The Shemwell Family

Mary Margaret “Maggie” MillerAge: 81 years18801961

Name
Mary Margaret “Maggie” Miller
Given names
Mary Margaret
Surname
Miller
Nickname
Maggie
Married name
Mary Margaret Church
Birth September 19, 1880 50 45
Death of a maternal grandfatherDeacon Solomon Greene
December 24, 1888 (Age 8 years)
Death of a fatherCalvin C Miller
May 21, 1893 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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 19 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Miller
before 1900 (Age 19 years)
Death of a sisterNicey Miller
before 1900 (Age 19 years)
Death of a brotherFestus Miller
before 1900 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 36 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 37 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 38 years)
Death of a brotherSolomon Columbus Miller
October 13, 1926 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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 50 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth “Betsey” Miller
February 22, 1936 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherIsaac C Miller
June 4, 1936 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Calvin Miller
October 9, 1936 (Age 56 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Harrison Miller
July 9, 1941 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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
Death of a brotherGreene Benjamin Miller
November 11, 1948 (Age 68 years)
Death of a sisterRebecca Lucinda Miller
March 30, 1950 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 69 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 20, 1961 (Age 81 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
elder brother
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
elder sister
Nicey Miller
Birth: about 1876 46 40Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
Festus Miller
Birth: about 1878 48 42Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
herself
Mary Margaret “Maggie” Miller
Birth: September 19, 1880 50 45Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 20, 1961Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States