The Shemwell Family

Martha Rebecca CarltonAge: 94 years18851979

Name
Martha Rebecca Carlton
Given names
Martha Rebecca
Surname
Carlton
Married name
Martha Rebecca Greene
Birth January 20, 1885 26 31
Birth of a brotherFinley Patterson Carlton
January 6, 1888 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJacob Riley Carlton
April 27, 1895 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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
MarriagePardie Sherman GreeneView this family
November 17, 1907 (Age 22 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 24 years)
Death of a maternal 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 sisterMary Malinda Carlton
about 1917 (Age 31 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 brotherJacob Riley Carlton
March 19, 1922 (Age 37 years)
Death of a sisterCelia Elizabeth Carlton
January 18, 1929 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 44 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 motherNancy Louisa “Eliza” Greene
April 27, 1936 (Age 51 years)
Death of a fatherCalvin Madison Carlton
April 15, 1939 (Age 54 years)
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 brotherIsaac Millard Carlton
March 4, 1951 (Age 66 years)
Burial of a brotherIsaac Millard Carlton
March 5, 1951 (Age 66 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Stony Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
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 brotherFinley Patterson Carlton
July 2, 1970 (Age 85 years)
Death of a husbandPardie Sherman Greene
July 26, 1972 (Age 87 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 March 18, 1979 (Age 94 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 24, 1877
-14 months
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
23 months
elder sister
Celia Elizabeth Carlton
Birth: September 13, 1880 22 26Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 18, 1929Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
Homer Arthur Carlton
Birth: October 4, 1883 25 30
Death: November 20, 1980Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
16 months
herself
Martha Rebecca Carlton
Birth: January 20, 1885 26 31North Carolina, United States
Death: March 18, 1979Charlotte, Virginia, United States
3 years
younger brother
Finley Patterson Carlton
Birth: January 6, 1888 29 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 2, 1970Burke, North Carolina, United States
7 years
younger brother
Jacob Riley Carlton
Birth: April 27, 1895 37 41Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 19, 1922Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Family with Pardie Sherman Greene - View this family
husband
Pardie Sherman Greene
Birth: November 24, 1885 16 16Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 26, 1972South Boston, Halifax, Virginia, United States
herself
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