Wesley Darwin GowenAge: 87 years1884–1972
- Name
- Wesley Darwin Gowen
- Given names
- Wesley Darwin
- Surname
- Gowen
 Birth | July 29, 1884 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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 |
 Marriage | Maude Lee Rushin — View this family October 19, 1907 (Age 23 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Eunice Eugene Gowen June 9, 1908 (Age 23 years) |
 Census | April 20, 1910 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Marjorie L Gowen September 12, 1911 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 31 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 32 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 33 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 | February 4, 1920 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Thomas Wesley Pennington July 28, 1929 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 45 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 10, 1930 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Flora Loretta Pennington September 13, 1933 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Martin Luther Kiser — Marjorie L Gowen — View this family February 28, 1935 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Johnnie Lee Pennington February 28, 1936 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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 65 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 wife | Maude Lee Rushin May 22, 1956 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 61 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 | January 9, 1972 (Age 87 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cochran Cemetery |
| Family with Maude Lee Rushin |
| himself |
Wesley Darwin Gowen Birth: July 29, 1884 — White, Illinois, United States Death: January 9, 1972 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Maude Lee Rushin Birth: August 19, 1887 26 22 — Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: May 22, 1956 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 19, 1907 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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8 months daughter |
Eunice Eugene Gowen Birth: June 9, 1908 23 20 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: May 16, 2000 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Marjorie L Gowen Birth: September 12, 1911 27 24 — Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: September 6, 1992 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Wesley Darwin Gowen - Household
Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Wesley Darwin Gowen - Household
Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Wesley Darwin Gowen - Household
Country Road Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri
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