The Shemwell Family

Name
Ida Pennington
Given names
Ida
Surname
Pennington
Married name
Ida Powers
Married name
Ida Brannum
Birth December 7, 1869
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageAlbert Ernest PowersView this family
March 3, 1886 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Jacob Washington “Jake” Powers
June 22, 1886 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Hattie Mae Powers
December 7, 1888 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Albert Carl Powers
September 4, 1893 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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
Anna Lee Powers
January 1899 (Age 29 years)
Census June 26, 1900 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Aubrey Ernest Powers
February 7, 1901 (Age 31 years)
MarriageJames Wesley BrannumView this family
about 1905 (Age 35 years)

Marriage of a childArch VandoverHattie Mae PowersView this family
November 2, 1907 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Paul Millard Powers
February 11, 1910 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Pauline Muriel Powers
October 4, 1911 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
James Albert “Jimmie” Powers
March 19, 1914 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Archie Lee Vandover
July 22, 1914 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Hattie Lorene Powers
October 3, 1915 (Age 45 years)
Marriage of a childAlbert Carl PowersPearl YoungView this family
June 10, 1916 (Age 46 years)
Death of a granddaughterHattie Lorene Powers
July 17, 1916 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Victor Newell Vandover
October 15, 1916 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Thelma R Powers
April 22, 1917 (Age 47 years)
Death of a sonAlbert Carl Powers
February 1, 1918 (Age 48 years)
Death of a granddaughterThelma R Powers
February 8, 1918 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Dewell Eugene Powers
November 1, 1918 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 47 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 48 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
#9
Marjorie Lorene Vandover
June 16, 1919 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Edwin Gilbert Powers
December 20, 1920 (Age 51 years)
Death of a grandsonEdwin Gilbert Powers
May 7, 1921 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11
Leonard Woodrow Powers
March 14, 1922 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12
Aubrey Gene Vandover
March 13, 1923 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13
George Jacob Powers
January 17, 1924 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14
Wanda Bernice Vandover
July 15, 1925 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#15
Ida Mae Powers
December 7, 1925 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#16
David Lynn Powers
October 11, 1926 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#17
Bertha Lucille Powers
May 11, 1928 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 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
#18
Joseph Graham Powers
November 12, 1929 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#19
Mauriece Bessie “Marcy” Powers
May 13, 1930 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#20
Billy Ray Vandover
June 12, 1931 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#21
Alice Bernice Powers
February 7, 1932 (Age 62 years)
Death of a grandsonVictor Newell Vandover
December 15, 1934 (Age 65 years)
Cause: Peritonitis
Death July 5, 1937 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lone Hill Cemetery
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