The Shemwell Family

Adelaide Josephine GreeneAge: 90 years18751966

Name
Adelaide Josephine Greene
Given names
Adelaide Josephine
Surname
Greene
Married name
Adelaide Josephine Greene
Birth November 18, 1875 27 22
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a paternal grandfatherDeacon Solomon Greene
December 24, 1888 (Age 13 years)
MarriageJohn Melvin GreeneView this family
April 18, 1891 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lora Bessie Greene
August 13, 1893 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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
#2
Lunda V Greene
July 1899 (Age 23 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Ann Sherrill
January 19, 1900 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#3
William Arthur Greene
July 5, 1900 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Ida Selena Greene
August 28, 1901 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Gurney Norman Greene
July 22, 1903 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a childPreston Hill GreeneLunda V GreeneView this family
April 21, 1917 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 41 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 42 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 daughterLunda V Greene
March 27, 1922 (Age 46 years)
Death of a motherHannah Salina McNeil
May 1, 1929 (Age 53 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 53 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 fatherWesley Sherrill Greene
July 23, 1931 (Age 55 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Melvin Greene
April 27, 1944 (Age 68 years)
Burial of a husbandJohn Melvin Greene
April 29, 1944 (Age 68 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: John Riley Greene Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 74 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 daughterIda Selena Greene
February 1, 1955 (Age 79 years)
Death of a sonGurney Norman Greene
February 5, 1955 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 70 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 7, 1966 (Age 90 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
Wesley Sherrill Greene
Birth: November 9, 1848 47 36Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 23, 1931Kings Creek, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1870
6 years
herself
Family with John Melvin Greene - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: April 18, 1891Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
Lora Bessie Greene
Birth: August 13, 1893 28 17Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 10, 1978Alleghany, North Carolina, United States
6 years
daughter
Lunda V Greene
Birth: July 1899 33 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 27, 1922Coshocton, Ohio, United States
1 year
son
William Arthur Greene
Birth: July 5, 1900 34 24Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 7, 1966Burke, North Carolina, United States
14 months
daughter
Ida Selena Greene
Birth: August 28, 1901 36 25Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 1, 1955Watauga, North Carolina, United States
23 months
son
Gurney Norman Greene
Birth: July 22, 1903 37 27Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 5, 1955Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
John Melvin Greene + Celia L Hamby - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: May 2, 1885Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
4 years
step-daughter
Nora Etta Greene
Birth: February 28, 1889 23 21Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 14, 1917Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

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