Jacob Washington “Jake” PowersAge: 85 years1886–1971
- Name
- Jacob Washington “Jake” Powers
- Given names
- Jacob Washington
- Surname
- Powers
- Nickname
- Jake
 Birth | June 22, 1886 21 16 |
 Birth of a sister | Hattie M Powers December 1888 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | George Washington Powers August 6, 1889 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Albert C Powers September 1893 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Carl S Powers calculated 1894 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Anna L Powers January 1899 (Age 12 years) |
 Census | June 26, 1900 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Raymond Powers calculated 1905 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Marvin J Powers calculated 1907 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Paul Millard Powers February 11, 1910 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | May 3, 1910 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Pauline Muriel Powers October 4, 1911 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | James Albert “Jimmie” Powers March 19, 1914 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Hattie Lorene Powers October 3, 1915 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Hattie Lorene Powers July 17, 1916 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 29 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Thelma R Powers April 22, 1917 (Age 30 years) |
 Military | WW1 Draft June 5, 1917 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Thelma R Powers February 8, 1918 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Dewell Eugene Powers November 1, 1918 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 30 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 31 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 26, 1920 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Edwin Gilbert Powers December 20, 1920 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a son | Edwin Gilbert Powers May 7, 1921 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Leonard Woodrow Powers March 14, 1922 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | George Jacob Powers January 17, 1924 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Ida Mae Powers December 7, 1925 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Ann “Polly” Kittrell March 13, 1927 (Age 40 years) |
| 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 |
| Census | April 3, 1930 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #11 | Mauriece Bessie Powers May 13, 1930 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #12 | Alice Bernice Powers February 7, 1932 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ida J Pennington July 5, 1937 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | James Robert “Jim” Powers January 20, 1941 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Jerry Ray Gambill December 3, 1942 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Gayla Lynn Powers June 13, 1943 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George Jacob Powers — Wanda Mae Magruder — View this family November 16, 1943 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a son | George Jacob Powers December 24, 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 |
| Marriage of a child | George W Bundren — Mauriece Bessie Powers — View this family April 11, 1948 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a father | Albert Ernest Powers September 27, 1949 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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 59 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 | November 20, 1971 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery: Lone Hill Cemetery |
 Last change | January 4, 2017 – 16:29:22 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Albert Ernest Powers Birth: February 22, 1865 31 27 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: September 27, 1949 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Ida J Pennington Birth: December 7, 1869 — Arkansas, United States Death: July 5, 1937 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| himself |
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 |
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3 years younger sister |
Hattie M Powers Birth: December 1888 23 18 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: |
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5 years younger brother |
Albert C Powers Birth: September 1893 28 23 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: |
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16 months younger brother |
Carl S Powers Birth: calculated 1894 28 24 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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5 years younger sister |
Anna L Powers Birth: January 1899 33 29 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: |
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7 years younger brother |
Raymond Powers Birth: calculated 1905 39 35 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Marvin J Powers Birth: calculated 1907 41 37 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| brother |
Private |
| Father’s family with Thula Ponder |
| father |
Albert Ernest Powers Birth: February 22, 1865 31 27 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: September 27, 1949 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Thula Ponder Birth: November 3, 1870 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: June 16, 1953 — Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Family with Cora Bessie Cox |
| himself |
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 |
| wife |
Cora Bessie Cox Birth: June 12, 1892 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: July 2, 1976 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| son |
Paul Millard Powers Birth: February 11, 1910 23 17 — Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: February 1, 1987 — Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States |
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20 months daughter |
Pauline Muriel Powers Birth: October 4, 1911 25 19 — Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: September 22, 1993 — Ironton, Iron, Missouri, United States |
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2 years son |
James Albert “Jimmie” Powers Birth: March 19, 1914 27 21 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: November 24, 1997 — Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States |
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18 months daughter |
Hattie Lorene Powers Birth: October 3, 1915 29 23 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: July 17, 1916 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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19 months daughter |
Thelma R Powers Birth: April 22, 1917 30 24 — Qulin, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: February 8, 1918 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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18 months son |
Dewell Eugene Powers Birth: November 1, 1918 32 26 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: May 22, 1994 — Carlsbad, San Diego, California, United States |
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2 years son |
Edwin Gilbert Powers Birth: December 20, 1920 34 28 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: May 7, 1921 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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15 months son |
Leonard Woodrow Powers Birth: March 14, 1922 35 29 — Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: January 14, 2003 — Nixa, Christian, Missouri, United States |
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22 months son |
George Jacob Powers Birth: January 17, 1924 37 31 — Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: December 24, 1944 — Neeleyville, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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23 months daughter |
Ida Mae Powers Birth: December 7, 1925 39 33 — Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: December 24, 1996 — Collinsville, Madison, Illinois, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| daughter |
Mauriece Bessie Powers Birth: May 13, 1930 43 37 — Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States Death: December 26, 2011 — St. Peters, St. Charles, Missouri, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Alice Bernice Powers Birth: February 7, 1932 45 39 — Seminole, Oklahoma, United States Death: February 3, 2007 — Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas, United States |
Jacob Washington “Jake” Powers has 2 first cousins recorded
Father's family (2)
Parents Clarkson Pottenger + Marinda Powers
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Albert Ernest Powers - Household
Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Washington “Jake” Powers - Household
Beaver Dam, Butler, MO
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