The Shemwell Family

Hessie Ethel GreeneAge: 81 years18981980

Name
Hessie Ethel Greene
Given names
Hessie Ethel
Surname
Greene
Married name
Hessie Ethel Stevens
Birth September 11, 1898 47 41
Death of a brotherJoseph W Greene
before 1900 (Age 15 months)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 10 years)
Death of a fatherSolomon Riley Greene
March 27, 1913 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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 maternal grandmotherCelia Adeline Gragg
January 16, 1922 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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 motherSarah Louisa Greene
October 23, 1932 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 sisterZora Ellen Greene
April 5, 1952 (Age 53 years)
Death of a sisterDisia Etta Greene
April 13, 1952 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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 brotherJames Ellis Greene
October 13, 1958 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Amidas Greene
March 29, 1960 (Age 61 years)
Death of a brotherHoy Patterson Greene
November 24, 1970 (Age 72 years)
Death of a brotherRomulus Linney Greene
September 14, 1973 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 September 5, 1980 (Age 81 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: January 4, 1872Watauga, North Carolina, United States
9 months
elder sister
Zora Ellen Greene
Birth: October 11, 1872 21 15Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 5, 1952Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder sister
Disia Etta Greene
Birth: February 25, 1875 23 17Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 13, 1952Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
William Amidas Greene
Birth: December 31, 1877 26 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 29, 1960Maryland, United States
3 years
elder brother
James Ellis Greene
Birth: June 1, 1881 30 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 13, 1958Harford, Maryland, United States
2 years
elder brother
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
elder brother
Romulus Linney Greene
Birth: May 1, 1887 35 29Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 14, 1973Harford, Maryland, United States
8 years
elder brother
Joseph W Greene
Birth: about 1894 42 36North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1900North Carolina, United States
5 years
herself
Hessie Ethel Greene
Birth: September 11, 1898 47 41Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 5, 1980Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States