The Shemwell Family

Clarissa Louvenia GreeneAge: 88 years18481937

Name
Clarissa Louvenia Greene
Given names
Clarissa Louvenia
Surname
Greene
Married name
Clarissa Louvenia Hayes
Birth October 12, 1848 26 18
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Marriage of a parentHolden MoodyMartha GreeneView this family
about 1850 (Age 14 months)

Birth of a half-sisterNancy C Moody
March 10, 1853 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam G “Bud” Moody
January 1, 1855 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMary Caroline Moody
December 8, 1855 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a half-brotherGeorge Washington Moody
January 1, 1859 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-brotherAbner Bennett Moody
December 20, 1859 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a half-brotherFerguson Greenlee Moody
June 1, 1861 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-sisterSarah Alice Moody
June 8, 1864 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 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
Birth of a half-brotherSolomon Finley Moody
December 11, 1866 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 18 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 18 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 20 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
Birth of a half-sisterLora Emma Moody
January 30, 1876 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 29 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a half-sisterLora Emma Moody
January 2, 1880 (Age 31 years)
Death of a motherMartha Greene
January 2, 1880 (Age 31 years)
Death of a fatherLinville Land
November 4, 1884 (Age 36 years)
Death of a half-brotherFerguson Greenlee Moody
August 16, 1887 (Age 38 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherDeacon Solomon Greene
December 24, 1888 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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
Death of a half-sisterNancy C Moody
February 25, 1913 (Age 64 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam G “Bud” Moody
June 28, 1914 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 67 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 68 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 69 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/
Death of a half-sisterSarah Alice Moody
December 15, 1927 (Age 79 years)
Death of a half-sisterMary Caroline Moody
January 16, 1929 (Age 80 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 80 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 half-brotherGeorge Washington Moody
September 13, 1930 (Age 81 years)
Death March 6, 1937 (Age 88 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
Linville Land
Birth: July 27, 1822Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 4, 1884Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
mother
herself
Clarissa Louvenia Greene
Birth: October 12, 1848 26 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 6, 1937Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Mother’s family with Holden Moody - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: about 1850
3 years
half-sister
Nancy C Moody
Birth: March 10, 1853 27 22Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 25, 1913Damascus, Washington, Virginia, United States
22 months
half-brother
William G “Bud” Moody
Birth: January 1, 1855 29 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 28, 1914Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
11 months
half-sister
Mary Caroline Moody
Birth: December 8, 1855 30 25Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 16, 1929Vilas, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
half-brother
George Washington Moody
Birth: January 1, 1859 33 28Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 13, 1930Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
1 year
half-brother
Abner Bennett Moody
Birth: December 20, 1859 34 29Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 13, 1945Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
17 months
half-brother
Ferguson Greenlee Moody
Birth: June 1, 1861 36 31Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 16, 1887Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
half-sister
Sarah Alice Moody
Birth: June 8, 1864 39 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 15, 1927Blue Ridge, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
half-brother
Solomon Finley Moody
Birth: December 11, 1866 41 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 23, 1951Vilas, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
9 years
half-sister
Lora Emma Moody
Birth: January 30, 1876 50 45Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 2, 1880Watauga, North Carolina, United States