Eunice Eugene GowenAge: 91 years1908–2000
- Name
- Eunice Eugene Gowen
- Given names
- Eunice Eugene
- Surname
- Gowen
- Married name
- Eunice Eugene Pennington
 Birth | June 9, 1908 23 20 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Joel Rushin Jr September 24, 1908 (Age 3 months) |
 Census | April 20, 1910 (Age 22 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Marjorie L Gowen September 12, 1911 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 11 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Thomas Wesley Pennington July 28, 1929 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 21 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 9, 1930 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Flora Loretta Pennington September 13, 1933 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Johnnie Lee Pennington February 28, 1936 (Age 27 years) |
| Census | April 5, 1940 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 maternal grandmother | Mary Elizabeth Williams September 11, 1945 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Clyde Marshall Scott Sr. — Flora Loretta Pennington — View this family June 3, 1953 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 mother | Maude Lee Rushin May 22, 1956 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a father | Wesley Darwin Gowen January 9, 1972 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 husband | Joseph Oscar “Joe” Pennington May 29, 1979 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a sister | Marjorie L Gowen September 6, 1992 (Age 84 years) |
 Death | May 16, 2000 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cochran Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Wesley Darwin Gowen Birth: July 29, 1884 — White, Illinois, United States Death: January 9, 1972 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
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 herself |
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 younger sister |
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 |
| Family with Joseph Oscar “Joe” Pennington |
| husband |
Joseph Oscar “Joe” Pennington Birth: February 7, 1906 — Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: May 29, 1979 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
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 |
| son |
Thomas Wesley Pennington Birth: July 28, 1929 23 21 — Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: February 28, 2003 — Lehigh Acres, Lee, Florida, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Flora Loretta Pennington Birth: September 13, 1933 27 25 — Missouri, United States Death: June 24, 2011 — La Junta, Otero, Colorado, United States |
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3 years son |
Johnnie Lee Pennington Birth: February 28, 1936 30 27 — Missouri, United States Death: February 9, 2020 — Creve Coeur, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
Eunice Eugene Gowen has 24 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (24)
Parents John Roy Rushin + Leoda Irene McCallum
Parents George N Rushin + Sarah Leona Autry
Parents Robert Benjamin “Bob” Rushin + Mildred E “Millie” Rice
Parents George Arthur Aud + Martha Mae Rushin
| 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 - Joseph Oscar Pennington - Household
Privatt Road Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Oscar “Joe” Pennington - Household
Old Harviell Road Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri
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