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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
 JAMES BLACKBURN HIGDON
 b.1863
 d.1911
 GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGDON
 b.1888 BONHAM, TEXAS
 d.1977 AFTON, TEXAS
 LAWRENCCE MATTHEW GIRDLEY
 b.1817
 d.1894
 MARGARET CARMICHA GIRDLEY
 b.1858
 d.1901
 HARRIET JANE LEWIS
 b.1823
 d.1909
 RAYBURN WILLIS HIGDON
 b.1908 BONHAM, TEXAS
 d.1972 HAMLIN, TEXAS
 WALTER B. PARTAIN
 b.         
 d.         
 P.O. PARTAIN
 b.          ALABAMA
 d.         
 
 
 
 LULA MAY PARTAIN
 b.1887 OLNEY,  TEXAS
 d.1942 AFTON, TEXAS
 WILLIAM L. GROVES
 b.          LEONARD, TEXAS
 d.         
 NOVA J. GROVES
 b.          FANNIN COUNT, TEXAS
 d.