The Shemwell Family

Eara Martha SimmonsAge: 86 years18951982

Name
Eara Martha Simmons
Given names
Eara Martha
Surname
Simmons
Married name
Eara Martha Greene
Birth October 27, 1895
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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
MarriageVirgil Sylvester GreeneView this family
December 24, 1912 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Agnes Belvina Greene
March 5, 1914 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Nona Mae Greene
December 30, 1916 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#3
Aubrey Ruth Greene
February 17, 1918 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 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 22 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
#4
Doris California Greene
April 12, 1920 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Telsie Iverson Greene
May 4, 1923 (Age 27 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 sonTelsie Iverson Greene
December 4, 1931 (Age 36 years)

Birth of a son
#6
Clayton Sylvester Greene
August 10, 1933 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Ray Landon Greene
October 1, 1936 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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 54 years)
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
Death of a daughterNona Mae Greene
September 2, 1974 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 years)
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 February 7, 1982 (Age 86 years)
Family with Virgil Sylvester Greene - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 24, 1912Watauga, North Carolina, United States
14 months
daughter
Agnes Belvina Greene
Birth: March 5, 1914 21 18Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 3, 1998Burke, North Carolina, United States
3 years
daughter
Nona Mae Greene
Birth: December 30, 1916 23 21Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 2, 1974Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
14 months
daughter
Aubrey Ruth Greene
Birth: February 17, 1918 24 22Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 28, 1996Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
Doris California Greene
Birth: April 12, 1920 27 24Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 4, 2013Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
son
10 years
son
Clayton Sylvester Greene
Birth: August 10, 1933 40 37Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 28, 1999Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
son
Ray Landon Greene
Birth: October 1, 1936 43 40Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 9, 1983Caldwell, North Carolina, United States

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