The Shemwell Family

Archie Barnabus PowersAge: 78 years18641942

Name
Archie Barnabus Powers
Given names
Archie Barnabus
Surname
Powers
Birth March 25, 1864 39 37
MarriagePenelope Edward “Pennie” VaughnView this family

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 2 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 2 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 4 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherHenrietta Robinson
December 1875 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Brooks Powers
1876 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 13 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
#1
Ethel Gladys Powers
January 2, 1893 (Age 28 years)
Death of a fatherCharles Richmond “Charlie” Powers
August 24, 1893 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Eddie Gertrude Powers
August 27, 1894 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ida Lillian Powers
November 23, 1896 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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
#4
Jewell Pauline Powers
June 22, 1903 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Ernest Douglas Powers
September 9, 1905 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Lessie Lorene Powers
May 1, 1907 (Age 43 years)

Census May 13, 1910 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Thelma Louise Powers
October 21, 1912 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a son
#8
William Dalton Powers
October 9, 1914 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 51 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 childWilliam Herschel ShemwellIda Lillian PowersView this family
June 20, 1917 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Ulvesford William Shemwell
September 18, 1917 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 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 53 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/
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Ora Louise Shemwell
April 5, 1919 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Henrietta Shemwell
October 13, 1923 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Katherine Sunshine “Shine” Shemwell
November 12, 1925 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 65 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
Birth of a grandson
#5
George Douglas Clements
February 19, 1930 (Age 65 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Joyce Annette Powers
July 30, 1938 (Age 74 years)

Census April 1, 1940 (Age 76 years)
Address: Scott Rd. off Buckeye Ln.
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 77 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 December 11, 1942 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Scott Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Charles Richmond “Charlie” Powers
Birth: January 10, 1825 27 23South Carolina, United States
Death: August 24, 1893Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage: November 20, 1845Cumberland City, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
18 years
himself
Family with Penelope Edward “Pennie” Vaughn - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: Cumberland City, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Ethel Gladys Powers
Birth: January 2, 1893 28 18Cumberland City, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 18, 1979
20 months
daughter
Eddie Gertrude Powers
Birth: August 27, 1894 30 20Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 23, 1979Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
7 years
daughter
Jewell Pauline Powers
Birth: June 22, 1903 39 29Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 13, 1968Carlisle, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Ernest Douglas Powers
Birth: September 9, 1905 41 31Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 30, 1977Stewart, Tennessee, United States
20 months
daughter
6 years
daughter
Thelma Louise Powers
Birth: October 21, 1912 48 38Cumberland City, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death:
2 years
son
William Dalton Powers
Birth: October 9, 1914 50 40Cumberland City, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 11, 2003Cumberland City, Houston, Tennessee, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Archie Barnabus Powers - Household

Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Powers, ArchheadMW46M118TNNCTNFarmer?
Powers, PennywifeFW36M11866TNTNTN
Powers, Ethel GdaughterFW17STNTNTN
Powers, Eddie GsonMW15STNTNTN
Powers, LilliandaughterFW13STNTNTN
Powers, PaulinedaughterFW7STNTNTN
Powers, LonniedaughterFW3STNTNTN
Powers, Ernest DsonMW8mSTNTNTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Dalton Powers - Household

Civil District 6. outside Cumberland City, Bear Springs, Carlisle Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeBPOccupationIndustry
Dalton PowersheadMW24TNFarmerShare Cropper
Arch PowersfatherMW76TN
Pennie VaughnmotherFW65TN
Lillian Ida ShemwellsisterFW43TN
Katherine Sunshine ShemwellNieceFW13TN

Notes: Ida Living with brother & Parents