The Shemwell Family

Justin Powers1910

Name
Justin Powers
Given names
Justin
Surname
Powers
Birth calculated 1910 44 40
Census May 3, 1910
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a half-brotherAlbert Carl Powers
February 1, 1918 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 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 8 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/
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Ann “Polly” Kittrell
March 13, 1927 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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
Death of a motherIda Jane Rushin
October 23, 1935 (Age 25 years)
Marriage of a parentAlbert Ernest PowersThula PonderView this family
October 26, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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
Death of a half-sisterHattie Mae Powers
October 18, 1962 (Age 52 years)
Death of a half-brotherJacob Washington “Jake” Powers
November 20, 1971 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 of a brotherWilliam Raymond Powers
May 1979 (Age 69 years)

Death of a half-brotherAubrey Ernest Powers
March 25, 1980 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Marvin Powers
April 8, 1987 (Age 77 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
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
elder brother
William Raymond Powers
Birth: November 14, 1904 39 34Biggers, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 1979
2 years
elder 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
himself
Justin Powers
Birth: calculated 1910 44 40Arkansas, United States
Death:
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 Pennington - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: March 3, 1886Butler, Missouri, United States
4 months
half-brother
3 years
half-sister
5 years
half-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
half-sister
Anna Lee Powers
Birth: January 1899 33 29Butler, Missouri, United States
Death:
2 years
half-brother
Aubrey Ernest Powers
Birth: February 7, 1901 35 31Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: March 25, 1980Fredericktown, Madison, Missouri, United States

Justin Powers has 28 first cousins recorded

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.