 Birth | July 15, 1895 26 21 |
 Birth of a brother | William Thomas “Bill” Donnell October 30, 1897 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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 |
 Census | June 2, 1900 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Franklin Donnell October 31, 1900 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Joseph Alexander “Joe” Donnell April 4, 1903 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Luther Donnell August 5, 1905 (Age 10 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a father | Thomas Alonzo Donnell April 20, 1910 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 20 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 maternal grandmother | Sarah Jane Hinkle June 20, 1917 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 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 22 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/ |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Dorothy Loraine Donnell September 8, 1922 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Dorothy Loraine Donnell July 19, 1925 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Bill Alonzo Donnell January 12, 1926 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 34 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 maternal grandfather | Daniel Rushin Kittrell December 11, 1930 (Age 35 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Birth of a son #3 | Harold Raymond Donnell May 9, 1933 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a son | Harold Raymond Donnell May 25, 1934 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Lonnie Donnell October 8, 1934 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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 | Mary Melissa Kittrell December 12, 1950 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Rosella Vee “Penny” Donnell March 20, 1955 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Thomas “Bill” Donnell July 4, 1964 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Luther Donnell December 6, 1968 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Franklin Donnell November 2, 1970 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joseph Alexander “Joe” Donnell August 24, 1971 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Rosella Vee “Penny” Donnell March 7, 1973 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 18, 1983 (Age 87 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery |