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Clesa Franklin GantAge: 78 years19031981

Name
Clesa Franklin Gant
Given names
Clesa Franklin
Surname
Gant
Married name
Clesa Franklin Hall
Birth June 30, 1903 35 30
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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/
MarriageWarden Owens HallView this family
about 1923 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Ina Geraldine Hall
January 16, 1925 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherBenjamin John Franklin “Pete” Gant
May 12, 1926 (Age 22 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
Census April 7, 1930 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Warden Leahman Hall
May 4, 1938 (Age 34 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 36 years)
Death of a motherGillie Annis Gorrell
July 4, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 husbandWarden Owens Hall
June 2, 1951 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childWesley Bernard CoffmanIna Geraldine HallView this family
March 29, 1952 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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 42 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 July 8, 1981 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Benjamin John Franklin “Pete” Gant
Birth: November 25, 1867Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 12, 1926Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
mother
Marriage:
herself
Clesa Franklin Gant
Birth: June 30, 1903 35 30Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 8, 1981Christian, Kentucky, United States
Family with Warden Owens Hall - View this family
husband
Warden Owens Hall
Birth: January 18, 1887 22 21Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 2, 1951Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
herself
Clesa Franklin Gant
Birth: June 30, 1903 35 30Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 8, 1981Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1923
2 years
daughter
Ina Geraldine Hall
Birth: January 16, 1925 37 21Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 29, 2014Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
13 years
son
Warden Leahman Hall
Birth: May 4, 1938 51 34Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 13, 2003Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Warden Owens Hall - Household

Jones Ave Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hall, WardenheadMW42MKYKYKYCarpenterCoal Company
Hall, ClesawifeFW26MKYKYKY
Hall, GeraldinedaughterFW5SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Warden Owens Hall - Household

Christine Street Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Hall, WardenheadMW52MKYRToddKYCarpenterCoal Miner
Hall, ClesawifeFW36MKYRToddKY
Hall, GeraldinedaughterFW15SKYRToddKY
Hall, W LeahmonsonMW2SKY