The Shemwell Family

Hannah Salina McNeilAge: 76 years18521929

Name
Hannah Salina McNeil
Given names
Hannah Salina
Surname
McNeil
Married name
Hannah Salina Greene
Birth December 14, 1852

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 14 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 14 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 16 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
MarriageWesley Sherrill GreeneView this family
about 1870 (Age 17 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Adelaide Josephine Greene
November 18, 1875 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 25 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage of a childJohn Melvin GreeneAdelaide Josephine GreeneView this family
April 18, 1891 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Lora Bessie Greene
August 13, 1893 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 granddaughter
#2
Lunda V Greene
July 1899 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
William Arthur Greene
July 5, 1900 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Ida Selena Greene
August 28, 1901 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Gurney Norman Greene
July 22, 1903 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 63 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 64 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 65 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 granddaughterLunda V Greene
March 27, 1922 (Age 69 years)
Death May 1, 1929 (Age 76 years)

Family with Wesley Sherrill Greene - View this family
husband
Wesley Sherrill Greene
Birth: November 9, 1848 47 36Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 23, 1931Kings Creek, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1870
6 years
daughter

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