James Critten GreeneAge: 85 years1864–1950
- Name
- James Critten Greene
- Given names
- James Critten
- Surname
- Greene
 Birth | October 5, 1864 27 30 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 2 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 2 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 4 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 maternal grandfather | Elihu Watson about 1870 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Celia Sherrill June 30, 1876 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 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 paternal grandfather | Deacon Solomon Greene December 24, 1888 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 father | Smith Patrick Greene January 11, 1915 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lucinda Caroline Watson May 28, 1916 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 64 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 sister | Julia Ann Greene June 9, 1930 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy C Greene June 17, 1931 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a sister | Annette Greene December 23, 1932 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 77 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 85 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 81 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 | March 26, 1950 (Age 85 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Smith Patrick Greene Birth: March 10, 1837 35 35 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: January 11, 1915 — Pine Swamp, Ashe, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Lucinda Caroline Watson Birth: June 6, 1834 30 30 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: May 28, 1916 — Pine Swamp, Ashe, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: about 1856 — |
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13 months elder sister |
Annette Greene Birth: February 2, 1857 19 22 — Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: December 23, 1932 — Pine Swamp, Ashe, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Julia Ann Greene Birth: December 23, 1858 21 24 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: June 9, 1930 — Valdese, Burke, North Carolina, United States |
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18 months elder sister |
Nancy C Greene Birth: June 29, 1860 23 26 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: June 17, 1931 — Pine Swamp, Ashe, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Celia Isabella “Belle” Greene Birth: May 1862 25 27 — Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: February 24, 1953 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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2 years himself |
James Critten Greene Birth: October 5, 1864 27 30 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: March 26, 1950 — New River, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |