Howard Burton Gentle Sr.Age: 73 years1911–1984
- Name
- Howard Burton Gentle Sr.
- Given names
- Howard Burton
- Surname
- Gentle
- Name suffix
- Sr.
 Birth | March 10, 1911 29 25 |
 Marriage | Velma Sophia Jones — View this family unknown |
| Marriage | Glenda Viola Maxine Gibbs — View this family unknown |
 Death of a father | Nuton Augustus “Gus” Gentle April 23, 1912 (Age 13 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a brother | Clifford Gentle May 20, 1918 (Age 7 years) Cause: Leukemia |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 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 6 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 10, 1920 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Augustine America “Gussie” Shemwell April 19, 1921 (Age 10 years) Cause: Senile Dementia |
| Death of a brother | Norris Gentle April 26, 1922 (Age 11 years) Cause: Brights Disease |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James William Hester July 2, 1926 (Age 15 years) Cause: Dysentery |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 18 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 #1 | Rev. Richard Lloyd Gentle May 22, 1931 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Alfred Caldwell Gentle May 26, 1931 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Sharon Corinne Gentle February 29, 1936 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Howard Burton Gentle Jr. February 22, 1940 (Age 28 years) |
| Census | April 17, 1940 (Age 29 years) |
 Military | WW2 Draft October 16, 1940 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Arminda Glidewell February 19, 1941 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 |
| Death of a mother | Mattie Stella Hester May 6, 1949 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 |
| Death of a son | Rev. Richard Lloyd Gentle March 31, 1961 (Age 50 years) Cause: Drowning |
| Death of a sister | Myrtle Gentle after 1965 (Age 53 years) Note: Found on Ancestry can't verify -b |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 1984 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Marcus Memorial Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Nuton Augustus “Gus” Gentle Birth: September 16, 1881 28 22 — Clinton, Kentucky, United States Death: April 23, 1912 — Robertson, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Mattie Stella Hester Birth: September 2, 1885 38 39 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 6, 1949 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1901 — |
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21 months elder sister |
Mable Ruth Gentle Birth: September 30, 1902 21 17 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 14, 1989 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Norris Gentle Birth: December 30, 1905 24 20 — Whitley, Kentucky, United States Death: April 26, 1922 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year elder brother |
Clifford Gentle Birth: January 6, 1907 25 21 — Lot, Whitley, Kentucky, United States Death: May 20, 1918 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Myrtle Gentle Birth: about 1908 26 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: after 1965 — Michigan, United States |
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3 years himself |
Howard Burton Gentle Sr. Birth: March 10, 1911 29 25 — Whitley, Kentucky, United States Death: November 1984 — Big Run, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Family with Velma Sophia Jones |
| himself |
Howard Burton Gentle Sr. Birth: March 10, 1911 29 25 — Whitley, Kentucky, United States Death: November 1984 — Big Run, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States |
| wife |
Velma Sophia Jones Birth: January 9, 1913 — Grandin, Carter, Missouri, United States Death: February 29, 2008 — Edina, Knox, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Rev. Richard Lloyd Gentle Birth: May 22, 1931 20 18 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1961 — Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Sharon Corinne Gentle Birth: February 29, 1936 24 23 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States Death: July 26, 2001 — Washington, Franklin, Missouri, United States |
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4 years son |
Howard Burton Gentle Jr. Birth: February 22, 1940 28 27 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States Death: February 8, 2015 — Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Glenda Viola Maxine Gibbs |
| himself |
Howard Burton Gentle Sr. Birth: March 10, 1911 29 25 — Whitley, Kentucky, United States Death: November 1984 — Big Run, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States |
| wife |
Glenda Viola Maxine Gibbs Birth: August 24, 1919 Death: July 22, 2004 |
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Marriage: — |
| James Raymond McMurry + Velma Sophia Jones |
| wife’s husband |
James Raymond McMurry Birth: May 11, 1903 Death: January 26, 1993 |
| wife |
Velma Sophia Jones Birth: January 9, 1913 — Grandin, Carter, Missouri, United States Death: February 29, 2008 — Edina, Knox, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: — |
Howard Burton Gentle Sr. has 13 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (13)
Parents Arthur Clinton Hester + Elizabeth “Lizzie” Harris
Parents Alton Bell Hester + Moodie B Templeton
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James William Hester - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Howard Burton Gentle - Household
St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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