The Shemwell Family

Adelaide Selina GreeneAge: 43 years18521896

Name
Adelaide Selina Greene
Given names
Adelaide Selina
Surname
Greene
Married name
Adelaide Selina Hayworth
Birth April 21, 1852 51 39
Birth of a sisterCelia Greene
about 1854 (Age 20 months)
Death of a sisterCelia Greene
about 1854 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a sisterInfant Daughter Greene
about 1855 (Age 2 years)
Death of a sisterInfant Daughter Greene
about 1855 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherIsaac “Flatty” Greene
February 18, 1855 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary “Polly” Booth
June 8, 1855 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterLydia Cornelia Greene
April 17, 1857 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 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 8 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 14 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 14 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 16 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
Death of a half-sisterMary Greene
May 13, 1877 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 25 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-sisterMartha Greene
January 2, 1880 (Age 27 years)
Death of a fatherDeacon Solomon Greene
December 24, 1888 (Age 36 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam Conley Greene
about 1889 (Age 36 years)
Death of a half-brotherFerguson Greene
about 1890 (Age 37 years)

Death of a half-brotherLarkin Greene
June 10, 1895 (Age 43 years)
Death April 7, 1896 (Age 43 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 2, 1845
9 months
elder sister
Thursa M Greene
Birth: September 28, 1845 44 33Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 29, 1899Watauga, North Carolina, United States
15 months
elder brother
Thomas Rufus Greene
Birth: January 2, 1847 45 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 21, 1926Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
22 months
elder brother
Wesley Sherrill Greene
Birth: November 9, 1848 47 36Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 23, 1931Kings Creek, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
22 months
elder sister
Margaret Ann Greene
Birth: September 2, 1850 49 38Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 11, 1918Center, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
20 months
herself
Adelaide Selina Greene
Birth: April 21, 1852 51 39Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 7, 1896Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
3 years
younger sister
Celia Greene
Birth: about 1854 52 41Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: about 1854Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
Infant Daughter Greene
Birth: about 1855 53 42Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: about 1855Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
Lydia Cornelia Greene
Birth: April 17, 1857 56 44Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 21, 1941Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
Father’s family with Nancy Mary Hodges - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: about 1822
23 months
half-brother
16 months
half-brother
16 months
half-brother
18 months
half-brother
13 months
half-sister
13 months
half-sister
22 months
half-brother
17 months
half-sister
23 months
half-sister
22 months
half-brother
15 months
half-brother
22 months
half-brother
2 years
half-sister
Sarah Adeline Greene
Birth: April 27, 1842 41 40Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 25, 1920Watauga, North Carolina, United States