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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
 William M. Smith
 b.1832 Warren Co., Tennessee
 d.         
 Joseph Thomas Smith
 b.1867 Bell Co., Texas
 d.1948 Odessa, Texas
 Cleopatra Dennis
 b.1841 Arkansas
 d.1900 Texas
 Lee E. Smith
 b.1891 Texas
 d.1977 Ector Co., Texas
 Lena Davis
 b.1872 Alabama
 d.1966 Ector Co., Texas
 Elizabeth "Lizzie" Unknown
 b.1892 Coryell Co., Texas
 d.1970 Ector Co., Texas