The Shemwell Family

Mastin GreerAge: 75 years18501925

Name
Mastin Greer
Given names
Mastin
Surname
Greer
Birth January 19, 1850
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 16 years)
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 16 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 18 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 27 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 48 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
MarriageCynthia May GreeneView this family
May 29, 1913 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Martha Jane Greer
May 18, 1914 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 65 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 66 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 67 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/
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Elizabeth Greer
April 4, 1920 (Age 70 years)
Death December 14, 1925 (Age 75 years)
Family with Cynthia May Greene - View this family
himself
Mastin Greer
Birth: January 19, 1850Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 14, 1925Ashe, North Carolina, United States
wife
Marriage: May 29, 1913Watauga, North Carolina, United States
1 year
daughter
Martha Jane Greer
Birth: May 18, 1914 64 34Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 21, 1991Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
6 years
daughter
Mary Elizabeth Greer
Birth: April 4, 1920 70 40Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 9, 1985Hays, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Noah Rufus Love + Cynthia May Greene - View this family
wife’s husband
Noah Rufus Love
Birth: January 25, 1875Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 12, 1960Purlear, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
wife
step-son
Jeptha W “Jafe” Greene
Birth: September 11, 1899 24 19Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death:
6 years
step-son
Shadrack M “Shade” Greene
Birth: May 11, 1905 30 25Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 21, 1991Somerset, Maryland, United States
Blair Wagoner + Cynthia May Greene - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
step-son
Rondel Lee Greene
Birth: August 12, 1907 27Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 12, 1972Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Robert Lee Laws + Cynthia May Greene - View this family
wife’s husband
Robert Lee Laws
Birth: June 6, 1884Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 3, 1973Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States
wife
step-daughter
Julius M McGuire + Cynthia May Greene - View this family
wife’s husband
Julius M McGuire
Birth: September 7, 1870Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 15, 1932Ashe, North Carolina, United States
wife
Marriage: August 12, 1922Ashe, North Carolina, United States
-5 months
step-son
Richard Hardin McGuire
Birth: March 11, 1922 51 41Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 31, 1953Jobs Cabin, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

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