The Shemwell Family

Marion PowersAge: 10 years18591870

Name
Marion Powers
Given names
Marion
Surname
Powers
Birth January 2, 1859 25 21
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census July 24, 1860 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a sisterRebecca Ann Powers
November 28, 1861 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherAlbert Ernest Powers
February 22, 1865 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 years)

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
Birth of a brotherGeorge Washington Powers
October 15, 1867 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 7 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 7 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterMarinda Powers
December 20, 1869 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 9 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 before 1870 (Age 10 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: June 26, 1852Ripley, Missouri, United States
1 year
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
Holloway Kittrell Powers
Birth: October 15, 1856 22 19Missouri, United States
Death: March 23, 1875
2 years
himself
Marion Powers
Birth: January 2, 1859 25 21Missouri, United States
Death: before 1870Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
Rebecca Ann Powers
Birth: November 28, 1861 28 24Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: January 11, 1890Butler, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister

Marion Powers has 1 first cousin recorded

Father's family (0)

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household

Washington, Ripley, MO

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Washington Powershead26MWFarmerMO
P A Powerswife23FWDomesticMO
E Powersdaughter7FWMO
H K Powersson3MWMO
M Powersson1MWMO