The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	September 30, 1866 Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 3 months) Alaska, USA 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 3 months) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event	Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 11 years) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 49 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 50 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 51 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/
Marriage	Elizabeth B Greene — View this family April 5, 1924 (Age 57 years) Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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	February 20, 1936 (Age 69 years) Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

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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 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

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

Will Lowe + 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 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

Family with Elizabeth B Greene
himself Parents (unknown)	Rufus Lenoir Austin 1866–1936
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
Will Lowe + Elizabeth B Greene
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	Will Lowe 1886–
wife Parents Bartlett Greene Malinda Katherine Hamby	Elizabeth B Greene 1875–1939