 Birth | October 31, 1900 32 26 |
 Birth of a brother | Joseph Alexander “Joe” Donnell April 4, 1903 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Luther Donnell August 5, 1905 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a father | Thomas Alonzo Donnell April 20, 1910 (Age 9 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 15 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 16 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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 13, 1920 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 28 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 | May 9, 1930 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Daniel Rushin Kittrell December 11, 1930 (Age 30 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Census | April 2, 1940 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 brother | William Thomas “Bill” Donnell July 4, 1964 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Luther Donnell December 6, 1968 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 2, 1970 (Age 70 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: IOOF Cemetery |