The Shemwell Family

Lelia GrahamAge: 67 years19021969

Name
Lelia Graham
Given names
Lelia
Surname
Graham
Married name
Lelia Powers
Birth November 11, 1902
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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/
Birth of a son
#1
David Lynn Powers
October 11, 1926 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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
Birth of a son
#2
Joseph Graham Powers
November 12, 1929 (Age 27 years)
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Census April 6, 1940 (Age 37 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
Census April 20, 1950 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 43 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 December 19, 1969 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillview Memorial Gardens
Family with Aubrey Ernest Powers - View this family
husband
Aubrey Ernest Powers
Birth: February 7, 1901 35 31Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: March 25, 1980Fredericktown, Madison, Missouri, United States
herself
Lelia Graham
Birth: November 11, 1902Fredericktown, Madison, Missouri, United States
Death: December 19, 1969Fredericktown, Madison, Missouri, United States
son
David Lynn Powers
Birth: October 11, 1926 25 23Crystal City, Jefferson, Missouri, United States
Death: March 20, 2014Bellevue, Eaton, Michigan, United States
3 years
son
Joseph Graham Powers
Birth: November 12, 1929 28 27Missouri, United States
Death: December 8, 2013California, United States
daughter
Private
Aubrey Ernest Powers + Private - View this family
husband
Aubrey Ernest Powers
Birth: February 7, 1901 35 31Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: March 25, 1980Fredericktown, Madison, Missouri, United States
husband’s wife
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Aubrey Ernest Powers - Household

Mississippi Ave Crystal City, Jefferson, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Powers, Aubrey EheadMW28M23MOMOMOSchool TeacherPublic School
Powers, Lelia GwifeFW26M21MOMOMO
Powers, David LsonMW3SMOMOMO
Powers, Joe GsonMW4mSMOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Aubrey Ernest Powers - Household

1030 West Main Street Festus, Jefferson, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Powers, Aubrey EheadMW39MMOSame placeCounty SuperendentPublic School
Powers, Lelia GwifeFW37MMOSame place
Powers, David LsonMW13SMOSame place
Powers, Joe GsonMW10SMOSame place