The Shemwell Family

Wiley Solomon GreeneAge: 66 years18681935

Name
Wiley Solomon Greene
Given names
Wiley Solomon
Surname
Greene
Birth December 22, 1868 40 27
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 10 days)

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 sisterJulia Ann Greene
March 24, 1870 (Age 15 months)
Birth of a sisterElizabeth B Greene
April 19, 1875 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 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 sisterCynthia May Greene
April 1880 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherDeacon Solomon Greene
December 24, 1888 (Age 20 years)
MarriageMyra Caroline CableView this family
December 24, 1891 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 31 years)

Death of a brotherJesse Lee Greene
January 24, 1908 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 half-brotherDoctor F Greene
May 22, 1918 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 48 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
Death of a motherMalinda Katherine Hamby
about 1918 (Age 49 years)

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 49 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 60 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 sisterMillie Frankie “Mollie” Greene
October 1, 1930 (Age 61 years)
Death of a sisterCynthia May Greene
October 1, 1930 (Age 61 years)
Death May 10, 1935 (Age 66 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 17, 1858Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
1 year
elder 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
elder sister
2 years
himself
Wiley Solomon Greene
Birth: December 22, 1868 40 27Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 10, 1935Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
15 months
younger sister
5 years
younger 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
younger sister
Father’s family with Amanda Maude Watson - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: June 3, 1849Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
13 months
half-brother
Doctor F Greene
Birth: July 14, 1850 22 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 22, 1918Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
14 months
half-brother
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
half-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
Family with Myra Caroline Cable - View this family
himself
Wiley Solomon Greene
Birth: December 22, 1868 40 27Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 10, 1935Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
wife
Myra Caroline Cable
Birth: October 15, 1873Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 21, 1936Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: December 24, 1891Watauga, North Carolina, United States