The Shemwell Family

Myra Caroline CableAge: 62 years18731936

Name
Myra Caroline Cable
Given names
Myra Caroline
Surname
Cable
Married name
Myra Caroline Greene
Birth October 15, 1873
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWiley Solomon GreeneView this family
December 24, 1891 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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 42 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 43 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 44 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 55 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 husbandWiley Solomon Greene
May 10, 1935 (Age 61 years)
Death January 21, 1936 (Age 62 years)
Family with Wiley Solomon Greene - View this family
husband
Wiley Solomon Greene
Birth: December 22, 1868 40 27Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 10, 1935Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
herself
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

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