The Shemwell Family

Thula PonderAge: 82 years18701953

Name
Thula Ponder
Given names
Thula
Surname
Ponder
Married name
Thula Powers
Birth November 3, 1870
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 46 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 47 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 58 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
MarriageAlbert Ernest PowersView this family
October 26, 1940 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 husbandAlbert Ernest Powers
September 27, 1949 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 79 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 75 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 16, 1953 (Age 82 years)
Family with Albert Ernest Powers - View this family
husband
herself
Thula Ponder
Birth: November 3, 1870Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: June 16, 1953Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 26, 1940Butler, Missouri, United States
Albert Ernest Powers + Ida Pennington - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 3, 1886Butler, Missouri, United States
4 months
step-son
3 years
step-daughter
5 years
step-son
Albert Carl Powers
Birth: September 4, 1893 28 23Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: February 1, 1918Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
5 years
step-daughter
Anna Lee Powers
Birth: January 1899 33 29Butler, Missouri, United States
Death:
2 years
step-son
Aubrey Ernest Powers
Birth: February 7, 1901 35 31Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: March 25, 1980Fredericktown, Madison, Missouri, United States
Albert Ernest Powers + Ida Jane Rushin - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Ida Jane Rushin
Birth: December 6, 1869Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: October 23, 1935Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Marriage: February 18, 1904Butler, Missouri, United States
9 months
step-son
William Raymond Powers
Birth: November 14, 1904 39 34Biggers, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 1979
2 years
step-son
John Marvin Powers
Birth: March 26, 1907 42 37Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: April 8, 1987Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, United States
4 years
step-son
Justin Powers
Birth: calculated 1910 44 40Arkansas, United States
Death: