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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
 Benjamin Franklin Smith
 b.1838 Alabama
 d.1921 Callahan Co., Texas
 James William (Jimmy) Smith
 b.1865 ERATH COUNT, TEXAS
 d.1951 HAMLIN, TEXAS
 Caroline Unknown
 b.1839 Arkansas
 d.1870
 Benjamin Francis Smith
 b.1904 Texas
 d.         
 James Monroe Hendon
 b.1853 Alabama
 d.1929 Fisher Co., Texas
 Shirley Smith
 b. Private
 d.         
 Mary Georgia Ann Hendon
 b.1877 Hamilton, Texas
 d.1911 McCaulley, Texas
 Mary Ellen Perdue
 b.1856 Alabama
 d.1935 Fisher Co., Texas
 Darryl Smith
 b. Private
 d.         
 Beulah McElroy
 b.1907 Alabama
 d.