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1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
 NELSON B. WEST
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 ELMOND HARRISON WEST
 b.1894 NEAR LULING, TEXAS
 d.1981 WICHITA FALL,  TEXAS
 NORA HARRISON
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 no children
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 JAN DIRKS JANSEN BLOCK
 b.1819 HOLTROP, GERMANY
 d.         
 FRANK JENSON BLOCK
 b.1852 AKELSBAR,  GERMANY
 d.1938 CANYON, TEXAS
 GEESCHE JANSEN
 b.1817 VELDE, GERMANY
 d.         
 FANNIE LaNORA BLOCK
 b.1897 ARCHER COUN, TEXAS
 d.1969 WICHITA FALL,  TEXAS
 JOHANN JULIUS EMM
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 d.         
 AUGUSTE WILHELMINE EMM
 b.1862 LONG POINT, ILLINOIS
 d.1932 WICHITA FALL,  TEXAS
 AUGUSTINE ZIMMERMAN
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