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1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
 WILLIAM HENRY BURKHALTER
 b.1758 'ED, SOUTH CAROLINA
 d.1832 JASPER, TENNESSEE
 MICHAEL BURKHALTER
 b.1795 EDG, SOUTH CAROLINA
 d.1864 CASS COUNTY, TEXAS
 MARGARET BRUNSON
 b.1771 NORTH CAROLINA
 d.1832
 EDWARD BRUNSON BURKHALTER
 b.1845 BOWIE COUNTY, TEXAS
 d.1901
 EBENEZER MAXW BURKHALTER
 b.1827 MARION C, TENNESSEE
 d.1900 BOWIE COUNTY, TEXAS
 THOMAS R. BURKHALTER
 b.1856
 d.1870 BOWIE COUNTY, TEXAS
 ELIZA JANE GRIFFIN
 b.1798 NORTH CAROLINA
 d.1863 CASS COUNTY, TEXAS
 SARAH ANNIE BURKHALTER
 b.1863
 d.         
 HENRY MANCHET BURKHALTER
 b.1866 BOWIE COUNTY, TEXAS
 d.1922 BOWIE COUNTY, TEXAS
 SARAH TIDWELL
 b.1836
 d.1912 BOWIE COUNTY, TEXAS