The Shemwell Family

Jacob Washington “Jake” PowersAge: 85 years18861971

Name
Jacob Washington “Jake” Powers
Given names
Jacob Washington
Surname
Powers
Nickname
Jake
Birth June 22, 1886 21 16
Birth of a sisterHattie Mae Powers
December 7, 1888 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Washington Powers
August 6, 1889 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherAlbert Carl Powers
September 4, 1893 (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 sisterAnna Lee Powers
January 1899 (Age 12 years)
Census June 26, 1900 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherAubrey Ernest Powers
February 7, 1901 (Age 14 years)
Marriage of a parentAlbert Ernest PowersIda Jane RushinView this family
February 18, 1904 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam Raymond Powers
November 14, 1904 (Age 18 years)
Marriage of a parentJames Wesley BrannumIda PenningtonView this family
about 1905 (Age 18 years)

Birth of a half-brotherJohn Marvin Powers
March 26, 1907 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Paul Millard Powers
February 11, 1910 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJustin Powers
calculated 1910 (Age 23 years)
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Pauline Muriel Powers
October 4, 1911 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#3
James Albert “Jimmie” Powers
March 19, 1914 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Hattie Lorene Powers
October 3, 1915 (Age 29 years)
Death of a daughterHattie Lorene Powers
July 17, 1916 (Age 30 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
Birth of a daughter
#5
Thelma R Powers
April 22, 1917 (Age 30 years)
Military
WW1 Draft
June 5, 1917 (Age 30 years)
Death of a brotherAlbert Carl Powers
February 1, 1918 (Age 31 years)
Death of a daughterThelma R Powers
February 8, 1918 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Dewell Eugene Powers
November 1, 1918 (Age 32 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/
Census January 26, 1920 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Edwin Gilbert Powers
December 20, 1920 (Age 34 years)
Death of a sonEdwin Gilbert Powers
May 7, 1921 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#8
Leonard Woodrow Powers
March 14, 1922 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#9
George Jacob Powers
January 17, 1924 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#10
Ida Mae Powers
December 7, 1925 (Age 39 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Ann “Polly” Kittrell
March 13, 1927 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#11
Bertha Lucille Powers
May 11, 1928 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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
Census April 3, 1930 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a daughter
#12
Mauriece Bessie “Marcy” Powers
May 13, 1930 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a daughter
#13
Alice Bernice Powers
February 7, 1932 (Age 45 years)
Death of a motherIda Pennington
July 5, 1937 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Harold Mathew Powers
September 21, 1938 (Age 52 years)
Census April 3, 1940 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Lovella Powers
July 20, 1940 (Age 54 years)
Marriage of a parentAlbert Ernest PowersThula PonderView this family
October 26, 1940 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
James Robert “Jim” Powers
January 20, 1941 (Age 54 years)
Marriage of a childHomer Raymond GambillPauline Muriel PowersView this family
October 5, 1942 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Jerry Ray Gambill
December 3, 1942 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Gayla Lynn Powers
June 13, 1943 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge Jacob PowersWanda Mae MagruderView this family
November 16, 1943 (Age 57 years)
Death of a sonGeorge Jacob Powers
December 24, 1944 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
George Leon Powers
June 12, 1945 (Age 58 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 fatherAlbert Ernest Powers
September 27, 1949 (Age 63 years)
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
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Susan Renee Howell
May 18, 1960 (Age 73 years)
Death of a sisterHattie Mae Powers
October 18, 1962 (Age 76 years)
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 November 20, 1971 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lone Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 3, 1886Butler, Missouri, United States
4 months
himself
3 years
younger sister
5 years
younger brother
Albert Carl Powers
Birth: September 4, 1893 28 23Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: February 1, 1918Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
5 years
younger sister
Anna Lee Powers
Birth: January 1899 33 29Butler, Missouri, United States
Death:
2 years
younger brother
Aubrey Ernest Powers
Birth: February 7, 1901 35 31Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: March 25, 1980Fredericktown, Madison, Missouri, United States
Father’s family with Thula Ponder - View this family
father
step-mother
Thula Ponder
Birth: November 3, 1870Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: June 16, 1953Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 26, 1940Butler, Missouri, United States
Father’s family with Ida Jane Rushin - View this family
father
step-mother
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
half-brother
William Raymond Powers
Birth: November 14, 1904 39 34Biggers, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 1979
2 years
half-brother
John Marvin Powers
Birth: March 26, 1907 42 37Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: April 8, 1987Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, United States
4 years
half-brother
Justin Powers
Birth: calculated 1910 44 40Arkansas, United States
Death:
Mother’s family with James Wesley Brannum - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: about 1905
Family with Cora Bessie Cox - View this family
himself
wife
son
Paul Millard Powers
Birth: February 11, 1910 23 17Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 1, 1987Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States
20 months
daughter
Pauline Muriel Powers
Birth: October 4, 1911 25 19Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 22, 1993Ironton, Iron, Missouri, United States
2 years
son
James Albert “Jimmie” Powers
Birth: March 19, 1914 27 21Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: November 24, 1997Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
18 months
daughter
Hattie Lorene Powers
Birth: October 3, 1915 29 23Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: July 17, 1916Butler, Missouri, United States
19 months
daughter
Thelma R Powers
Birth: April 22, 1917 30 24Qulin, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: February 8, 1918Butler, Missouri, United States
18 months
son
Dewell Eugene Powers
Birth: November 1, 1918 32 26Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: May 22, 1994Carlsbad, San Diego, California, United States
2 years
son
Edwin Gilbert Powers
Birth: December 20, 1920 34 28Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: May 7, 1921Butler, Missouri, United States
15 months
son
Leonard Woodrow Powers
Birth: March 14, 1922 35 29Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 14, 2003Nixa, Christian, Missouri, United States
22 months
son
George Jacob Powers
Birth: January 17, 1924 37 31Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 24, 1944Neeleyville, Butler, Missouri, United States
23 months
daughter
Ida Mae Powers
Birth: December 7, 1925 39 33Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 24, 1996Collinsville, Madison, Illinois, United States
2 years
daughter
Bertha Lucille Powers
Birth: May 11, 1928 41 35Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 11, 2017Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
daughter
Mauriece Bessie “Marcy” Powers
Birth: May 13, 1930 43 37Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 26, 2011St. Peters, St. Charles, Missouri, United States
21 months
daughter
Alice Bernice Powers
Birth: February 7, 1932 45 39Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 3, 2007Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Albert Ernest Powers - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Albert PowersheadWMFeb186535M14MOMOMOFarmer
Ida PowerswifeWFDec186930M1464ARMOIL
Jacob W PowerssonWMJun188614SMOMOARAt School
Hattie M PowersdaughterWFDec188811SMOMOARAt School
Albert C PowerssonWMSep18936SMOMOAR
Anna L PowersdaughterWFJan18991SMOMOAR

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Albert Ernest Powers - Household

Current River, Randolph, AR

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Albert PowersheadMW45M26MOMOMOLaborerSaw Mill
Ida J PowerswifeFW39M2655MOMOTN
Carl S PowerssonMW16SMOMOMOLaborerSaw Mill
Raymond PowerssonMW5SMOMOMO
Marvin PowerssonMW3SMOMOMO
Justin PowerssonMW3mSARMOMO
Jake PowerssonMW23M11MOMOMOLaborerSaw Mill
Bessie Powersdaughter in lawFW17M1111MOINMO
Paul M PowersgrandsonMW2mSARMOMO

census says only married 6 yrs. license says 14.

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Washington “Jake” Powers - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, MO

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Powers, J WheadMW33MMOMOMOFarmerHome Farm
Powers, BessiewifeFW27MMOINMO
Powers, Paul MsonMW9SARMOMO
Powers, Pauline MdaughterFW8SARMOMO
Powers, James AsonMW5SMOMOMO
Powers, Dewell EsonMW1-1mSMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Washington “Jake” Powers - Household

Econtuchka, Seminole, OK

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
J W PowersheadMW42M22MOMOMORoustaboutOil Field
Cora B CoxwifeFW37M17MOINMO
Paul M PowerssonMW20SARMOMO
Pauline M PowersdaughterFW18SARMOMO
James A PowerssonMW16SMOMOMO
Dewell E PowerssonMW11SMOMOMO
Leonard W PowerssonMW8SARMOMO
George W PowerssonMW6SARMOMO
Ida M PowersdaughterFW4-3mSARMOMO
Lucille B PowersdaughterFW1-11mSARMOMO

Lucille can't be 7-11m -b