The Shemwell Family

Pardie Sherman GreeneAge: 86 years18851972

Name
Pardie Sherman Greene
Given names
Pardie Sherman
Surname
Greene
Birth November 24, 1885 16 16
Birth of a brotherZollie Monroe Greene
December 21, 1888 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherFinnis Norman Greene
February 11, 1891 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherEmmit Carson Greene
June 20, 1893 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherIvery Clenard Greene
October 16, 1895 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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
Birth of a sisterEssie Elise Greene
March 1, 1900 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterEliza Esther Greene
July 6, 1902 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a sisterElla Mae Greene
December 27, 1905 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a brotherClarence Vaughn Greene
June 10, 1907 (Age 21 years)
MarriageMartha Rebecca CarltonView this family
November 17, 1907 (Age 21 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a brotherLawrence Hoy Greene
November 30, 1909 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a sisterDicie Savannah Greene
July 25, 1912 (Age 26 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 sisterEssie Elise Greene
April 28, 1918 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 31 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 32 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 brotherFinnis Norman Greene
March 2, 1920 (Age 34 years)
Death of a brotherLawrence Hoy Greene
June 14, 1923 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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 fatherE Lindsay Greene
December 25, 1946 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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
Death of a motherSarah Ann Simmons
October 3, 1955 (Age 69 years)
Death of a brotherEmmit Carson Greene
May 23, 1959 (Age 73 years)
Death of a sisterEliza Esther Greene
April 26, 1969 (Age 83 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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 July 26, 1972 (Age 86 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 7, 1885Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
1 month
himself
Pardie Sherman Greene
Birth: November 24, 1885 16 16Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 26, 1972South Boston, Halifax, Virginia, United States
3 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
Finnis Norman Greene
Birth: February 11, 1891 21 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 2, 1920Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Emmit Carson Greene
Birth: June 20, 1893 24 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 23, 1959Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
4 years
younger sister
Essie Elise Greene
Birth: March 1, 1900 30 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 28, 1918Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
Ella Mae Greene
Birth: December 27, 1905 36 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 11, 1987Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
17 months
younger brother
Clarence Vaughn Greene
Birth: June 10, 1907 38 37Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 21, 1997Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Lawrence Hoy Greene
Birth: November 30, 1909 40 40Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 14, 1923Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Dicie Savannah Greene
Birth: July 25, 1912 43 42Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 17, 1998Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Family with Martha Rebecca Carlton - View this family
himself
Pardie Sherman Greene
Birth: November 24, 1885 16 16Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 26, 1972South Boston, Halifax, Virginia, United States
wife
Martha Rebecca Carlton
Birth: January 20, 1885 26 31North Carolina, United States
Death: March 18, 1979Charlotte, Virginia, United States
Marriage: November 17, 1907Watauga, North Carolina, United States