The Shemwell Family

Greene Benjamin MillerAge: 74 years18731948

Name
Greene Benjamin Miller
Given names
Greene Benjamin
Surname
Miller
Birth December 15, 1873 43 38
Birth of a sisterNicey Miller
about 1876 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherFestus Miller
about 1878 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 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 brotherAmos Miller
before 1880 (Age 6 years)

Birth of a sisterMary Margaret “Maggie” Miller
September 19, 1880 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherDeacon Solomon Greene
December 24, 1888 (Age 15 years)
Death of a fatherCalvin C Miller
May 21, 1893 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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 sisterCornelia Miller
before 1900 (Age 26 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Miller
before 1900 (Age 26 years)
Death of a sisterNicey Miller
before 1900 (Age 26 years)
Death of a brotherFestus Miller
before 1900 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherCamilla C Greene
February 23, 1917 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 43 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 44 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 sisterMary Tamer Miller
August 12, 1919 (Age 45 years)
Death of a brotherSolomon Columbus Miller
October 13, 1926 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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 brotherMarcus Demaris Miller
June 14, 1931 (Age 57 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth “Betsey” Miller
February 22, 1936 (Age 62 years)
Death of a brotherIsaac C Miller
June 4, 1936 (Age 62 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Calvin Miller
October 9, 1936 (Age 62 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Harrison Miller
July 9, 1941 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 72 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 November 11, 1948 (Age 74 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1851
17 months
elder brother
Thomas Calvin Miller
Birth: May 26, 1852 22 17Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 9, 1936Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder brother
Marcus Demaris Miller
Birth: June 24, 1854 24 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 14, 1931Watauga, North Carolina, United States
14 months
elder sister
Nancy J Miller
Birth: August 27, 1855 25 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1870
16 months
elder brother
Isaac C Miller
Birth: December 16, 1856 26 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 4, 1936Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
Martha A Miller
Birth: about 1859 29 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1870
2 years
elder brother
Amos Miller
Birth: about 1860 30 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1880
9 months
elder sister
Mary Tamer Miller
Birth: September 16, 1860 30 25Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 12, 1919Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 years
elder brother
William Harrison Miller
Birth: January 20, 1865 35 29Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 9, 1941Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 years
elder sister
Cornelia Miller
Birth: July 26, 1868 38 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900Watauga, North Carolina, United States
elder brother
Solomon Columbus Miller
Birth: July 26, 1868 38 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 13, 1926Watauga, North Carolina, United States
21 months
elder sister
14 months
elder sister
Elizabeth “Betsey” Miller
Birth: July 5, 1871 41 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 22, 1936Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
18 months
elder brother
Joseph Miller
Birth: about 1872 42 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900Watauga, North Carolina, United States
23 months
himself
Greene Benjamin Miller
Birth: December 15, 1873 43 38Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 11, 1948Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Nicey Miller
Birth: about 1876 46 40Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Festus Miller
Birth: about 1878 48 42Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Margaret “Maggie” Miller
Birth: September 19, 1880 50 45Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 20, 1961Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States