William A Powell1870–
- Name
- William A Powell
- Given names
- William A
- Surname
- Powell
 Birth | February 1870 35 24 |
 Census | June 17, 1870 (Age 4 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Charles Powell 1873 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Derostine Powell 1875 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Lester Powell 1877 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 7 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a father | Charles W Powell 1881 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas Taylor Gorrell March 31, 1893 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth Miller September 3, 1897 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 59 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 79 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 75 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Charles W Powell Birth: 1835 — Missouri, United States Death: 1881 — Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Nancy T Gorrell Birth: 1846 27 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: May 7, 1866 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
John Powell Birth: 1867 32 21 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years himself |
William A Powell Birth: February 1870 35 24 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: |
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4 years younger brother |
Charles Powell Birth: 1873 38 27 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Derostine Powell Birth: 1875 40 29 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Lester Powell Birth: 1877 42 31 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Charles W Powell - Household
Pettis, Missouri, United States
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