The Shemwell Family

Finley Patterson TrivettAge: 88 years18491937

Name
Finley Patterson Trivett
Given names
Finley Patterson
Surname
Trivett
Birth February 5, 1849
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 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 12 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 17 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 17 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 19 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
MarriageMary E GreeneView this family
about 1871 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Martha Irene Trivett
March 12, 1872 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Clingman Elijah Trivett
March 5, 1875 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 28 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#3
Nancy Fidella Trivett
August 16, 1879 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Sarah E Trivett
October 19, 1882 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Naomi Emeline Trivett
November 12, 1884 (Age 35 years)
Death of a wifeMary E Greene
December 30, 1886 (Age 37 years)
Marriage of a childRoby GreeneMartha Irene TrivettView this family
March 31, 1888 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Greenville Maston Greene
July 13, 1889 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Orville Austin Greene
April 8, 1891 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Virgil Sylvester Greene
February 27, 1893 (Age 44 years)
Death of a grandsonGreenville Maston Greene
December 23, 1893 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childClingman Elijah TrivettFlorence Louanna GreeneView this family
April 8, 1896 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Chester Courtney Trivett
August 24, 1897 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childCopna Horton GreeneSarah E TrivettView this family
April 15, 1898 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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
#5
Lella Elizabeth Greene
February 26, 1899 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Eva Arzola Greene
June 1, 1899 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Hettie Sophia Trivett
June 30, 1899 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Flossie Pearl Greene
June 25, 1901 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Jotham Setzer Trivett
August 12, 1902 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Margie Viola Greene
June 12, 1904 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11
Ven Vaughn Trivett
December 25, 1904 (Age 55 years)
Death of a grandsonOrville Austin Greene
February 1, 1907 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12
Finley Elihu Greene
June 19, 1907 (Age 58 years)
Death of a daughterSarah E Trivett
May 25, 1909 (Age 60 years)

Birth of a grandson
#13
Vonnie May Greene
May 12, 1910 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14
Louanna May Trivett
April 18, 1914 (Age 65 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#15
Inez Lucinda Greene
September 15, 1914 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 66 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 67 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 68 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 80 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 February 24, 1937 (Age 88 years)
Family with Mary E Greene - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: about 1871
14 months
daughter
3 years
son
4 years
daughter
Nancy Fidella Trivett
Birth: August 16, 1879 30 29Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 28, 1950North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
3 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
Naomi Emeline Trivett
Birth: November 12, 1884 35 34Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 18, 1978Ashe, North Carolina, United States