The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 Cuba 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
Marriage	Ida Pennington — View this family about 1905
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 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 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 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 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 wife	Ida Pennington July 5, 1937 Butler, Missouri, United States
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 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 South Korea 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 Vietnam 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
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Family with Ida Pennington - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ida Pennington James Wesley Brannum Death:
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Albert Ernest Powers Jacob Washington “Jake” Powers Hattie Mae Powers Albert Carl Powers Anna Lee Powers Aubrey Ernest Powers Family with spouse James Wesley Brannum Ida Pennington Birth: December 7, 1869 — Arkansas, United States Death: July 5, 1937 — Butler, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: about 1905 —

Albert Ernest Powers + Ida Pennington - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Thula Ponder Family with spouse Ida Pennington Jacob Washington “Jake” Powers Hattie Mae Powers Albert Carl Powers Anna Lee Powers Aubrey Ernest Powers Family with spouse Ida Jane Rushin William Raymond Powers John Marvin Powers Justin Powers Albert Ernest Powers Birth: February 22, 1865 31 27 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: September 27, 1949 — Butler, Missouri, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Albert Ernest Powers Jacob Washington “Jake” Powers Hattie Mae Powers Albert Carl Powers Anna Lee Powers Aubrey Ernest Powers Family with spouse James Wesley Brannum Ida Pennington Birth: December 7, 1869 — Arkansas, United States Death: July 5, 1937 — Butler, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: March 3, 1886 — Butler, Missouri, United States
4 months step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Cora Bessie Cox Paul Millard Powers Pauline Muriel Powers James Albert “Jimmie” Powers Hattie Lorene Powers Thelma R Powers Dewell Eugene Powers Edwin Gilbert Powers Leonard Woodrow Powers George Jacob Powers Ida Mae Powers Bertha Lucille Powers Mauriece Bessie “Marcy” Powers Alice Bernice Powers Jacob Washington “Jake” Powers Birth: June 22, 1886 21 16 — Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: November 20, 1971 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
3 years step-daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Arch Vandover Archie Lee Vandover Victor Newell Vandover Marjorie Lorene Vandover Aubrey Gene Vandover Wanda Bernice Vandover Billy Ray Vandover Hattie Mae Powers Birth: December 7, 1888 23 19 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: October 18, 1962 — Butler, Missouri, United States
5 years step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Pearl Young Albert Carl Powers Birth: September 4, 1893 28 23 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: February 1, 1918 — Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
5 years step-daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Anna Lee Powers Birth: January 1899 33 29 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death:
2 years step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lelia Graham David Lynn Powers Joseph Graham Powers Family with spouse Aubrey Ernest Powers Birth: February 7, 1901 35 31 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: March 25, 1980 — Fredericktown, Madison, Missouri, United States

Family with Ida Pennington
himself Parents (unknown)	James Wesley Brannum –
wife Parents Jacob Pennington	Ida Pennington 1869–1937
Albert Ernest Powers + Ida Pennington
wife’s husband Parents George Washington Powers Mary Ann “Polly” Kittrell	Albert Ernest Powers 1865–1949
wife Parents Jacob Pennington	Ida Pennington 1869–1937
step-son Family Cora Bessie Cox Paul Millard Powers Pauline Muriel Powers James Albert “Jimmie” Powers Hattie Lorene Powers Thelma R Powers Dewell Eugene Powers Edwin Gilbert Powers Leonard Woodrow Powers George Jacob Powers Ida Mae Powers Bertha Lucille Powers Mauriece Bessie “Marcy” Powers Alice Bernice Powers Private Private	Jacob Washington “Jake” Powers 1886–1971
step-daughter Family Arch Vandover Archie Lee Vandover Victor Newell Vandover Marjorie Lorene Vandover Aubrey Gene Vandover Wanda Bernice Vandover Billy Ray Vandover	Hattie Mae Powers 1888–1962
step-son Family Pearl Young	Albert Carl Powers 1893–1918
step-daughter Family (none)	Anna Lee Powers 1899–
step-son Family Lelia Graham David Lynn Powers Joseph Graham Powers Private Private	Aubrey Ernest Powers 1901–1980