Brief Life History of Admiral Dewey
When Admiral Dewey Guinn was born on 31 March 1899, in Maud, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States, his father, George Emerson Guinn, was 33 and his mother, Teletha Josephine Reeves, was 28. He married Essie America Roberson on 19 January 1925, in Okemah, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Hanna Township, McIntosh, Oklahoma, United States in 1940 and Lester Township, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, United States in 1950. He died on 4 February 1970, in Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Hanna, McIntosh, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Deny Guinn, "United States 1950 Census"
- A D Guinn, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Dewey Guinn, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
Irish (Meath): shortened and altered form of McQuinn .
Welsh: variant of Gwynn .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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