The Shemwell Family

Marinda Belle PottengerAge: 88 years19011990

Name
Marinda Belle Pottenger
Given names
Marinda Belle
Surname
Pottenger
Married name
Marinda Belle Ingram
Birth December 20, 1901 42 27
Birth of a sisterNola Christine Pottenger
August 14, 1904 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherSherman B Pottenger
December 25, 1906 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterDelila Jane “Lila” Pottenger
October 3, 1909 (Age 7 years)
Census May 10, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Death of a brotherSherman B Pottenger
November 7, 1911 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherKenneth Gordon Pottenger
September 23, 1913 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 brotherEzra Albert Pottenger
October 10, 1918 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 15 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 16 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 20, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Death of a motherMelvina Powers
January 15, 1926 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Richard “Billy” Ingram
January 18, 1926 (Age 24 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Ann “Polly” Kittrell
March 13, 1927 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Robert Paul Ingram
January 26, 1928 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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
Marriage of a parentCrayton PottengerEmma MaceView this family
February 18, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Death of a fatherCrayton Pottenger
August 7, 1933 (Age 31 years)
Census April 17, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Death of a husbandPaul Nichols Ingram
October 18, 1943 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 48 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 brotherGeorge William Pottenger
July 6, 1958 (Age 56 years)
Death of a half-sisterCora Ann Pottenger
May 4, 1960 (Age 58 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 sisterAlma Pearl Pottenger
July 10, 1980 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sisterLula May Pottenger
February 15, 1982 (Age 80 years)
Death of a sisterNola Christine Pottenger
June 23, 1988 (Age 86 years)
Death January 10, 1990 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maplewood Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 1, 1891Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
11 months
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
Ezra Albert Pottenger
Birth: August 15, 1894 35 19Missouri, United States
Death: October 10, 1918Rapides, Louisiana, United States
2 years
elder sister
Lula May Pottenger
Birth: January 16, 1897 37 22Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: February 15, 1982Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States
3 years
elder sister
Alma Pearl Pottenger
Birth: September 12, 1899 40 24Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: July 10, 1980Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
herself
3 years
younger sister
Nola Christine Pottenger
Birth: August 14, 1904 45 29Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: June 23, 1988Roseville, Placer, California, United States
2 years
younger brother
Sherman B Pottenger
Birth: December 25, 1906 47 32Missouri, United States
Death: November 7, 1911Boone, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Delila Jane “Lila” Pottenger
Birth: October 3, 1909 50 34Tuckerman, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 3, 1996Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
4 years
younger brother
Kenneth Gordon Pottenger
Birth: September 23, 1913 54 38Leadville, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 21, 1995Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Father’s family with Rebecca Ann Powers - View this family
father
step-mother
Rebecca Ann Powers
Birth: November 28, 1861 28 24Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: January 11, 1890Butler, Missouri, United States
Marriage: July 20, 1882Clay, Arkansas, United States
3 years
half-sister
Cora Ann Pottenger
Birth: March 16, 1885 25 23Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: May 4, 1960Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Father’s family with Emma Mace - View this family
father
step-mother
Emma Mace
Birth: February 9, 1854Ohio, United States
Death: December 12, 1950Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Marriage: February 18, 1930Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Family with Paul Nichols Ingram - View this family
husband
herself
son
William Richard “Billy” Ingram
Birth: January 18, 1926 21 24Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 5, 2014Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
2 years
son
Robert Paul Ingram
Birth: January 26, 1928 23 26Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 1, 2012Nixa, Christian, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Crayton Pottenger - Household

Bird, Jackson, Arkansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Pottenger, CraytonheadMW50M20OHINOHFarmerGeneral Farm
Pottenger, MelvinawifeFW35M2088MOMOMO
Pottenger, GeorgsonMW18SMOOHMOLaborerAt Home
Pottenger, EzrsonMW16SMOOHMOLaborerAt Home
Pottenger, LuldaughterFW12SMOOHMOLaborerAt Home
Pottenger, PearldaughterFW11SMOOHMOLaborerAt Home
Pottenger, BelladaughterFW9SMOOHMO
Pottenger, NoladaughterFW6SMOOHMO
Pottenger, ShermansonMW3SMOOHMO
Pottenger, DelilahdaughterFW7mSAROHMO
Powers, Polly Annmother in lawFW72Wd94MOUSTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Crayton Pottenger - Household

Dodd, Marion, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pottenger, CraytonheadMW60MOHINOHFarmerGeneral Farm
Pottenger, MelvinawifeFW45MMOMOMO
Pottenger, Cora AdaughterFW34SMOOHMO
Pottenger, BelledaughterFW18SMOOHMO
Pottenger, NoladaughterFW15SMOOHMO
Pottenger, DeliladaughterFW10SAROHMO
Pottenger, KennethsonMW6SAROHMO
Powers, Polly AmotherFW82WdMOKYTN