The Shemwell Family

Sarah Louisa GreeneAge: 75 years18571932

Name
Sarah Louisa Greene
Given names
Sarah Louisa
Surname
Greene
Married name
Sarah Louisa Greene
Birth May 11, 1857 22 17
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a fatherWilliam Nathan Greene
August 29, 1862 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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
Marriage of a parentThomas Rufus GreeneCelia Adeline GraggView this family
about 1866 (Age 8 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 9 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 9 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 11 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
MarriageSolomon Riley GreeneView this family
January 4, 1872 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Zora Ellen Greene
October 11, 1872 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Disia Etta Greene
February 25, 1875 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#3
William Amidas Greene
December 31, 1877 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 20 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a son
#4
James Ellis Greene
June 1, 1881 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Hoy Patterson Greene
October 30, 1883 (Age 26 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam M Gragg
May 3, 1885 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Romulus Linney Greene
May 1, 1887 (Age 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSusannah Greene
February 26, 1891 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Joseph W Greene
about 1894 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 daughter
#8
Hessie Ethel Greene
September 11, 1898 (Age 41 years)
Death of a sonJoseph W Greene
before 1900 (Age 42 years)
Death of a husbandSolomon Riley Greene
March 27, 1913 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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 motherCelia Adeline Gragg
January 16, 1922 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 72 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 October 23, 1932 (Age 75 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
William Nathan Greene
Birth: March 31, 1835Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 29, 1862Manassas, Virginia, United States
mother
Celia Adeline Gragg
Birth: December 11, 1839 28 21Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 16, 1922Deep Gap, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1856
16 months
herself
Mother’s family with Thomas Rufus Greene - View this family
step-father
Thomas Rufus Greene
Birth: January 2, 1847 45 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 21, 1926Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
mother
Celia Adeline Gragg
Birth: December 11, 1839 28 21Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 16, 1922Deep Gap, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1866
Family with Solomon Riley Greene - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: January 4, 1872Watauga, North Carolina, United States
9 months
daughter
Zora Ellen Greene
Birth: October 11, 1872 21 15Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 5, 1952Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
Disia Etta Greene
Birth: February 25, 1875 23 17Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 13, 1952Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
son
William Amidas Greene
Birth: December 31, 1877 26 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 29, 1960Maryland, United States
3 years
son
James Ellis Greene
Birth: June 1, 1881 30 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 13, 1958Harford, Maryland, United States
2 years
son
Hoy Patterson Greene
Birth: October 30, 1883 32 26Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 24, 1970Bel Air, Harford, Maryland, United States
4 years
son
Romulus Linney Greene
Birth: May 1, 1887 35 29Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 14, 1973Harford, Maryland, United States
8 years
son
Joseph W Greene
Birth: about 1894 42 36North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900North Carolina, United States
5 years
daughter
Hessie Ethel Greene
Birth: September 11, 1898 47 41Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 5, 1980Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States