The Shemwell Family

Amos Franklin GreeneAge: 84 years18861971

Name
Amos Franklin Greene
Given names
Amos Franklin
Surname
Greene
Birth November 25, 1886 29 16
Marriage of parentsBennette Ferguson GreeneRebecca Lucinda MillerView this family
June 29, 1887 (Age 7 months)

Birth of a brotherLinville Harrison Greene
June 30, 1889 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Conley Greene
about 1889 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterNancy Ann Greene
February 18, 1891 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherMillard Filmore Greene
December 6, 1892 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherCalvin C Miller
May 21, 1893 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherAndrew William Greene
June 2, 1894 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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 brotherWilliam Lawrence Greene
March 10, 1900 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterJennie Pearl Greene
December 15, 1903 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 maternal grandmotherCamilla C Greene
February 23, 1917 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 30 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 31 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 42 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 brotherAndrew William Greene
August 13, 1940 (Age 53 years)
Death of a fatherBennette Ferguson Greene
January 30, 1944 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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 brotherMillard Filmore Greene
June 21, 1949 (Age 62 years)
Death of a motherRebecca Lucinda Miller
March 30, 1950 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Ann Greene
March 7, 1952 (Age 65 years)
Burial of a sisterNancy Ann Greene
March 7, 1952 (Age 65 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Stony Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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 59 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 May 27, 1971 (Age 84 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 29, 1887
-7 months
himself
Amos Franklin Greene
Birth: November 25, 1886 29 16Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 27, 1971Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Linville Harrison Greene
Birth: June 30, 1889 32 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 8, 1978Watauga, North Carolina, United States
20 months
younger sister
Nancy Ann Greene
Birth: February 18, 1891 34 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 7, 1952Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
22 months
younger brother
Millard Filmore Greene
Birth: December 6, 1892 35 22Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 21, 1949Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
18 months
younger brother
6 years
younger brother
4 years
younger sister
Jennie Pearl Greene
Birth: December 15, 1903 47 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 25, 2002Watauga, North Carolina, United States