1945 (Age 93 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 3, 1849Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
13 months
elder brother
Doctor F Greene
Birth: July 14, 1850 22 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 22, 1918Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
14 months
himself
General Chapman Greene
Birth: September 12, 1851 23 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 2, 1945Jobs Cabin, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger brother
James Edward Greene
Birth: March 26, 1855 27 24Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 29, 1940Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Father’s family with Malinda Katherine Hamby - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: May 17, 1858Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
1 year
half-brother
Jesse Lee Greene
Birth: May 1859 31 18Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 24, 1908Jobs Cabin, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
9 years
half-sister
2 years
half-brother
Wiley Solomon Greene
Birth: December 22, 1868 40 27Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 10, 1935Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
15 months
half-sister
5 years
half-sister
Elizabeth B Greene
Birth: April 19, 1875 47 34Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 9, 1939Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
5 years
half-sister
Family with Nancy M A Hamby - View this family
himself
General Chapman Greene
Birth: September 12, 1851 23 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 2, 1945Jobs Cabin, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
wife
Nancy M A Hamby
Birth: July 4, 1855Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 4, 1926Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1871