John was born in 1917. He is the son of Matthew Darnell and Ermina Jett.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM6V-CD3 : accessed 15 October 2019), John D Darnell in household of Matthew C Darnell, Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 2B, line 78, family 47, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 745; FHL microfilm 2,340,480.
Tapp, Hambleton. 1966. Kentucky lives: the Blue Grass State who's who; a reference edition recording the biographies of contemporary leaders in Kentucky. Hopkinsville, Ky: Historical Record Association. page 126.
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D4-6NF8 : 26 September 2018), John Dunlap Darnell and Virginia Willis Stanley, 24 Aug 1939; citing Marriage, Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,843,007.
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