The Shemwell Family

Denna Gladys DunningAge: 86 years19081995

Name
Denna Gladys Dunning
Given names
Denna Gladys
Surname
Dunning
Married name
Denna Gladys Gunn
Birth October 27, 1908
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
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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
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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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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
Birth of a son
#1
Carl Jackson “Jackie” Gunn
February 5, 1931 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Eula Agnes Gunn
November 29, 1932 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#3
James Mitchell Gunn
December 4, 1934 (Age 26 years)
Death of a daughterEula Agnes Gunn
May 29, 1936 (Age 27 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Death of a sonCarl Jackson “Jackie” Gunn
August 13, 1943 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#4
David Ward Gunn
June 13, 1944 (Age 35 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
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 husbandJohn Mitchell Gunn
June 3, 1968 (Age 59 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 May 28, 1995 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery
Family with John Mitchell Gunn - View this family
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son
Carl Jackson “Jackie” Gunn
Birth: February 5, 1931 23 22Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 13, 1943Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
22 months
daughter
Eula Agnes Gunn
Birth: November 29, 1932 25 24Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 29, 1936Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
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son
James Mitchell Gunn
Birth: December 4, 1934 27 26Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 7, 2011Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
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David Ward Gunn
Birth: June 13, 1944 36 35Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 31, 2006Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

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