The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth B GreeneAge: 64 years18751939

Name
Elizabeth B Greene
Given names
Elizabeth B
Surname
Greene
Married name
Elizabeth B Austin
Married name
Elizabeth B Hamby
Married name
Elizabeth B Lowe
Birth April 19, 1875 47 34
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 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 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherDeacon Solomon Greene
December 24, 1888 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Nettie Maebell Hamby
December 16, 1898 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherBartlett Greene
about 1900 (Age 24 years)

MarriageJohn R HambyView this family
January 10, 1904 (Age 28 years)
Death of a brotherJesse Lee Greene
January 24, 1908 (Age 32 years)
Death of a husbandJohn R Hamby
November 8, 1916 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageWill LoweView this family
April 6, 1918 (Age 42 years)
Death of a half-brotherDoctor F Greene
May 22, 1918 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 41 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 42 years)

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 42 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/
MarriageRufus Lenoir AustinView this family
April 5, 1924 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 54 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 55 years)
Death of a sisterCynthia May Greene
October 1, 1930 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherWiley Solomon Greene
May 10, 1935 (Age 60 years)
Death of a husbandRufus Lenoir Austin
February 20, 1936 (Age 60 years)
Death June 9, 1939 (Age 64 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
elder brother
Wiley Solomon Greene
Birth: December 22, 1868 40 27Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 10, 1935Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
15 months
elder sister
5 years
herself
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 John R Hamby - View this family
husband
John R Hamby
Birth: October 2, 1869North Carolina, United States
Death: November 8, 1916Jobs Cabin, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
herself
Elizabeth B Greene
Birth: April 19, 1875 47 34Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 9, 1939Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: January 10, 1904Watauga, North Carolina, United States
-5 years
daughter
Nettie Maebell Hamby
Birth: December 16, 1898 29 23North Carolina, United States
Death: July 4, 1954Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Family with Will Lowe - View this family
husband
herself
Elizabeth B Greene
Birth: April 19, 1875 47 34Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 9, 1939Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: April 6, 1918Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia, United States
Family with Rufus Lenoir Austin - View this family
husband
Rufus Lenoir Austin
Birth: September 30, 1866Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 20, 1936Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
herself
Elizabeth B Greene
Birth: April 19, 1875 47 34Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 9, 1939Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: April 5, 1924Caldwell, North Carolina, United States