The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	about 1886 Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 years) Cuba 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 30 years) Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage	Elizabeth B Greene — View this family April 6, 1918 (Age 32 years) Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia, United States
Historical Event	World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 31 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 32 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 43 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 wife	Elizabeth B Greene June 9, 1939 (Age 53 years) Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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
Historical Event	Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 years) South Korea Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 years) Vietnam Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death	unknown

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Family with Elizabeth B Greene - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Elizabeth B Greene Will Lowe Birth: about 1886 — Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States Death:
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John R Hamby Nettie Maebell Hamby Family with spouse Will Lowe Family with spouse Rufus Lenoir Austin Elizabeth B Greene Birth: April 19, 1875 47 34 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: June 9, 1939 — Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
	Marriage: April 6, 1918 — Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia, United States

John R Hamby + Elizabeth B Greene - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Elizabeth B Greene Nettie Maebell Hamby John R Hamby Birth: October 2, 1869 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 8, 1916 — Jobs Cabin, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John R Hamby Nettie Maebell Hamby Family with spouse Will Lowe Family with spouse Rufus Lenoir Austin Elizabeth B Greene Birth: April 19, 1875 47 34 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: June 9, 1939 — Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
	Marriage: January 10, 1904 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
-5 years step-daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Nettie Maebell Hamby Birth: December 16, 1898 29 23 — North Carolina, United States Death: July 4, 1954 — Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States

Rufus Lenoir Austin + Elizabeth B Greene - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Elizabeth B Greene Rufus Lenoir Austin Birth: September 30, 1866 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: February 20, 1936 — Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John R Hamby Nettie Maebell Hamby Family with spouse Will Lowe Family with spouse Rufus Lenoir Austin Elizabeth B Greene Birth: April 19, 1875 47 34 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: June 9, 1939 — Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
	Marriage: April 5, 1924 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States

Family with Elizabeth B Greene
himself Parents (unknown)	Will Lowe 1886–
wife Parents Bartlett Greene Malinda Katherine Hamby	Elizabeth B Greene 1875–1939
John R Hamby + Elizabeth B Greene
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	John R Hamby 1869–1916
wife Parents Bartlett Greene Malinda Katherine Hamby	Elizabeth B Greene 1875–1939
step-daughter Family (none)	Nettie Maebell Hamby 1898–1954
Rufus Lenoir Austin + Elizabeth B Greene
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	Rufus Lenoir Austin 1866–1936
wife Parents Bartlett Greene Malinda Katherine Hamby	Elizabeth B Greene 1875–1939