William Delbert Gunn

William Delbert Gunn / William Delbert Gann

William Delbert Gunn was born 6 June 1878 years at Lufkin, Texas. His father, Samuel Houston Gann, was a teacher, traded horses and cows. He also owned a small billiard club.. His mother, Susan Rebecca Gann (in the maidenhood of Trevation), devoted all her time to the upbringing of V.D.. Ganna and his younger siblings. She taught young William to read with the Bible - books, which later greatly influenced his reflections on the nature of financial markets. His family was poor.. Samuel, Susan and their eight children lived in a small house., and young William, to get to school, walked seven miles every day for three years. Gunn never graduated from high school. IN 1894 year, William Gunn, Age 16 years, left school and started looking for work. He became a peddler. (sold newspapers, going ...) on the train, who traveled between Texarkana and Tyler in Texas. He also worked in a cotton warehouse.

William Delbert Gunn (W.D Gann)

William Delbert Gunn, best known worldwide as W. D. Gann, is a legend in the world of stock trading. He was one of the most successful, ever lived, stock traders. W. D. Gann was born 6 June 1878 on a farm about seven miles from Lufkin, in texas. He was the first of 11 children of Sam Huston Gunn and Susan Gunn. The Gunn family lived in a very small house without any frills. They were poor and young Willie walked seven miles to Lufkin for three years, to attend school. His father was a farmer in Angelina Country.. They were all worried about the price, which their cotton will bring. If you asked young Willie, did he want, when you get older, also cultivate the soil in East Texas, then he, probably, would say “No”, he didn't think so – he wanted to be a businessman. But work, which he could do on the farm, was more important to the family, so William never finished elementary or high school. Like the eldest son, he had a special responsibility, and those years of work on the farm, maybe, laid the foundation for his hard work habits.

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