The Shemwell Family

Mary Emma GreeneAge: 82 years18801963

Name
Mary Emma Greene
Given names
Mary Emma
Surname
Greene
Married name
Mary Emma Setzer
Birth December 7, 1880 27 23
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
Death of a paternal grandfatherSquire Elijah Greene
September 20, 1898 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary “Polly” Norris
March 6, 1905 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 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 motherEliza Brown
May 2, 1930 (Age 49 years)
Death of a brotherDavid Linney Greene
September 12, 1936 (Age 55 years)
Death of a fatherManley Greene
August 9, 1941 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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 69 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 June 27, 1963 (Age 82 years)
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father
Manley Greene
Birth: October 4, 1853 34 32Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 9, 1941Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
mother
Eliza Brown
Birth: August 16, 1857 34 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 2, 1930Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: July 8, 1875Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder brother
David Linney Greene
Birth: September 6, 1877 23 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 12, 1936Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
3 years
herself
Mary Emma Greene
Birth: December 7, 1880 27 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 27, 1963Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States