The Shemwell Family

Martha M HambyAge: 64 years18451910

Name
Martha M Hamby
Given names
Martha M
Surname
Hamby
Married name
Martha M Greene
Birth September 1845
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 months)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 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 15 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 21 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 21 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 23 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 32 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageJames Edward GreeneView this family
about 1880 (Age 34 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 52 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 between 1910 and 1916 (Age 64 years)

Family with James Edward Greene - View this family
husband
James Edward Greene
Birth: March 26, 1855 27 24Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 29, 1940Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1880
James Edward Greene + Frances Maybelle Pilkenton - View this family
husband
James Edward Greene
Birth: March 26, 1855 27 24Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 29, 1940Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
husband’s wife
Frances Maybelle Pilkenton
Birth: March 19, 1892Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 29, 1976Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: September 30, 1916

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