The Shemwell Family

Lucille N 1886

Name
Lucille N
Given names
Lucille N
Married name
Lucille N Powers
Birth about 1886
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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 30 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 31 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 32 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 43 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
MarriageGeorge Washington PowersView this family
after 1944 (Age 58 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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 1, 1950 (Age 64 years)
Death of a husbandGeorge Washington Powers
January 14, 1953 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 60 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

Family with George Washington Powers - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: after 1944
George Washington Powers + Georgia Mae McCown - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 25, 1892Butler, Missouri, United States
1 year
step-son
Earl Powers
Birth: March 22, 1893 25 22Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: October 25, 1894Butler, Missouri, United States
2 years
step-son
Clarence Powers
Birth: July 28, 1895 27 25Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: July 5, 1897Butler, Missouri, United States
3 years
step-son
George Elmer Powers
Birth: February 26, 1898 30 27Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: February 12, 1960Missouri, United States
20 months
step-daughter
Mary Mabel Powers
Birth: October 24, 1899 32 29Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: September 22, 1982
2 years
step-daughter
Allie Pearl Powers
Birth: October 12, 1901 33 31Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: July 2, 1991Missouri, United States
3 years
step-son
Roy Mack Powers
Birth: December 18, 1904 37 34Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: January 27, 1989Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
4 years
step-daughter
Hattie Powers
Birth: January 7, 1909 41 38Missouri, United States
Death: June 7, 1910Missouri, United States
2 months
step-daughter
Bertha Mae Powers
Birth: March 5, 1909 41 38Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: March 30, 2002Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
4 years
step-daughter
Rubye Avis Powers
Birth: January 31, 1913 45 42Missouri, United States
Death: December 28, 1993Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household

Epps, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Powers, George WheadMW82MarMOFarmerFarm
Powers, Lucille NwifeFW64MarMO