The Shemwell Family

Alice Power1872

Name
Alice Power
Given names
Alice
Surname
Power
Birth 1872 50 42
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 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 3, 1880 (Age 8 years)
Death of a sisterLouisa L Power
after 1886 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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
Death of a motherMary Anna Lear
September 27, 1908 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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 brotherJohn Franklin Power
April 20, 1919 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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 brotherHenry Clay Power
October 4, 1932 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Lear Power
June 16, 1942 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 78 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 sisterHarriet Lear “Hattie” Power
October 27, 1959 (Age 87 years)
Death of a brotherRichard Yates Power
February 13, 1962 (Age 90 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 74 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
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: December 21, 1849Clinton, Illinois, United States
2 months
elder brother
Henry Clay Power
Birth: February 1850 28 20Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: October 4, 1932Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
23 months
elder sister
Mary Elizabeth Power
Birth: 1851 29 21Illinois, United States
Death: before 1871Aviston, Clinton, Illinois, United States
18 months
elder brother
John Franklin Power
Birth: June 22, 1852 30 23Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: April 20, 1919Blackstone, Nottoway, Virginia, United States
3 years
elder sister
Louisa L Power
Birth: February 4, 1855 33 25Aviston, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: after 1886Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
11 months
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Mariah Power
Birth: November 6, 1858 37 29Aviston, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: May 5, 1864Jefferson, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder brother
Andrew Power
Birth: about 1861 39 31Illinois, United States
Death: about 1869Jefferson, Illinois, United States
4 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
4 years
elder brother
Richard Yates Power
Birth: November 24, 1868 47 39Illinois, United States
Death: February 13, 1962Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States
14 months
elder sister
3 years
herself

Alice Power has 12 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Mary Anna Lear - Household

McPherson, Kansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Powers, Mary AWF49WdPAPAPA
Powers, Charles LWM24sonSworks on farmILMOPA
Powers, LouisaWF23daughterSworks at hotelILMOPA
Powers, William SWM15sonSILMOPA
Powers, Richard YWM13sonSILMOPA
Powers, Hattie LWF11daughterSILMOPA
Powers, AliceWF7daughterSconsumptionILMOPA