The Shemwell Family

Donald DentonAge: 71 years19181990

Name
Donald Denton
Given names
Donald
Surname
Denton
Birth December 25, 1918 31 27
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918

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 16, 1920 (Age 12 months)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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
Death of a motherMary Olga Fulton
August 21, 1934 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 half-sisterLillie Louella Denton
November 6, 1968 (Age 49 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Walter Denton
November 23, 1969 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 of a half-sisterOpal Mae Denton
November 2, 1989 (Age 70 years)
Death March 17, 1990 (Age 71 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Mary Olga Fulton
Birth: December 14, 1891Kansas, United States
Death: August 21, 1934Center, Sharp, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: September 3, 1915Sharp, Arkansas, United States
3 years
herself
Donald Denton
Birth: December 25, 1918 31 27Center, Sharp, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 17, 1990Marianna, Lee, Arkansas, United States
Father’s family with Julia Mae Huffman - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: August 30, 1908Sharp, Arkansas, United States
21 months
half-sister
Opal Mae Denton
Birth: June 8, 1910 22 19Center, Sharp, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 2, 1989Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona, United States
22 months
half-sister

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Walter Denton - Household

Lave Creek, Sharp, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Denton, George WheadMW32MARTNARBlacksmithGeneral Repair Shop
Denton, OlgawifeFW29MKSNENE
Denton, OpaldaughterFW9SARARAR
Denton, LilliedaughterFW7SARARAR
Denton, DonalddaughterFW1-1mSARARKS