The Shemwell Family

Murry Cecil PowersAge: 18 years19261944

Name
Murry Cecil Powers
Given names
Murry Cecil
Surname
Powers
Birth April 15, 1926 31 35
Death of a fatherJames Ervin Powers
October 9, 1929 (Age 3 years)
Cause: Bronchial Pneumonia
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 3 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 9, 1930 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Margaret McMillan
February 3, 1934 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Howard Slaughter
December 27, 1937 (Age 11 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 13 years)
Address: Western State Hospital
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 15 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 November 5, 1944 (Age 18 years)
Address: Western State Hospital
Cause of death: Epilepsy
Note: In Western State Hospital for 7 years 2 months.
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
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father
James Ervin Powers
Birth: September 5, 1894 19 28Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 9, 1929Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
mother
Minnie Lee Slaughter
Birth: June 17, 1890 37 37Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 18, 1958Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: before 1920
16 months
elder brother
James Ervin Powers Jr.
Birth: May 7, 1921 26 30Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 12, 2002Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
5 years
himself
Murry Cecil Powers
Birth: April 15, 1926 31 35Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 5, 1944Hardeman, Tennessee, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Minnie Lee Slaughter - Household

2573 Princeton Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Powers, Minnie LheadFW40WdTNTNTN
Powers, Ervin JsonMW9STNTNTN
Powers, MurraysonMW3-11mSTNTNTN
Sellan, RuthboarderFW35SARARAR

Death
In Western State Hospital for 7 years 2 months.