George Washington PowersAge: 85 years1867–1953
- Name
- George Washington Powers
- Given names
- George Washington
- Surname
- Powers
 Birth | October 15, 1867 33 30 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: 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 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a sister | Marinda Powers December 20, 1869 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 14 months)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 of a brother | Marion Powers before 1870 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | July 28, 1870 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Melvina Powers November 22, 1874 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a brother | Holloway Kittrell Powers March 23, 1875 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 10 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Rebecca Ann Rushin June 6, 1887 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a father | George Washington Powers August 6, 1889 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a sister | Rebecca Ann Powers January 11, 1890 (Age 22 years) |
 Marriage | Georgia Mae McCown — View this family March 25, 1892 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Elizabeth Powers January 11, 1893 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Earl Powers March 22, 1893 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a son | Earl Powers October 25, 1894 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Clarence Powers July 28, 1895 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a son | Clarence Powers July 5, 1897 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | George Elmer Powers February 26, 1898 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 | Mary Mabel Powers October 24, 1899 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | June 6, 1900 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Allie Pearl Powers October 12, 1901 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Roy Mack Powers December 18, 1904 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Hattie Powers January 7, 1909 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Bertha Mae Powers March 5, 1909 (Age 41 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Hattie Powers June 7, 1910 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Rubye Avis Powers January 31, 1913 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 49 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 50 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 13, 1920 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Norma Jean Powers February 15, 1921 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ralph Dixon — Mary Mabel Powers — View this family October 7, 1922 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Raymond Del Sliger — Allie Pearl Powers — View this family September 8, 1923 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Robert Elmer Powers April 6, 1925 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a sister | Melvina Powers January 15, 1926 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Ann “Polly” Kittrell March 13, 1927 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 61 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 10, 1930 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Leonard Marley — Bertha Mae Powers — View this family June 1, 1930 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Chester Kearbey — Rubye Avis Powers — View this family November 25, 1939 (Age 72 years) |
| Census | April 24, 1940 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a wife | Georgia Mae McCown June 12, 1944 (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage | Lucille N … — View this family after 1944 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a sister | Marinda Powers January 18, 1945 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 74 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 brother | Albert Ernest Powers September 27, 1949 (Age 81 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1950 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 82 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 78 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 | January 14, 1953 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sparkman Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Washington Powers Birth: November 24, 1833 — Missouri, United States Death: August 6, 1889 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Mary Ann “Polly” Kittrell Birth: March 1, 1837 28 14 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: March 13, 1927 — Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 26, 1852 — Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Mary Elizabeth Powers Birth: June 22, 1853 19 16 — Missouri, United States Death: January 11, 1893 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Holloway Kittrell Powers Birth: October 15, 1856 22 19 — Missouri, United States Death: March 23, 1875 |
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2 years elder brother |
Marion Powers Birth: January 2, 1859 25 21 — Missouri, United States Death: before 1870 — Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Rebecca Ann Powers Birth: November 28, 1861 28 24 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 11, 1890 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Albert Ernest Powers Birth: February 22, 1865 31 27 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: September 27, 1949 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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3 years himself |
George Washington Powers Birth: October 15, 1867 33 30 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 14, 1953 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Marinda Powers Birth: December 20, 1869 36 32 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 18, 1945 — Pope, Arkansas, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Melvina Powers Birth: November 22, 1874 40 37 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 15, 1926 — Lead Hill, Boone, Arkansas, United States |
| Family with Georgia Mae McCown |
| himself |
George Washington Powers Birth: October 15, 1867 33 30 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 14, 1953 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Georgia Mae McCown Birth: July 9, 1870 43 38 — Paris, Monroe, Missouri, United States Death: June 12, 1944 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: March 25, 1892 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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1 year son |
Earl Powers Birth: March 22, 1893 25 22 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: October 25, 1894 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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2 years son |
Clarence Powers Birth: July 28, 1895 27 25 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: July 5, 1897 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
George Elmer Powers Birth: February 26, 1898 30 27 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: February 12, 1960 — Missouri, United States |
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20 months daughter |
Mary Mabel Powers Birth: October 24, 1899 32 29 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: September 22, 1982 |
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2 years daughter |
Allie Pearl Powers Birth: October 12, 1901 33 31 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: July 2, 1991 — Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
Roy Mack Powers Birth: December 18, 1904 37 34 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 27, 1989 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Hattie Powers Birth: January 7, 1909 41 38 — Missouri, United States Death: June 7, 1910 — Missouri, United States |
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2 months daughter |
Bertha Mae Powers Birth: March 5, 1909 41 38 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: March 30, 2002 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Rubye Avis Powers Birth: January 31, 1913 45 42 — Missouri, United States Death: December 28, 1993 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Lucille N … |
| himself |
George Washington Powers Birth: October 15, 1867 33 30 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 14, 1953 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Lucille N … Birth: about 1886 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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Marriage: after 1944 — |
George Washington Powers has 1 first cousin recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (1)
Parents Marion Kittrell + Louisana Arena “Dixie” Tomlin
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household
Washington, Ripley, Missouri
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household
Beaver Dam, Butler, MO
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household
Epps, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household
Miller Road Epps, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household
Epps, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household
County Road Epps, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household
George Powers and Fred Miller Road Epps, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household
Epps, Butler, Missouri
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