B F BLOCK, b: 1912 - WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


			^{FRIEDRICH JANSSEN BLOCK}^{b.1852 AKELSBARG, GERMANY d.1938 CANYON, TEXAS}

		^{BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BLOCK}^{b.1882 ILLINOIS d.1932 CARSON COUN, TEXAS}	^{AUGUSTE WILHELMINE EMM}^{b.1862 LONG POINT, ILLINOIS d.1932 WICHITA FALL, TEXAS}

	^B F BLOCK^{b.1912 WICHITA FALL, TEXAS d.1994 DUMAS, TEXAS}		^JOHN KREBS^{b.1845 OHIO d.1926 ARCHER COUN, TEXAS}

		^{IDA MATILDA KREBS}^{b.1887 WICHITA FALL, TEXAS d.1970 AMARILLO, TEXAS}	^{LOUISA KREUGER}^{b.1853 OHIO d.1925 ARCHER COUN, TEXAS}

^{WANDA MERLE BLOCK}^{b.1934 PAMPA, TEXAS d.2012 AUSTIN, TEXAS}			^{JAMES MANLEY STRICKLAND}^{b.1884 RA, NORTH CAROLINA d.1920 GOODNIGHT, TEXAS}

		^{HOLLIS BERRY STRICKLAND}^{b.1884 PONTITOK, MISSISSIPPI d.1950 BURBAN, CALIFORNIA}	^{VIRGINIA ANN DONAVANT}^{b.1847 DYERSBUR, TENNESSEE d.1917 CLARENDON, TEXAS}

	^{LELA MERLE STRICKLAND}^{b.1914 YUKON, OKLAHOMA d.1999 LUFKIN, TEXAS}		^{ELIPHALET F. HASSLER}^{b.1845 SWANPON, TENNESSEE d.1920 GURDON, ARKANSAS}

		^{MABEL ESTELLA HASSLER}^{b.1880 WINTERSET, IOWA d.1949 LOCKNEY, TEXAS}	^{HARRIET ORPHA WARNER}^{b.1849 WADSWORTH, OHIO d.1929 PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS}